Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Women's Javelin

The women's javelin at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 27 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

15 athletes from eleven countries took part in the competition. Alicia DeShasier won the gold medal with 58.01 m, silver went to Yainelis Ribiaux with 56.21 m and the bronze medal went to Yanet Cruz with 56.19 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Barbora Špotáková	72.28 m	Stuttgart , Germany	September 13, 2008
Record of games	Osleidys Menéndez	65.85 m	Pan American Games in Winnipeg , Canada	July 25, 1999

Result

October 27, 2011, 5:15 p.m.

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Alicia DeShasier	United States	58.01	x	53.69	53.57	53.87	x	58.01 PB
	Yainelis Ribiaux	Cuba	55.67	x	55.29	x	54.01	56.21	56.21
	Yanet Cruz	Cuba	56.19	x	x	55.68	x	55.56	56.19
4th	Yusbely Parra	Venezuela	50.01	51.72	49.11	53.49	51.54	49.42	53.49
5	Coraly's Ortiz	Puerto Rico	52.81	x	x	x	49.92	x	52.81
6th	Fresa Nuñez	Dominican Republic	48.87	51.54	50.81	51.79	51.69	51.26	51.79
7th	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	50.55	51.07	51.40	x	x	50.89	51.40
8th	Kateema Riettie	Jamaica	50.97	x	47.91	x	x	x	50.97
9	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	x	50.82	x	not in the final of the eight best athletes			50.82 SB
10	Avione Allgood	United States	47.32	x	50.37				50.37
11	Katryna Subeldia	Paraguay	48.01	49.89	49.17				49.89
12	Abigail Gomez	Mexico	x	45.19	49.15				49.15
13	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	48.70	x	x				48.70
14th	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	46.82	x	x				46.82
15th	Laila Ferrer de Silva	Brazil	46.43	46.01	45.74				46.43

Explanation of symbols:
- = attempt skipped, x = failed attempt

Web links and sources

• Results on todor66.com (English)
• Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).