Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Men's Javelin

The Winner Keshorn Walcott (2012)

The men's javelin throw at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24th at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .

Twelve javelin throwers from eight countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Keshorn Walcott with 83.27 m, silver went to Riley Dolezal with 81.62 m and the bronze medal went to Júlio César de Oliveira with 80.94 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Jan Železný	98.48 m	Jena , Germany	May 25, 1996
Record of games	Guillermo Martínez	87.20 m	Pan American Games in Guadelajara , Mexico	October 28, 2011

Result

July 24, 2015, 5:35 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	79.03	83.27	x	-	-	-	83.27
	Riley Dolezal	United States	77.17	75.99	76.28	81.62	76.49	79.70	81.62 SB
	Júlio César de Oliveira	Brazil	80.29	80.94	x	80.21	x	x	80.94
4th	Braian Toledo	Argentina	x	76.07	77.68	74.52	72.44	73.02	77.68
5	Sean Furey	United States	76.30	74.86	77.41	x	74.68	77.41	77.41
6th	Dayron Marquez	Colombia	x	75.86	73.76	x	71.32	72.93	75.86
7th	Evan Karakolis	Canada	72.16	75.09	73.64	x	-	69.13	75.09 PB
8th	Guillermo Martínez	Cuba	70.99	69.90	74.79	72.45	71.39	72.57	74.79
9	Osmany Laffita	Cuba	69.15	74.50	x	not in the final of the eight best javelin throwers			74.50
10	Víctor Fatecha	Paraguay	73.81	x	x				73.81
11	Raymond Dykstra	Canada	x	69.17	73.73				73.73
12	Shakeil Waithe	Trinidad and Tobago	x	70.85	73.21				73.21

Web links and sources

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