The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion was Churandy Martina formerly of the Netherlands Antilles. However, he did not defend his title as he has switched allegiance to the Netherlands.Churandy Martina is Dutch

Kim Collins won the silver medal, the first ever medal for Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Pan American Games.Kim Collins wins silver in 100m at Pan Am Games in Mexico

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record9.58Berlin, GermanyAugust 16, 2009Pan American Games record10.06Caracas, VenezuelaAugust 24, 1983Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2007

Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (10.38) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 24, 2011 15:15 HeatsOctober 24, 2011 17:50 SemifinalsOctober 25, 2011 18:20 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Heats Held on October 24. The first two in each heat and the next 6 six fastest advanced to the semifinals.Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 1/5Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 2/5Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 3/5Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 4/5Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 5/5

Wind:Heat 1: -1.0, Heat 2: +1.2, Heat 3: -0.2, Heat 4: -2.0, Heat 5: -0.1 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Emmanuel Callender 10.13 Q2 5 Lerone Clarke 10.15 Q3 2 Calesio Newman 10.30 Q4 3 Michael Herrera 10.31 Q5 5 Álvaro Gómez 10.31 Q6 1 Nilson André 10.33 Q7 5 Jason Rogers 10.35 q PB8 1 David Lescay 10.36 Q9 4 Kim Collins 10.37 Q10 5 Sandro Viana 10.38 q11 3 Tre Houston 10.40 Q12 1 Oshane Bailey 10.41 q13 3 Adrian Griffith 10.41 q14 4 Carlos Jorge 10.43 Q15 2 Jamial Rolle 10.45 q16 4 Ramon Gittens 10.45 q17 1 Miguel Lopez 10.48 18 1 Rolando Palacios 10.49 SB19 1 Kael Becerra 10.49 20 2 Franklin Nazareno 10.52 21 3 Monzavous Edwards 10.53 22 4 Isidro Montoya 10.60 23 5 Dontae Richards 10.61 24 2 Adam Harris 10.62 25 3 Darrel Brown 10.63 26 5 Adrian Durant 10.64 PB27 4 Lee Prowell 10.65 28 3 Miguel Wilken 10.66 29 2 Jorge Alonzo 10.78 30 4 Courtney Carl Williams 11.15 31 4 Jurgen Themen 11.71 32 1 Linford Avila 11.74 1 Juan Jose Reyes

Semifinals Held on October 24. The top four in each heat advanced to the final.Men's 100m Semifinal 1/2Men's 100m Semifinal 2/2

Wind:Heat 1: -1.9, Heat 2: +0.4 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Kim Collins 10.00 Q PR2 1 Lerone Clarke 10.17 Q3 2 Emmanuel Callender 10.17 Q4 2 Nilson André 10.23 Q5 1 Carlos Jorge 10.30 Q6 2 David Lescay 10.31 Q7 2 Ramon Gittens 10.37 8 1 Álvaro Gómez 10.40 Q9 1 Calesio Newman 10.42 Q10 1 Jason Rogers 10.44 11 2 Jamial Rolle 10.49 12 1 Sandro Viana 10.49 13 1 Michael Herrera 10.52 14 1 Adrian Griffith 10.59 2 Oshane Bailey 2 Tre Houston

Final Held on October 25.Men's 100m Final results

Wind: +0.2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lerone Clarke 10.01 PB Kim Collins 10.04 Emmanuel Callender 10.16 4 Carlos Jorge 10.26 5 Nilson André 10.26 6 Calesio Newman 10.317 Álvaro Gómez 10.33 8 David Lescay 10.39

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