Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's hammer throw


The women's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Yipsi Moreno of Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record79.42Halle, GermanyMay 21, 2011
Pan American Games record75.20Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 23, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Abbreviations

PRPan American Games record
WRWorld record
NRNational record
PBPersonal best
SBSeason's best

Results

14 athletes from 11 countries competed.

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Yipsi Moreno73.67xxxx75.6275.62PR
Sultana Frizell65.09x66.9668.9070.1125.7470.11
Amber Campbell66.54xx69.93xx69.93
4Arasay Thondike68.88xxxx64.9768.88
5Keelin Godsey67.8465.06x67.2462.6161.4167.84
6Jennifer Dahlgrenx65.59xx67.11x67.11
7Odette Palmaxx63.69xx64.7964.79
8Rosa Rodríguez64.0764.78xxx63.0864.78
9Josiane Soares59.73x61.4761.47
10Crystal Smithx60.26x60.26
11Althea Charles52.8656.8959.4959.49PB
12Eli Morenox56.9159.2359.23
13Natalie Grantxx57.7357.73
14Zuleyma Mina57.16x56.7257.16