| Athletics at the 2010 South 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 | women |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 22 at 18:00.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Allan Wolski | Prinston Quailey | Guillermo Braulio |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Yuriy Sedykh | 86.74m | Stuttgart, Germany | 30 August 1986 | |
| World Leading | Igors Sokolovs | 79.09m | Riga, Latvia | 6 March 2010 | |
| South American record | Juan Ignacio Cerra | 76.42m | Trieste, Italy | 25 July 2001 | |
| South American U23 record | Andrés Charadia | 71.34m | Prague, Czech Republic | 17 May 1987 | |
Results were published. [1] [2] [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Allan Wolski | 58.75 | 61.17 | 57.86 | 56.73 | 58.93 | x | 61.17 | |||
| Prinston Quailey | 57.36 | 55.98 | 57.82 | 57.49 | 58.16 | 57.14 | 58.16 | |||
| Guillermo Braulio | 54.62 | 55.93 | x | 54.10 | x | 54.69 | 55.93 | |||
| 4 | Lucas Chareun | 53.25 | x | x | x | 55.09 | x | 55.09 | ||
| 5 | Alan Melo | 50.42 | 54.87 | 54.11 | x | 54.28 | x | 54.87 | ||
| 6 | Luciano del Rio | 51.74 | x | 53.29 | 51.22 | 52.10 | 51.58 | 53.29 | ||
| 7 | Fabián Serna | 44.79 | x | 51.71 | 50.36 | x | x | 51.71 | ||