Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Larry Hart of the United States.

Men's hammer throw at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	12 July
Winning distance	69.64
Medalists
Scott Neilson   Canada   Armando Orozco   Cuba   Genovevo Morejón   Cuba
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	80.32	Heidenheim, West Germany	August 6, 1978
Pan American Games record	Lawrence Hart (USA)	66.56	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Scott Neilson	Canada	69.64	GR
	Armando Orozco	Cuba	68.48
	Genovevo Morejón	Cuba	67.66
4	Andy Bessette	United States	66.22
5	José Alberto Vallejo	Argentina	59.50
6	Daniel Gómez	Argentina	58.58
7	Luis Martínez	Puerto Rico	54.20
8	Mario Egnem	Chile	51.52
	Boris Djerassi	United States	DNS
	Bill Green	United States	DNS

References

1. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
2. Full results
3. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 255. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.