Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's javelin throw
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 18:15.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Víctor Fatecha Paraguay | Lucas Ivan da Silva Brazil | Tomás Guerra Chile |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Jan Železný | Czech Republic | 98.48m | Jena, Germany | 25 May 1996 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Guillermo Martínez | Cuba | 86.38m | Havana, Cuba | 26 February 2010 |
| South American record | Edgar Baumann | Paraguay | 84.70m | San Marcos, United States | 17 October 1999 |
| South American U23 record | Júlio César de Oliveira | Brazil | 78.91m | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 27 May 2006 |

## Results

Results were published.

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Best Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best Result | Notes |
| | Víctor Fatecha | Paraguay | 73.22 | 71.69 | 71.41 | 72.59 | – | – | 73.22 | |
| | Lucas Ivan da Silva | Brazil | 59.35 | 65.28 | 65.30 | 60.23 | 58.94 | 62.56 | 65.30 | |
| | Tomás Guerra | Chile | x | x | 63.93 | 63.32 | 61.65 | 61.00 | 63.93 | |
| 4 | Jhon Emerson Valencia | Colombia | 58.53 | 62.18 | x | 62.61 | 60.93 | x | 62.61 | |
| 5 | Mauricio Jaime | Argentina | 57.72 | 60.79 | 57.31 | x | 56.79 | 59.88 | 60.79 | |
| 6 | Eduardo Alexandrino | Brazil | 54.28 | 57.87 | 53.61 | – | 56.54 | 60.41 | 60.41 | |
| 7 | Cristian Hinestroza | Colombia | 56.86 | x | 57.21 | 56.60 | 58.47 | 59.52 | 59.52 | |
