Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago.

Men's javelin throw at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 10
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Winning distance	87.31
Medalists
Anderson Peters  Grenada   Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago   Albert Reynolds  Saint Lucia
«2015 2023»

Anderson Peters won Grenada's first ever Pan American Games gold medal.

Records

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

World record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48	Jena, Germany	May 25, 1996
Pan American Games record	Guillermo Martínez (CUB)	87.20	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 28, 2011

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2019	15:45	Final

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Anderson Peters	Grenada	87.31	81.78	78.92	85.90	81.21	x	87.31	GR, NR
	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	83.55	82.92	82.92	x	x	75.54	83.55
	Albert Reynolds	Saint Lucia	76.91	75.93	77.51	73.64	77.56	82.19	82.19	NR
4	Michael Shuey	United States	x	73.21	78.02	80.35	x	80.72	80.72
5	Markim Felix	Grenada	77.18	72.47	74.77	69.26	71.18	72.30	77.18
6	Shakeil Waithe	Trinidad and Tobago	71.80	x	76.15	x	x	–	76.15
7	Arley Ibargüen	Colombia	72.51	74.85	74.46	70.69	x	67.97	74.85
8	Dayron Márquez	Colombia	73.15	73.99	71.88	73.17	71.58	72.71	73.99
9	Francisco Muse	Chile	69.33	72.84	72.84				72.84
10	Curtis Thompson	United States	64.28	x	65.39				65.39