Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Rosa Rodríguez from Venezuela.

Women's hammer throw at the XVIII Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 10
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning distance74.62m
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Venezuela
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Summary

Brooke Andersen took the lead with her first round 71.07m with Rosa Rodríguez in second place. Andersen would not improve throughout the competition. Rodríguez did improve with her second round 69.48m, but that was as far as she would go. Gwen Berry's second round throw moved her from fourth place into the silver medal position. Berry improved on her fourth throw but didn't get ahead of Andersen until her fifth round throw. Berry put it all together for her final effort, 74.62 m (244 ft 9 in) to win by over 3 and a half meters.

Awards ceremony

During the award ceremony, Berry cast worldwide attention for raising her fist during the National Anthem.Video on YouTube In what was seen as an extension of the National anthem protests, she called out against injustice in America "and a president who's making it worse."[1]

"It's too important to not say something. Something has to be said. If nothing is said, nothing will be done, and nothing will be fixed, and nothing will be changed."

Fencer Race Imboden also made a protest at the games, taking a knee on the award stand.

Records

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

World record  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 82.98 Warsaw, Poland August 28, 2016
Pan American Games record  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 75.62 Guadalajara, Mexico October 24, 2011

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 10, 201914:00Final

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best DQDisqualified

Final

The results were as follows:[2]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6MarkNotes
Gwen Berry United States65.7570.19x70.4072.8874.6274.62
Brooke Andersen United States71.07x68.9067.9570.89x71.07
Rosa Rodríguez Venezuela68.3469.48x66.71xx69.48SB
4Mariana Marcelino Brazil65.1661.6764.4566.1561.73x66.15
5Valeria Chiliquinga Ecuador66.1165.6164.7765.7864.5664.6866.11
6Camryn Rogers Canada65.64x65.97x64.8166.0966.09
7Yaritza Martínez Cuba62.8965.9159.6565.2756.6864.2565.91
8Jillian Weir Canada65.41xxxxx65.41
9Mariana García Walker Chile62.16x63.3963.39
10Jennifer Dahlgren Argentinax60.2963.2263.22
11Amanda Almendáriz Cubaxx60.9860.98
12Ximena Zorrilla Peru59.3758.8757.8759.37

References

  1. Armour, Nancy (10 August 2019). "Opinion: US fencer, hammer thrower show principles with podium protests at Pan American Games". USA Today. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. "Hammer Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 10 Aug 2019.
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