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.Athletics technical manual The sport of athletics is split into distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
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 KeyGRARArea recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Men's events 100 metres 10.01 10.04 10.16 200 metres 20.37 20.38 20.45400 metres 44.65 44.71 45.01 800 metres 1:45.58 1:45.75 1:46.231500 metres 3:53.44 3:53.45 3:54.065,000 metres 14:13.77 14:15.74 14:16.1110,000 metres 29:00.64 29:41.00 29:51.71 110 m hurdles 13.10 13.27 13.30 400 m hurdles 47.99 , 48.82 48.85 3000 m steeplechase 8:48.19 8:48.75 8:49.75 4 × 100 m relay Ailson FeitosaSandro VianaNilson AndréBruno de Barros 38.18 Jason RogersAntoine AdamsDelwayne DelaneyBrijesh Lawrence 38.81 Calesio NewmanJeremy DodsonRubin WilliamsMonzavous Edwards39.17 4 × 400 m relay Noel RuízRaidel AceaOmar CisnerosWilliam Collazo 2:59.43 Arismendy PegueroLuguelín SantosYoel TapiaGustavo Cuesta 3:00.44 Arturo RamírezAlberto AguilarJosé AcevedoOmar Longart3:00.82 Marathon 2:16:37 2:17:13 2:18:2020 km walk 1:21:51 1:22:46 1:22:5150 km walk 3:48.58 3:49.16 3:50.33 High jump 2.32 2.30 2.26 Pole vault 5.80 5.60 5.50 Long jump † 7.97 7.89 7.83 Triple jump 17.21 16.54 16.51 Shot put 21.30 20.76 20.41 Discus throw 65.58 61.71 61.70 Hammer throw 79.63 72.71 72.57 Javelin throw 87.20 , 82.24 79.53 Decathlon 8373 8214 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. Long jumper fails doping test. Supersport/SAPA AP (2011-11-10). Retrieved on 2011-11-10.
Women's events 100 metres 11.22 11.25 11.26 200 metres 22.76 22.86 23.02 400 metres 51.53 51.69 51.87800 metres 2:04.08 2:04.41 2:04.451500 metres 4:26.09 4:26.78 4:27.575000 metres 16:24.08 16:29.75 16:41.5010,000 metres 34:07.24 34:22.44 34:39.14 100 m hurdles 12.82 13.09 13.09 400 m hurdles 56.26 56.95 57.08 3000 m steeplechase 10:03.16 10:10.14 10:10.98 4 × 100 m relay Ana Cláudia SilvaVanda GomesFranciela KrasuckiRosângela Santos42.85 Kenyanna WilsonBarbara PierreYvette LewisChastity Riggien43.10 Lina FlórezJennifer PadillaYomara HinestrozaNorma González43.44 4 × 400 m relay Aymée MartínezDiosmely PeñaSusana ClementDaisurami Bonne3:28.09 Joelma SousaGeisa CoutinhoBárbara de OliveiraJailma de Lima3:29.59 Princesa OliverosNorma GonzálezEvelis AguilarJennifer Padilla3:29.94 Marathon 2:36:37 2:38:03 2:42:0920 km walk 1:32:38 1:33:37 1:34:06 High jump 1.89 1.89 1.89 Pole vault 4.75 4.70 4.30 Long jump 6.94 6.73 6.63 Triple jump 14.92 14.36 14.28 Shot put 18.57 18.46 18.09 Discus throw 66.40 59.53 58.63 Hammer throw 75.62 70.11 69.93 Javelin throw 58.01 56.21 56.19 Heptathlon 6133 , 5844 5710
Medal table
Participation A total of 668 athletes from 39 countries were entered in the athletics competition.Athletics entry list 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.
References
Day reports Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-24). Guatemala sweeps 20Km Race Walks, da Silva takes Marathon gold - Pan American Games, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-25). Silva upsets Murer to capture gold, Collins clocks 10.00 Games’ record in semis – Pan American Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-26). Suarez and Armstrong set new records, Clarke outsprints Collins - Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-27). Brenes improves to 44.65, Maggi sails 6.94m in Guadalajara - Pan American Games, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-28). Cisneros joins sub-48 club with 47.99, Thompson soars to 2.32m - Pan American Games, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-29). Robles 13.10, Borges 5.80m and Ibarguen 14.92m in Guadalajara - Pan American Games, Day 6. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-31). Nava and da Silva take last athletics titles in Guadalajara as Pan American Games conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. Results PAG Guadalajara MEX 23 - 30 October - 16th Pan American Games, Telmex Stadium. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-02. All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16. Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.
External links Official website Official athletics results page