Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw


The men's hammer throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is James Steacy of the Canada.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record86.74Stuttgart, West GermanyAugust 30, 1986
Pan American Games record79.61Winnipeg, CanadaJuly 27, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 26.
RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Kibwe Johnson73.8777.2476.5676.8279.6377.1979.63PR
Michael Mai68.6170.6268.9570.4472.7168.9272.71
Noleysi Vicet69.6870.6872.5771.5672.0272.0372.57
Wagner Domingos67.9770.1668.7969.0870.16
Roberto Janet69.4666.6269.46
Juan Ignacio Cerra65.1665.0866.2666.8066.3766.80
Roberto Sawyers65.0964.9165.09
Aldo Bello60.5462.5063.4662.5562.2263.46SB
Diego Berrios60.8257.7660.82
10Diego Alan del Real55.1659.4159.41
11Edgar Florian54.0358.6358.9258.92
12Michael Letterlough55.2157.7257.72