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Athletics at the
2011 Pan American Games
Athletics at the ; 2011 Pan American Games
Dates	October 23–30
Host city	Guadalajara, Mexico
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	47
Participation	668 athletes from ; 39 nations
Records set	14 Games records
	← Rio de Janeiro 2007 Toronto 2015 → ; 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.

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

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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Lerone Clarke Jamaica	10.01 SB	Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.04	Emmanuel Callender Trinidad and Tobago	10.16
200 metres details	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 details	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 details	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 details	Solonei da Silva Brazil	2:16:37	Diego Colorado Colombia	2:17:13 PB	Juan Carlos Cardona Colombia	2:18:20
20 km walk details	Erick Barrondo Guatemala	1:21:51	James Rendón Colombia	1:22:46	Luis Fernando López Colombia	1:22:51
50 km walk details	Horacio Nava Mexico	3:48.58	José Leyver Mexico	3:49.16 PB	Jaime Quiyuch Guatemala	3:50.33 PB
High jump details	Donald Thomas Bahamas	2.32	Diego Ferrin Ecuador	2.30 NR	Víctor Moya Cuba	2.26
Pole vault details	Lázaro Borges Cuba	5.80 GR	Jeremy Scott United States	5.60	Giovanni Lanaro Mexico	5.50
Long jump ^† details	Daniel Pineda Chile	7.97	David Registe Dominica	7.89	Jeremy Hicks United States	7.83
Triple jump details	Alexis Copello Cuba	17.21	Yoandri Betanzos Cuba	16.54	Jefferson Sabino Brazil	16.51
Shot put details	Dylan Armstrong Canada	21.30 GR	Carlos Véliz Cuba	20.76	Germán Lauro Argentina	20.41 SB
Discus throw details	Jorge Fernández Cuba	65.58	Jarred Rome United States	61.71	Ronald Julião Brazil	61.70
Hammer throw details	Kibwe Johnson United States	79.63 GR	Michael Mai United States	72.71	Noleysis Vicet Cuba	72.57
Javelin throw details	Guillermo Martínez Cuba	87.20 GR, NR	Cyrus Hostetler United States	82.24 SB	Braian Toledo Argentina	79.53 PB
Decathlon details	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

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

Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)

Participation

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]