The men's javelin throw

Javelin throw

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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 was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

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 Pan American Games

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 champion is Guillermo Martínez

Guillermo Martínez (athlete)

Guillermo Martínez López is a Cuban javelin thrower.In intercontinental competitions, he finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships and ninth at the 2007 World Championships...

 of the Cuba

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Records

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

World record		98.48	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	May 25, 1996
Pan American Games record		81.72	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...	August 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard standard (71.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 28, 2011	17:30	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 28.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Guillermo Martínez Guillermo Martínez (athlete) Guillermo Martínez López is a Cuban javelin thrower.In intercontinental competitions, he finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships and ninth at the 2007 World Championships...		87.20						87.20	PR
	Cyrus Hostetler		77.97		75.24	79.20	77.17	82.24	82.24	SB
	Braian Toledo Braian Toledo Braian Ezequiel Toledo is an Argentine javelin thrower who has improved the World Youth Best in boys' javelin throw by more than six meters....		76.50	79.53	76.12		73.54	76.71	79.53	PB
	Sean Furey		74.22	72.94	74.83		77.05		77.05
	Víctor Fatecha		73.02	76.92		73.51	74.10		76.92	SB
	Júlio César de Oliveira		75.61	76.24	73.74		70.12	75.03	76.24
	Keshorn Walcott		72.92		75.77	67.65		70.08	75.77	PB
	Juan Jose Mendez		74.18		66.50	69.39	68.68		74.18
	Michel Miranda		73.91						73.91
10	Arley Ibargüen		72.93		72.46				72.93
11	Felipe Ortiz		67.93	67.71	63.23				67.93
12	José Lagunes		62.43	64.59	64.70				64.70
13	Justin Cummins			64.34	63.91				64.34
14	Omar Jones		54.98	60.24					60.24

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