Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Men's Hammer Throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 26, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

Twelve athletes from nine countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Kibwe Johnson with 79.63 m, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Michael Mai with 72.71 m and Noleysi Vecet secured the bronze medal with 72.57 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Yury Sjedych	86.74 m	European Championships in Stuttgart , BR Germany	August 30, 1986
Record of games	Lance deal	79.61 m	Pan American Games in Winnipeg , Canada	July 27, 1999

Result

October 26, 2011, 2:30 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Kibwe Johnson	United States	73.87	77.24	76.56	76.82	79.63	77.19	79.63 PR
	Michael May	United States	68.61	70.62	68.95	70.44	72.71	68.92	72.71
	Noleysi Vecet	Cuba	69.68	70.68	72.57	71.56	72.02	72.03	72.57
4th	Wagner domingos	Brazil	x	67.97	70.16	x	68.79	69.08	70.16
5	Roberto Janet	Cuba	x	69.46	66.62	x	x	x	69.46
6th	Juan Ignacio Cerra	Argentina	x	65.16	65.08	66.26	66.80	66.37	66.80
7th	Roberto Sawyers	Costa Rica	x	65.09	x	x	x	64.91	65.09
8th	Aldo Bello	Venezuela	x	60.54	62.50	63.46	62.55	62.22	63.46 SB
9	Diego Berrios	Guatemala	x	60.82	57.76	not in the final of the eight best athletes			60.82
10	Diego Alan del Real	Mexico	55.16	59.41	x				59.41
11	Edgar Florian	Guatemala	54.03	58.63	58.92				58.92
12	Michael Letterlough	Cayman Islands	55.21	57.72	x				57.72

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).