Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw at the Pan American Games

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on July 24, 1999. ^[1] America's Dawn Ellerbe won the first ever Pan Am medal in the event since the women's hammer throw made its debut in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kingdom of Canada

Medalists

Gold	Dawn Ellerbe  United States
Silver	Yipsi Moreno  Cuba
Bronze	Caroline Wittrin  Canada

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 Pan American Games
World Record	Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)	75.97 m	May 13, 1999	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Pan Am Record	New Event

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Dawn Ellerbe  (USA)	63.66	61.74	61.86	63.01	54.97	65.36	65.36 m	GR
	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	60.65	x	61.67	61.14	63.03	61.51	63.03 m
	Caroline Wittrin  (CAN)	59.64	x	56.62	x	60.08	61.28	61.28 m
4	Norbi Balantén  (CUB)	x	59.05	x	57.96	60.46	x	60.46 m
5	Michelle Fournier  (CAN)	x	58.03	60.33	x	59.09	56.29	60.33 m
6	Tamika Powell  (USA)	x	x	53.05	58.90	57.24	57.87	58.90 m
7	Nancy Guillén  (ESA)	53.13	56.43	55.24	54.92	48.82	57.75	57.75 m
8	Violeta Guzmán  (MEX)	51.37	55.32	x	54.49	53.21	56.26	56.26 m
9	Karina Moya  (ARG)	x	51.91	49.87				51.91 m
10	Claudia Becerril  (MEX)	51.09	50.58	47.87				51.09 m
	María Eugenia Villamizar  (COL)							DNS

See also

• 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
• 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

1. Full results

External links

• hammerthrow.wz
• canthrow.com
• athletics.ca