Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Alicia DeShasier   United States   Yainelis Ribeaux   Cuba   Yanet Cruz   Cuba
«2007	2015»

Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Osleidys Menéndez of the Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	September 13, 2008
Pan American Games record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	65.85	Winnipeg, Canada	July 25, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (50.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	17:15	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 27.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Alicia DeShasier	United States	58.01	x	53.69	53.57	53.87	x	58.01	PB
	Yainelis Ribeaux	Cuba	55.67	x	55.29	x	54.01	56.21	56.21
	Yanet Cruz	Cuba	56.19	x	x	55.68	x	55.56	56.19
4	Yusbely Parra	Venezuela	50.01	51.72	49.11	53.49	51.54	49.42	53.49
5	Coralys Ortiz	Puerto Rico	52.81	x	x	x	49.92	x	52.81
6	Fresa Nuñez	Dominican Republic	48.87	51.54	50.81	51.79	51.69	51.26	51.79
7	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	50.55	51.07	51.40	x	x	x	51.40
8	Kateema Riettie	Jamaica	50.97	x	47.91	x	x	x	50.97
9	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	x	50.82	x				50.82	SB
10	Avione Allgood	United States	47.32	x	50.37				50.37
11	Katryna Subeldía	Paraguay	48.01	49.89	49.17				49.89
12	Abigail Gómez	Mexico	x	45.19	49.15				49.15
13	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	48.70	x	x				48.70
14	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	46.82	x	x				46.82
15	Laila Ferer e Silva	Brazil	46.43	46.01	45.74				46.43

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Athletics technical manual