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 of the athletics

Track and field

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

 was held the 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 28.-Results:-References:*...

 Pan American Games

Pan American Games

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 champion is 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:...

 of the Canada

Canada

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Records

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

World record		86.74	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	August 30, 1986
Pan American Games record		79.61	Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	July 27, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

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 (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).

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
	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 ....		73.87	77.24	76.56	76.82	79.63	77.19	79.63	PR
	Michael Mai		68.61	70.62	68.95	70.44	72.71	68.92	72.71
	Noleysi Vicet		69.68	70.68	72.57	71.56	72.02	72.03	72.57
	Wagner Domingos			67.97	70.16		68.79	69.08	70.16
	Roberto Janet			69.46	66.62				69.46
	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....			65.16	65.08	66.26	66.80	66.37	66.80
	Roberto Sawyers			65.09				64.91	65.09
	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....			60.54	62.50	63.46	62.55	62.22	63.46	SB
	Diego Berrios			60.82	57.76				60.82
10	Diego Alan del Real		55.16	59.41					59.41
11	Edgar Florian		54.03	58.63	58.92				58.92
12	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...		55.21	57.72					57.72