Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon explained

Event:	Men's decathlon
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 24–25
Competitors:	14
Nations:	9
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Leonel Suárez
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Maurice Smith
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Yordanis García
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The men's decathlon event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Maurice Smith of the Jamaica.

Records

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

World record		9026	Götzis, Austria	May 27, 2001
Pan American Games record		8278	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 24, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (6750) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	13:00	100 metres
October 24, 2011	13:45	Long jump
October 24, 2011	15:10	Shot put
October 24, 2011	16:20	High jump
October 24, 2011	18:40	400 metres
October 25, 2011	13:00	110 metres hurdles
October 25, 2011	13:35	Discus throw
October 25, 2011	14:55	Pole vault
October 25, 2011	17:20	Javelin throw
October 25, 2011	18:40	1500 metres
October 25, 2011	18:40	Final standings

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

100 metres

Rank	Heat	Result	Points
1	2	10.65	940
2	2	10.68	933
3	2	10.68	933
4	2	10.69	931
5	1	10.82	901
6	2	10.85	894
7	2	10.86	892
8	2	11.01	858
9	1	11.04	852
10	1	11.06	847
11	1	11.16	825
12	1	11.42	769
13	1	11.57	738
14	1	11.58	736

Long jump

Rank	Group	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	B	7.41	913	PB	1807
2	B	7.39	908		1766
3	B	7.37	903	PB	1843
4	A	7.36	900		1792
5	B	7.30	886		1655
6	B	7.28	881		1814
7	A	7.09	835	PB	1660
8	B	7.05	826		1673
9	A	7.04	823		1675
10	A	6.78	762		1695
11	A	6.74	753		1489
12	A	6.63	727		1465
13	A	6.55	709		1640
14	B	5.37	455		1356

Shot put

Rank	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	17.35	935	PB	2727
2	14.96	787	PB	2594
3	14.81	778		2473
4	14.64	768	PB	2534
5	14.21	741	PB	2414
6	14.01	729	PB	2572
7	13.80	716	PB	2371
8	13.55	701	PB	2361
9	13.29	685	PB	2360
10	13.23	681	PB	2495
11	13.05	670		2135
12	12.71	650		2139
13	12.40	631		2271
	DNS

High jump

Rank	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	2.08	878	PB	3412
2	2.05	850	PB	3264
3	2.05	850		3323
4	1.99	794	PB	3366
5	1.99	794	PB	3521
6	1.96	767		3128
6	1.96	767		3127
8	1.96	767		3138
9	1.87	687	PB	2822
10	1.84	661		2800
11	1.84	661	PB	3255
12	1.69	536		2807
	NM	0		2495
	DNS

400 metres

Rank	Heat	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	2	47.61	928	PB	3735
2	2	48.30	895	PB	4150
3	1	48.80	871	PB	3366
4	2	48.84	869	PB	4192
5	2	49.26	849	PB	4370
6	2	49.37	844	PB	3971
7	2	49.54	836	PB	4202
8	2	49.76	826		4238
9	1	51.02	768		3568
10	1	51.08	765		4029
11	1	51.19	761	PB	3583
12	1	52.00	725	PB	3853
13	1	53.17	674		3812
	1	DNS

110 metres hurdles

Rank	Heat	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	2	14.20	949		5319
2	2	14.22	946	PB	5096
3	2	14.22	946	PB	5138
4	2	14.23	945		4974
5	2	14.26	941	PB	5179
6	1	14.49	912	PB	4724
7	1	14.71	885	PB	5087
8	1	14.77	878	PB	4244
9	2	14.92	859		4712
10	1	15.23	822		4557
11	1	16.71	655		4223
	1	DNF	0		3583
	1	DNF	0		3971
	2	DNS

Discus throw

Rank	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	48.79	845	PB	6164
2	46.10	790	PB	4373
3	45.54	778		5957
4	43.79	742	PB	5454
5	43.40	734	PB	5708
6	43.08	727	PB	5814
7	41.99	705	PB	5801
8	41.48	695		4939
9	40.80	681	PB	5238
10	40.20	669		5807
11	38.69	638		5362
12	37.87	621		4844
	DNS
	DNS

Pole vault

Rank	Result	Points	Overall
1	5.30	1004	6712
2	4.80	849	6806
3	4.80	849	6656
4	4.50	760	5604
5	4.40	731	6895
6	4.40	731	5969
7	4.30	702	5641
8	4.20	673	6127
9	4.20	673	6487
10	3.90	590	6391
	NM	0	5362
	NM	0	4373
	DNS
	DNS

Javelin throw

Rank	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	72.19	923		7729
2	63.81	795		7451
3	59.57	731	PB	7626
4	59.20	726		6367
5	57.72	704		6308
6	56.51	685	PB	5058
7	56.35	683	PB	7046
8	56.24	681		7393
9	55.97	677	PB	7164
10	55.49	670		6797
11	53.33	638	PB	6607
12	51.31	608		5970
	DNS
	DNS

1500 metres

Rank	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1	4:37.03	699		7007
2	4:39.84	681	PB	7288
3	4:42.95	662		7826
4	4:45.78	644		8373
5	4:49.29	623		8074
6	4:52.26	605	PB	7679
7	4:54.34	593		7986
8	4:55.18	588		8214
9	4:56.52	580		6550
10	4:59.60	562	PB	6929
11	5:20.11	449		7246
	DNF	0		5058

Final standings

Rank	Points	Notes
	8373	PR
	8214
	8074
	7986	PB
	7826	PB
	7679	PB
	7288	PB
	7246
	7007	PB
10	6929
11	6550
12	5058

Notes and References

http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf Guadalajara 2011 sessions
Web site: Athletics technical manual . 2012-09-16 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120916034515/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe3.pdf . 2012-09-16 . usurped .