Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Men's Javelin
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 .