Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw at the 2015 Pan American Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
DatesJuly 23
Competitors12 from 10 nations
Winning distance64.80
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Jorge Fernandez of Cuba.

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Records

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

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany June 6, 1986
Pan American Games record Flag of Cuba.svg  Luis Delis  (CUB)67.32 Caracas, Venezuela August 25, 1983

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (53.05) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015). [2]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
July 23, 201519:05 Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:qBest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 63.0162.3964.8063.0564.40x64.80
Silver medal icon.svg Ronald Julião Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 60.8963.15xxx64.6564.65 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Russell Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.4062.6460.74x60.6262.3362.64
4 Jared Schuurmans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.7957.26x62.3259.67x62.32
5 Jorge Fernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba xx59.9162.04x60.9962.04
6 Timothy Nedow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.28x59.4361.1061.4959.5761.49 PB
7 Mauricio Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 61.3356.08xxx59.0661.33
8 Mario Cota Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 56.0655.7857.1857.29x59.8959.89 SB
9 Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x55.7155.7955.79
10 Quincy Wilson Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago x43.65x43.65
Eldred Henry Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands xxxNM
Dillon Simon Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica xxxNM

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.