Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago.
Anderson Peters won Grenada's first ever Pan American Games gold medal.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | May 25, 1996 | |
| Pan American Games record | 87.20 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 28, 2011 |
Schedule
Results
All times shown are in meters.| KEY: | q | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
Final
The results were as follows:| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Mark | Notes |
| Anderson Peters | 87.31 | 81.78 | 78.92 | 85.90 | 81.21 | 87.31 | GR, NR | |||
| Keshorn Walcott | 83.55 | 82.92 | 82.92 | 75.54 | 83.55 | |||||
| Albert Reynolds | 76.91 | 75.93 | 77.51 | 73.64 | 77.56 | 82.19 | 82.19 | NR | ||
| 4 | Michael Shuey | 73.21 | 78.02 | 80.35 | 80.72 | 80.72 | ||||
| 5 | Markim Felix | 77.18 | 72.47 | 74.77 | 69.26 | 71.18 | 72.30 | 77.18 | ||
| 6 | Shakeil Waithe | 71.80 | 76.15 | 76.15 | ||||||
| 7 | Arley Ibargüen | 72.51 | 74.85 | 74.46 | 70.69 | 67.97 | 74.85 | |||
| 8 | Dayron Márquez | 73.15 | 73.99 | 71.88 | 73.17 | 71.58 | 72.71 | 73.99 | ||
| 9 | Francisco Muse | 69.33 | 72.84 | 72.84 | 72.84 | |||||
| 10 | Curtis Thompson | 64.28 | 65.39 | 65.39 |