Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw
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The men's hammer throw
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 2007 Pan American Games
Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games
The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

 was held on July 28.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
James Steacy
James Steacy
James Steacy is a male hammer thrower from Canada. His personal best is 79.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Lethbridge. Four Time CIS national champion weight throw champion.-Achievements:-References:...

 
71.60 73.77 71.14 x 73.52 71.31 73.77
Kibwe Johnson
Kibwe Johnson
Kibwe Johnson is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics twice ....

 
x 69.08 x 70.72 68.93 73.23 73.23
Juan Ignacio Cerra
Juan Ignacio Cerra
Juan Ignacio Cerra is a male hammer thrower from Argentina. His personal best throw is 76.42 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Trieste. This is also the South American record....

 
70.61 71.57 68.24 69.92 70.89 72.12 72.12
A. G. Kruger
A. G. Kruger
Alfred George Kruger III is a male hammer thrower from the United States. His personal best is 79.26 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Berea.He finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...

 
66.31 65.82 68.48 68.71 66.74 67.40 68.71
Patricio Palma  65.60 67.86 66.07 x 67.80 66.82 67.86 PB
Noleysi Bicet
Noleysi Bicet
Noleysi Bicet is a male hammer thrower from Cuba. His personal best throw is 73.90 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Havana.He won the gold medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. He also became Cuban champion in 2006....

 
67.51 66.61 66.98 x 67.40 66.44 67.51
Wagner Domingos  62.50 63.38 64.11 62.18 64.03 65.27 65.27
Aldo Bello
Aldo Bello
Aldo Bello is a male hammer thrower from Venezuela. His personal best throw is 67.63 metres, achieved in August 2005 in Armenia....

 
61.78 63.98 63.25 63.53 x 62.33 63.98
Marcos dos Santos  61.86 x 61.58 61.86
10 Leonardo Pino  60.75 61.61 61.47 61.61
11 Rául Rivera  60.10 x 57.66 60.10
12 Roberto Sawyers  x x 57.45 57.45
13 Michael Letterlough
Michael Letterlough
Michael Letterlough is a Caymanian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. After graduating from John Gray High School on Grand Cayman, Letterlough attended Florida International University in Miami and currently trains under the guidance of Anatoliy Bondarchuk in Kamloops, British...

x 55.30 x 55.30
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