Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Women's Javelin

The Victorious Elizabeth Gleadle (2015)

The women's javelin throw at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .

Ten female javelin throwers from seven countries took part in the competition. Elizabeth Gleadle won the gold medal with 62.83 m, silver went to Kara Winger with 61.44 m and the bronze medal went to Jucilene de Lima with 60.42 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

July 21, 2015, 10:05 am

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada	59.33	58.84	55.63	x	55.91	62.83	62.83
	Kara Winger	United States	56.86	54.41	58.89	56.62	59.74	61.44	61.44
	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil	x	58.84	57.93	60.42	56.31	x	60.42
4th	Laila Ferrer de Silva	Brazil	x	52.25	55.60	52.87	58.19	x	58.19
5	Flor Ruíz	Colombia	56.28	53.09	58.08	55.71	x	54.55	58.08
6th	Yulenmis Aguilar	Cuba	57.87	57.49	55.60	55.93	57.76	57.14	57.87
7th	Melissa Fraser	Canada	45.27	52.20	x	48.04	x	x	52.20
8th	Hannah Carson	United States	50.90	x	51.93	x	51.16	x	51.93
	Abigail Gomez	Mexico	x	x	-	not in the final of the eight best throwers			NM
	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	x	x	-				NM

Web links and sources

• Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .