Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games

Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively.[1] The sport of athletics is split into distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.

Athletics at the
2011 Pan American Games
DatesOctober 23–30
Host cityGuadalajara, Mexico Mexico
VenueTelmex Athletics Stadium
LevelSenior
Events47
Participation668 athletes from
39 nations
Records set14 Games records


Mirroring the Olympic athletics programme, both men and women had very similar schedules of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, as their schedule lacks the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are reflected in the women's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon, respectively.

As they had done in the 2007 edition, Cuba topped the athletics medal table, taking 18 gold medals and 33 medals in total. The Brazilian team were a clear second with ten golds and 23 medals overall. The hosts Mexico and the United States both won four events each, while Colombia had the third greatest medal haul with seventeen altogether.

Over the seven-day competition, fourteen Pan American Games records were equalled or bettered. Furthermore, two South American records were set: Brazil's Lucimara da Silva broke the heptathlon record and the Brazilian women's 4 × 100 metres relay quartet also improved a continental mark.

Medal summary edit

Key
GR Pan American Games record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Men's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Lerone Clarke
  Jamaica
10.01 SB Kim Collins
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
10.04 Emmanuel Callender
  Trinidad and Tobago
10.16
200 metres
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Roberto Skyers
  Cuba
20.37 Lansford Spence
  Jamaica
20.38 Bruno de Barros
  Brazil
20.45
400 metres
details
Nery Brenes
  Costa Rica
44.65 NR Luguelín Santos
  Dominican Republic
44.71 NR Ramon Miller
  Bahamas
45.01 SB
800 metres
details
Andy González
  Cuba
1:45.58 SB Kléberson Davide
  Brazil
1:45.75 Raidel Acea
  Cuba
1:46.23
1500 metres
details
Leandro de Oliveira
  Brazil
3:53.44 Byron Piedra
  Ecuador
3:53.45 Eduar Villanueva
  Venezuela
3:54.06
5,000 metres
details
Juan Luis Barrios
  Mexico
14:13.77 Byron Piedra
  Ecuador
14:15.74 Joilson da Silva
  Brazil
14:16.11
10,000 metres
details
Marílson dos Santos
  Brazil
29:00.64 Juan Carlos Romero
  Mexico
29:41.00 Giovani dos Santos
  Brazil
29:51.71
110 m hurdles
details
Dayron Robles
  Cuba
13.10 GR Paulo Villar
  Colombia
13.27 AR Orlando Ortega
  Cuba
13.30
400 m hurdles
details
Omar Cisneros
  Cuba
47.99 GR, NR Isa Phillips
  Jamaica
48.82 Félix Sánchez
  Dominican Republic
48.85
3000 m steeplechase
details
José Peña
  Venezuela
8:48.19 Hudson de Souza
  Brazil
8:48.75 José Alberto Sánchez
  Cuba
8:49.75
4 × 100 m relay
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  Brazil
Ailson Feitosa
Sandro Viana
Nilson André
Bruno de Barros
38.18 GR   Saint Kitts and Nevis
Jason Rogers
Antoine Adams
Delwayne Delaney
Brijesh Lawrence
38.81   United States
Calesio Newman
Jeremy Dodson
Rubin Williams
Monzavous Edwards
39.17
4 × 400 m relay
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  Cuba
Noel Ruíz
Raidel Acea
Omar Cisneros
William Collazo

2:59.43 SB

  Dominican Republic
Arismendy Peguero
Luguelín Santos
Yoel Tapia
Gustavo Cuesta
3:00.44 NR   Venezuela
Arturo Ramírez
Alberto Aguilar
José Acevedo
Omar Longart
3:00.82 NR
Marathon
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Solonei da Silva
  Brazil
2:16:37 Diego Colorado
  Colombia
2:17:13 PB Juan Carlos Cardona
  Colombia
2:18:20
20 km walk
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Erick Barrondo
  Guatemala
1:21:51 James Rendón
  Colombia
1:22:46 Luis Fernando López
  Colombia
1:22:51
50 km walk
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Horacio Nava
  Mexico
3:48.58 José Leyver
  Mexico
3:49.16 PB Jaime Quiyuch
  Guatemala
3:50.33 PB
High jump
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Donald Thomas
  Bahamas
2.32 Diego Ferrin
  Ecuador
2.30 NR Víctor Moya
  Cuba
2.26
Pole vault
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Lázaro Borges
  Cuba
5.80 GR Jeremy Scott
  United States
5.60 Giovanni Lanaro
  Mexico
5.50
Long jump
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Daniel Pineda
  Chile
7.97 David Registe
  Dominica
7.89 Jeremy Hicks
  United States
7.83
Triple jump
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Alexis Copello
  Cuba
17.21 Yoandri Betanzos
  Cuba
16.54 Jefferson Sabino
  Brazil
16.51
Shot put
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Dylan Armstrong
  Canada
21.30 GR Carlos Véliz
  Cuba
20.76 Germán Lauro
  Argentina
20.41 SB
Discus throw
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Jorge Fernández
  Cuba
65.58 Jarred Rome
  United States
61.71 Ronald Julião
  Brazil
61.70
Hammer throw
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Kibwe Johnson
  United States
79.63 GR Michael Mai
  United States
72.71 Noleysis Vicet
  Cuba
72.57
Javelin throw
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Guillermo Martínez
  Cuba
87.20 GR, NR Cyrus Hostetler
  United States
82.24 SB Braian Toledo
  Argentina
79.53 PB
Decathlon
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Leonel Suárez
  Cuba
8373 GR Maurice Smith
  Jamaica
8214 SB Yordani Garcia
  Cuba
8074
  •  : The original long jump winner was Víctor Castillo of Venezuela, but a positive drug test for methylhexaneamine meant he was stripped of his title and given a lifetime ban.[2]

