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 took place on the 10th 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 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 10
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning distance	74.62m
Medalists
Gwen Berry   United States   Brooke Andersen   United States   Rosa Rodríguez   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, 2019	14:00	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:^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Gwen Berry	United States	65.75	70.19	x	70.40	72.88	74.62	74.62
	Brooke Andersen	United States	71.07	x	68.90	67.95	70.89	x	71.07
	Rosa Rodríguez	Venezuela	68.34	69.48	x	66.71	x	x	69.48	SB
4	Mariana Marcelino	Brazil	65.16	61.67	64.45	66.15	61.73	x	66.15
5	Valeria Chiliquinga	Ecuador	66.11	65.61	64.77	65.78	64.56	64.68	66.11
6	Camryn Rogers	Canada	65.64	x	65.97	x	64.81	66.09	66.09
7	Yaritza Martínez	Cuba	62.89	65.91	59.65	65.27	56.68	64.25	65.91
8	Jillian Weir	Canada	65.41	x	x	x	x	x	65.41
9	Mariana García	Chile	62.16	x	63.39				63.39
10	Jennifer Dahlgren	Argentina	x	60.29	63.22				63.22
11	Amanda Almendáriz	Cuba	x	x	60.98				60.98
12	Ximena Zorrilla	Peru	59.37	58.87	57.87				59.37