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

Women's javelin throw at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Alicia DeShasier   United States   Yainelis Ribeaux   Cuba   Yanet Cruz   Cuba
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Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Osleidys Menéndez of the Cuba.

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

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (50.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Final

The final was held on October 27.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Alicia DeShasier	United States	58.01	x	53.69	53.57	53.87	x	58.01	PB
	Yainelis Ribeaux	Cuba	55.67	x	55.29	x	54.01	56.21	56.21
	Yanet Cruz	Cuba	56.19	x	x	55.68	x	55.56	56.19
4	Yusbely Parra	Venezuela	50.01	51.72	49.11	53.49	51.54	49.42	53.49
5	Coralys Ortiz	Puerto Rico	52.81	x	x	x	49.92	x	52.81
6	Fresa Nuñez	Dominican Republic	48.87	51.54	50.81	51.79	51.69	51.26	51.79
7	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	50.55	51.07	51.40	x	x	x	51.40
8	Kateema Riettie	Jamaica	50.97	x	47.91	x	x	x	50.97
9	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	x	50.82	x				50.82	SB
10	Avione Allgood	United States	47.32	x	50.37				50.37
11	Katryna Subeldía	Paraguay	48.01	49.89	49.17				49.89
12	Abigail Gómez	Mexico	x	45.19	49.15				49.15
13	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	48.70	x	x				48.70
14	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	46.82	x	x				46.82
15	Laila Ferer e Silva	Brazil	46.43	46.01	45.74				46.43

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