Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw explained

The men's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 8th of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Kibwe Johnson from United States.

Records

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

World record		86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	August 30, 1986
Pan American Games record		79.63	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 26, 2011

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Time	Notes
			74.50	74.98	73.88		72.85	74.00	74.98
				69.68	71.73		74.38	72.90	74.38
				70.41	74.23	73.62		72.79	74.23
4			66.78	71.57		71.69	74.16	73.98	74.16
5			69.19	71.27	71.86	73.06	70.79	73.92	73.92	SB
6			70.84	70.91	70.37	69.76		73.25	73.25
7			70.30	71.56	71.19	69.54	70.73	71.93	71.93
8				71.84	71.04			71.29	71.84	SB
9			70.25	64.60	69.98				70.25
10				67.50					67.50
11			64.21	66.40	62.63				66.40

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's hammer throw − Results. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 15 Aug 2019.