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

Men's hammer throw at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueTelmex Athletics Stadium
DatesOctober 26
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Kibwe Johnson  United States
Silver medal Michael Mai  United States
Bronze medal Noleysis Vicet  Cuba
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The men's hammer throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on the 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is James Steacy of Canada.

Records

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

World record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany August 30, 1986
Pan American Games record  Lance Deal (USA) 79.61 Winnipeg, Canada July 27, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (62.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
October 26, 2011 14:30 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 26.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kibwe Johnson  United States 73.87 77.24 76.56 76.82 79.63 77.19 79.63 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Mai  United States 68.61 70.62 68.95 70.44 72.71 68.92 72.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Noleysi Vicet  Cuba 69.68 70.68 72.57 71.56 72.02 72.03 72.57
4 Wagner Domingos  Brazil x 67.97 70.16 x 68.79 69.08 70.16
5 Roberto Janet  Cuba x 69.46 66.62 x x x 69.46
6 Juan Ignacio Cerra  Argentina x 65.16 65.08 66.26 66.80 66.37 66.80
7 Roberto Sawyers  Costa Rica x 65.09 x x x 64.91 65.09
8 Aldo Bello  Venezuela x 60.54 62.50 63.46 62.55 62.22 63.46 SB
9 Diego Berrios  Guatemala x 60.82 57.76 60.82
10 Diego Alan del Real  Mexico 55.16 59.41 x 59.41
11 Edgar Florian  Guatemala 54.03 58.63 58.92 58.92
12 Michael Letterlough  Cayman Islands 55.21 57.72 x 57.72

References

  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Athletics technical manual" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
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