Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Larry Hart of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record80.32Heidenheim, West GermanyAugust 6, 1978Pan American Games record66.56Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesScott Neilson69.64GRArmando Orozco68.48Genovevo Morejón67.664Andy Bessette66.225José Alberto Vallejo59.506Daniel Gómez58.587Luis Martínez54.208Mario Egnem51.52Boris DjerassiBill Green

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