The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Guillermo Martínez of Cuba.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record98.48Jena, GermanyMay 25, 1996Pan American Games record87.20Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 28, 2011
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (71.03) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).
Schedule Date Time Round July 24, 2015 17:35 Final
Results All results shown are in meters.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Final
Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes Keshorn Walcott 79.03 83.27 83.27 Riley Dolezal 77.17 75.99 76.28 81.62 76.49 79.70 81.62 SB Júlio César de Oliveira 80.29 80.94 80.21 80.94 Braian Toledo 76.07 77.68 74.52 72.44 73.02 77.68 Sean Furey 76.30 74.86 77.41 74.68 77.41 77.41 Dayron Márquez 75.86 73.76 71.32 72.93 75.86 Evan Karakolis 72.16 75.09 73.64 69.13 75.09 PB Guillermo Martínez 70.99 69.90 74.79 72.45 71.39 72.57 74.79 Osmany Laffita 69.15 74.50 74.50 10 Víctor Fatecha 73.81 73.81 11 Raymond Dykstra 69.17 73.73 73.73 12 Shakeil Waithe 70.85 73.21 73.21
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