The women'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...

 competition of the athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 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...

 took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games

Pan American Games

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 champion is Yipsi Moreno

Yipsi Moreno

Yipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder...

 of Cuba

Cuba

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.

Records

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

World record		79.42	Halle Halle Halle is a noun that means hall in the German language. It may also refer to:-In Germany:* Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, official name Halle , also called Halle or Halle an der Saale... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	May 21, 2011
Pan American Games record		75.20	Rio de Janiero, Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 23, 2007

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 standard (58.00 meters) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	14:25	Final

Abbreviations

• All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

  PR	Pan American games record
  WR	world record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder...		73.67	x	x	x	x	75.62	75.62	PR
	Sultana Frizell Sultana Frizell Sultana Frizell is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. Frizell currently trains under the guidance of Anatoliy Bondarchuk in Kamloops, British Columbia. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Career:Frizell started her athletic career in figure skating...	align=left	| 65.09	x	66.96	68.90	70.11	25.74	70.11
	Amber Campbell Amber Campbell Amber Campbell is an American hammer thrower. She competed at the 2005 World Championships and at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 70.33 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Provo, Utah.-Achievements:-References:...		66.54	x	x	69.93	x	x	69.93
4	Arasay Thondike Arasay Thondike Arasay M. Thondike Santovenia is a female hammer thrower from Cuba. She set a personal best throw of 71.14 metres in June 2007 in Warsaw...		68.88	x	x	x	x	64.97	68.88
5	Keelin Godsey		67.84	65.06	x	67.24	62.61	61.41	67.84
6	Jennifer Dahlgren Jennifer Dahlgren Jennifer Dahlgren Fitzner is an Argentine hammer thrower. Having spent much of her life in the United States, she competed as an amateur for the University of Georgia. She set the US collegiate hammer record and was the NCAA Outdoor champion in both 2006 and 2007...		x	65.59	x	x	67.11	x	67.11
7	Odette Palma		x	x	63.69	x	x	64.79	64.79
8	Rosa Rodríguez Rosa Rodríguez Rosa Rodríguez is a Venezuelan hammer thrower.In 2005 she won Bronze at the South American Championships in Cali.At the World Championships 2007 in Osaka and 2009 in Berlin she was eliminated in the qualifikation....		64.07	64.78	x	x	x	63.08	64.78
9	Josiane Soares		59.73	x	61.47				61.47
10	Crystal Smith		x	60.26	x				60.26
11	Althea Charles		52.86	56.89	59.49				59.49	PB
12	Eli Moreno		x	56.91	59.23				59.23
13	Natalie Grant		x	x	57.73				57.73
14	Zuleyma Mina		57.16	x	56.72				57.16