Women's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Rosângela Santos
  Brazil
11.22 PB Barbara Pierre
  United States
11.25 Shakera Reece
  Barbados
11.26 NR
200 metres
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Ana Cláudia Silva
  Brazil
22.76 Simone Facey
  Jamaica
22.86 PB Mariely Sánchez
  Dominican Republic
23.02 NR
400 metres
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Jennifer Padilla
  Colombia
51.53 PB Daisurami Bonne
  Cuba
51.69 PB Geisa Coutinho
  Brazil
51.87
800 metres
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Adriana Muñoz
  Cuba
2:04.08 Gabriela Medina
  Mexico
2:04.41 SB Rosibel García
  Colombia
2:04.45
1500 metres
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Adriana Muñoz
  Cuba
4:26.09 Rosibel García
  Colombia
4:26.78 Malindi Elmore
  Canada
4:27.57
5000 metres
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Marisol Romero
  Mexico
16:24.08 Cruz da Silva
  Brazil
16:29.75 Inés Melchor
  Peru
16:41.50
10,000 metres
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Marisol Romero
  Mexico
34:07.24 Cruz da Silva
  Brazil
34:22.44 Yolanda Caballero
  Colombia
34:39.14 PB
100 m hurdles
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Yvette Lewis
  United States
12.82 Angela Whyte
  Canada
13.09 Lina Flórez
  Colombia
13.09
400 m hurdles
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Princesa Oliveros
  Colombia
56.26 PB Lucy Jaramillo
  Ecuador
56.95 NR Yolanda Osana
  Dominican Republic
57.08 NR
3000 m steeplechase
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Sara Hall
  United States
10:03.16 Ángela Figueroa
  Colombia
10:10.14 Sabine Heitling
  Brazil
10:10.98
4 × 100 m relay
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  Brazil
Ana Cláudia Silva
Vanda Gomes
Franciela Krasucki
Rosângela Santos
42.85 AR   United States
Kenyanna Wilson
Barbara Pierre
Yvette Lewis
Chastity Riggien
43.10   Colombia
Lina Flórez
Jennifer Padilla
Yomara Hinestroza
Norma González
43.44 SB
4 × 400 m relay
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  Cuba
Aymée Martínez
Diosmely Peña
Susana Clement
Daisurami Bonne
3:28.09   Brazil
Joelma Sousa
Geisa Coutinho
Bárbara de Oliveira
Jailma de Lima
3:29.59   Colombia
Princesa Oliveros
Norma González
Evelis Aguilar
Jennifer Padilla
3:29.94 NR
Marathon
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Adriana Aparecida da Silva
  Brazil
2:36:37 GR Madaí Pérez
  Mexico
2:38:03 Gladys Tejeda
  Peru
2:42:09
20 km walk
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Jamy Franco
  Guatemala
1:32:38 GR Mirna Ortiz
  Guatemala
1:33:37 PB Ingrid Hernández
  Colombia
1:34:06
High jump
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Lesyani Mayor
  Cuba
1.89 SB Marielys Rojas
  Venezuela
1.89 SB Romary Rifka
  Mexico
1.89
Pole vault
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Yarisley Silva
  Cuba
4.75 GR Fabiana Murer
  Brazil
4.70 Becky Holliday
  United States
4.30
Long jump
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Maurren Maggi
  Brazil
6.94 SB Shameka Marshall
  United States
6.73 Caterine Ibargüen
  Colombia
6.63 NR
Triple jump
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Caterine Ibargüen
  Colombia
14.92 GR Yargelis Savigne
  Cuba
14.36 Mabel Gay
  Cuba
14.28
Shot put
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Misleydis González
  Cuba
18.57 Cleopatra Borel-Brown
  Trinidad and Tobago
18.46 PB Michelle Carter
  United States
18.09
Discus throw
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Yarelys Barrios
  Cuba
66.40 GR Aretha Thurmond
  United States
59.53 Denia Caballero
  Cuba
58.63
Hammer throw
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Yipsi Moreno
  Cuba
75.62 GR Sultana Frizell
  Canada
70.11 Amber Campbell
  United States
69.93
Javelin throw
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Alicia DeShasier
  United States
58.01 PB Yainelis Ribeaux
  Cuba
56.21 Yanet Cruz
  Cuba
56.19
Heptathlon
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Lucimara da Silva
  Brazil
6133 AR PB Yasmiany Pedroso
  Cuba
5844 Francia Manzanillo
  Dominican Republic
5710 PB

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba186933
2  Brazil106723
3  United States48517
4  Mexico*44210
5  Colombia35917
6  Guatemala2114
7  Jamaica1405
8  Canada1214
9  Venezuela1124
10  Bahamas1012
11  Chile1001
  Costa Rica1001
13  Ecuador0404
14  Dominican Republic0246
15  Saint Kitts and Nevis0202
16  Trinidad and Tobago0112
17  Dominica0101
18  Argentina0022
  Peru0022
20  Barbados0011
Totals (20 entries)474747141

Participation edit

A total of 668 athletes from 39 countries were entered in the athletics competition.[3] A maximum of two participants were allowed per country for each individual event. Nations were able to enter one competitor who had not achieved the minimum standard performance. To register a second competitor, both athletes needed to have achieved the minimum standard performance.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Athletics technical manual Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Long jumper fails doping test. Supersport/SAPA AP (2011-11-10). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
  3. ^ Athletics entry list Archived October 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Day reports
Results

External links edit