Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Fábio Gomes da Silva of the Brazil.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | July 31, 1994 | |
| Pan American Games record | 5.75 | Mar del Plata, Argentine | March 18, 1995 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.Schedule
Results
All distances shown are in meters:centimeters| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
The final was held on October 28.| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.05 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.76 | 5.80 | Result | Notes |
| Lázaro Borges | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | – | o | xxo | o | 5.80 | PR | ||
| Jeremy Scott | – | – | – | o | xo | xo | o | – | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| Giovanni Lanaro | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
| Germán Chiaraviglio | – | – | xo | – | xo | xo | xxx | 5.50 | SB | ||||||
| Fábio Gomes da Silva | – | – | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||
| Yanquier Lara | – | o | xo | – | xo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||
| Jason Wurster | – | – | o | xxx | 5.20 | ||||||||||
| Luis Nevárez | o | o | xxx | 5.05 | |||||||||||
| Rubén Benitez | o | xo | xxx | 5.05 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Jabari Ennis | o | xxx | 4.90 | |||||||||||
| Nick Mossberg | – | – | xxx | ' | |||||||||||
| Rick Valcin | xxx | ' |