Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 25 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Juan Luis Barrios of Mexico.

Men's 5,000 metres at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
DatesJuly 25
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time13:46.47
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Chile
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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 (14.23.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
July 25, 2015 20:50 Final

Results edit

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Juan Luis Barrios   Mexico 13:46.47
  David Torrence   United States 13:46.60
  Víctor Aravena   Chile 13:46.94 PB
4 Garrett Heath   United States 13:47.17
5 Cameron Levins   Canada 13:48.03
6 Altobeli da Silva   Brazil 13:49.00
7 José Juan Esparza   Mexico 13:51.50
8 Lucas Bruchet   Canada 13:56.09
9 Carlos Díaz   Chile 13:59.66
10 Bayron Piedra   Ecuador 14:04.20
11 Mario Pacay   Guatemala 14:07.87
12 David de Macedo   Brazil 14:08.56
13 Joseph Cesar Rosa   Puerto Rico 14:29.78
14 Jose Mauricio Gonzalez   Colombia 16:13.05
Federico Bruno   Argentina DNF
James Cesar Rosa   Puerto Rico DNS

References edit

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.