Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's hammer throw
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The final of the Women's Hammer Throw
event at the 1999 Pan American Games
took place on July 24, 1999. America's Dawn Ellerbe
won the first ever Pan Am medal in the event since the women's hammer throw made its debut in Winnipeg, Canada.
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
event at the 1999 Pan American Games
Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games
The athletics competition at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada. Two new events were introduced for women: pole vault and hammer throw. In addition the 20 km road walk replaced the 10,000 m track walk.-Track:-Field:-Track:...
took place on July 24, 1999. America's Dawn Ellerbe
Dawn Ellerbe
Dawn Ellerbe was a female track and field athlete, and is currently the assistant athletic director at California State University, East Bay...
won the first ever Pan Am medal in the event since the women's hammer throw made its debut in Winnipeg, Canada.
Medalists
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1999 Pan American Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record Women's hammer world record progression The first World Record in the hammer throw for women was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994.To June 7, 2010, the IAAF has ratified 19 world records in the event.-Record Progression:... |
75.97 m | May 13, 1999 |  Clermont-Ferrand, France |
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| Pan Am Record | New Event | |||
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 65.36 m | CR | ||||||||
| 63.03 m | |||||||||
| 61.28 m | |||||||||
| 4 | 60.46 m | ||||||||
| 5 | 60.33 m | ||||||||
| 6 | 58.90 m | ||||||||
| 7 | 57.75 m | ||||||||
| 8 | 56.26 m | ||||||||
| 9 | 51.91 m | ||||||||
| 10 | 51.09 m | ||||||||
See also
- 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
- 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking1999 Hammer Throw Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 1999...