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


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 record26:17.53Brussels, BelgiumAugust 26, 2005
Pan American Games record28:08.74Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 27, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee 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 in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Held on October 26.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Marilson Santos29:00.64
Juan Romero29:41.00
Giovani dos Santos29:51.71
4James Strang29:51.93
5Ryan Vail29:52.04
6Miguel Barzola30:12.82
7Raul Machahuay30:55.05
8John Tello31:04.32
9Julio Perez31:48.49
10Santos Pirir32:30.64
Jhon CusiDNF
Javier GuarinDNF
Byron PiedraDNF