Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the
2003 Pan American Games

in Santo Domingo
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 h women
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3000 m s men
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Combined events
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Decathlon men

The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Thursday August 7, 2003. The title went to Argentina's Juan Ignacio Cerra, who set a distance of 75.53 metres in his sixth and final attempt. America's John McEwen later was disqualified due to a doping offence. His bronze medal went to number four in the rankings, Cuba's Yosvany Suárez.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Juan Ignacio Cerra
Argentina (ARG)
Silver  James Parker
United States (USA)
Bronze  Yosvany Suárez
Cuba (CUB)

Records

World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany
Pan Am Record  Lance Deal (USA) 79.61 m July 27, 1999 Winnipeg, Canada

Results

Rank Athlete Throws Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 Result
1  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) 73.24 69.54 72.42 73.85 X 75.53 75.53 m
2  James Parker (USA) 71.70 74.34 73.00 73.95 X 74.35 74.35 m
3  John McEwen (USA) [1] 66.87 68.42 71.49 68.34 X X 71.49 m
4  Yosvany Suárez (CUB) 68.54 70.07 X X X 70.24 70.24 m
5  Alberto Sánchez (CUB) X 68.66 X 69.37 X X 69.37 m
6  Adrián Marzo (ARG) X X 68.65 X X 68.56 68.65 m
7  Raúl Rivera (GUA) X 65.06 X 63.95 63.23 X 65.06 m
8  Eduardo Acuña (PER) X 63.30 62.53 62.07 62.20 X 63.30 m

Notes

  1. ^ disqualified due to a doping offence; the bronze medal went to Cuba's Yosvany Suárez

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