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The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on July 24, 1999.^[1] America's Dawn Ellerbe won the first ever Pan Am medal in the event since the women's hammer throw made its debut in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kingdom of Canada

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 1999 Pan American Games
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	75.97 m	May 13, 1999	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Pan Am Record	New Event

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	63.66	61.74	61.86	63.01	54.97	65.36	65.36 m	GR
	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	60.65	x	61.67	61.14	63.03	61.51	63.03 m
	Caroline Wittrin (CAN)	59.64	x	56.62	x	60.08	61.28	61.28 m
4	Norbi Balantén (CUB)	x	59.05	x	57.96	60.46	x	60.46 m
5	Michelle Fournier (CAN)	x	58.03	60.33	x	59.09	56.29	60.33 m
6	Tamika Powell (USA)	x	x	53.05	58.90	57.24	57.87	58.90 m
7	Nancy Guillén (ESA)	53.13	56.43	55.24	54.92	48.82	57.75	57.75 m
8	Violeta Guzmán (MEX)	51.37	55.32	x	54.49	53.21	56.26	56.26 m
9	Karina Moya (ARG)	x	51.91	49.87				51.91 m
10	Claudia Becerril (MEX)	51.09	50.58	47.87				51.09 m
	María Eugenia Villamizar (COL)							DNS