Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 5,000 metres

The men's 5,000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Ed Moran of the United States.

Men's 5,000 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueTelmex Athletics Stadium
DatesOctober 24
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   Ecuador
Bronze medal   Brazil
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands May 31, 2004
Pan American Games record   Ed Moran (USA) 13:25.60 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 23, 2007

Qualification edit

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (14.20.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
October 25, 2011 18:10 Final

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in minutes:seconds
PR Pan American games record
WR world record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Results edit

15 athletes from 11 countries competed.[3]

Final edit

[4]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Juan Luis Barrios   Mexico 14:13.77
  Byron Piedra   Ecuador 14:15.74
  Joilson da Silva   Brazil 14:16.11
4 Juan Carlos Romero   Mexico 14:16.13 PB
5 Brandon Bethke   United States 14:17.31
6 José Mauricio González   Colombia 14:19.43
7 Javier Guarín   Colombia 14:20.15
8 Stephen Furst   United States 14:21.94
9 Jhon Cusi   Peru 14:28.31
10 Raul Machahuay   Peru 14:43.05
11 Miguel Barzola   Argentina 14:44.23
12 Luis Orta   Venezuela 14:59.00
13 Jose Raxon   Guatemala 14:59.78
14 Ubaldo De Los Santos   Uruguay 15:23.87
15 Oneil Williams   Bahamas 18:01.55

References edit