Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's javelin 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
v t

The women's javelin throw event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 13 March.^[1][2]

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Karen Anderson	United States	49.15
	Estrella Puente	Uruguay	43.43
	Amelia Wershoven	United States	43.06
4	Marjorie Larney	United States	40.52
5		Chile	40.10
6		Brazil	39.14
7		Mexico	36.69
8		Mexico	34.56
9		Canada	26.81
	Jackie MacDonald	Canada	DNS
		El Salvador	DNS
		Brazil	DNS
		Cuba	DNS

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