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

Men's discus throw at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 23
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning distance	64.80
Medalists
Fedrick Dacres    Jamaica   Ronald Julião    Brazil   Russell Winger    United States
«2011 2019»

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.

Records

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

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

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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

Date	Time	Round
July 23, 2015	19:05	Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Best non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	63.01	62.39	64.80	63.05	64.40	x	64.80
	Ronald Julião	Brazil	60.89	63.15	x	x	x	64.65	64.65	SB
	Russell Winger	United States	59.40	62.64	60.74	x	60.62	62.33	62.64
4	Jared Schuurmans	United States	59.79	57.26	x	62.32	59.67	x	62.32
5	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	x	x	59.91	62.04	x	60.99	62.04
6	Timothy Nedow	Canada	57.28	x	59.43	61.10	61.49	59.57	61.49	PB
7	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	61.33	56.08	x	x	x	59.06	61.33
8	Mario Cota	Mexico	56.06	55.78	57.18	57.29	x	59.89	59.89	SB
9	Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas	Canada	x	55.71	55.79				55.79
10	Quincy Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago	x	43.65	x				43.65
	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands	x	x	x				NM
	Dillon Simon	Dominica	x	x	x				NM

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.