Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,00 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Medalists
Marilson Santos   Brazil   Juan Romero   Mexico   Giovani dos Santos   Brazil
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The men's 10,000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27th of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was José David Galván of Mexico.

Records

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

World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:17.53	Brussels, Belgium	August 26, 2005
Pan American Games record	José David Galván (MEX)	28:08.74	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 27, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (29:50.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	16:00	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualifed

Final

Held on October 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marilson Santos	Brazil	29:00.64
	Juan Romero	Mexico	29:41.00
	Giovani dos Santos	Brazil	29:51.71
4	James Strang	United States	29:51.93
5	Ryan Vail	United States	29:52.04
6	Miguel Barzola	Argentina	30:12.82
7	Raul Machahuay	Peru	30:55.05
8	John Tello	Colombia	31:04.32
9	Julio Perez	Mexico	31:48.49
10	Santos Pirir	Guatemala	32:30.64
	Jhon Cusi	Peru	DNF
	Javier Guarin	Colombia	DNF
	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	DNF