Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Alicia DeShasier of the United States.

Women's javelin throw at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 21
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning distance	62.83 m
Medalists
Elizabeth Gleadle   Canada   Kara Winger   United States   Jucilene de Lima   Brazil
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Records

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

World record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	September 13, 2008
Pan American Games record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	65.85	Winnipeg, Canada	July 25, 1999

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (51.07) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 21, 2015	10:05	Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Best non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada	59.33	58.84	55.63	x	55.91	62.83	62.83
	Kara Winger	United States	56.86	54.41	58.89	56.62	59.74	61.44	61.44
	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil	x	58.84	57.93	60.42	56.31	x	60.42
4	Laila Domingos	Brazil	x	52.25	55.60	52.87	58.19	x	58.19
5	Flor Ruiz	Colombia	56.28	53.09	58.08	55.71	x	54.55	58.08
6	Yulenmis Aguilar	Cuba	57.87	57.49	55.60	55.93	57.76	57.14	57.87
7	Melissa Fraser	Canada	45.27	52.20	x	48.04	x	x	52.20
8	Hannah Carson	United States	50.90	x	51.93	x	51.16	x	51.93
	Abigail Gomez	Mexico	x	x	–				NM
	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	x	x	–				NM