Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates12 July
Winning distance69.64
Medalists
Gold medal Scott Neilson File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Silver medal Armando Orozco File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Bronze medal Genovevo Morejón File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
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Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Larry Hart of the United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record File:Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) 80.32 Heidenheim, West Germany August 6, 1978
Pan American Games record File:Flag of the United States.svg Lawrence Hart (USA) 66.56 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Scott Neilson File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 69.64 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Armando Orozco File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 68.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Genovevo Morejón File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 67.66
4 Andy Bessette File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 66.22
5 José Alberto Vallejo File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina 59.50
6 Daniel Gómez File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina 58.58
7 Luis Martínez File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 54.20
8 Mario Egnem File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 51.52
Boris Djerassi File:Flag of the United States.svg United States DNS
Bill Green File:Flag of the United States.svg United States DNS

References

  1. ↑ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in español). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. ↑ Full results
  3. ↑ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in español). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 255. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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