Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's hammer throw event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 16 March.^[1][2]

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Bob Backus	United States	54.91	GR
	Marty Engel	United States	53.36
		Argentina	51.45
4	Alejandro Díaz	Chile	50.56
5	Arturo Melcher	Chile	49.60
6		Brazil	49.35
7		Mexico	45.96
8		Venezuela	43.73
9	Daniel Alvarado	Venezuela	43.71
10		Cuba	42.49
11		Colombia	40.40
12		Mexico	40.17
		Venezuela	NM
		Canada	DNS

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