| Event: | Men's 1500 metres |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Telmex Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | October 26 |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Leandro de Oliveira |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Byron Piedra |
| Silvernoc: | ECU |
| Bronze: | Eduar Villanueva |
| Bronzenoc: | VEN |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The men's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 26th of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Hudson de Souza of Brazil.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | July 14, 1998 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 3:36.32 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 25, 2007 |
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 (3:48.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
Held on October 26.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:53.44 | |||||
| 3:53.45 | |||||
| 3:54.06 | |||||
| 4 | 3:54.79 | ||||
| 5 | 3:55.27 | ||||
| 6 | 3:55.52 | ||||
| 7 | 3:56.30 | ||||
| 8 | 3:56.53 | ||||
| 9 | 3:56.65 | ||||
| 10 | 3:56.69 | ||||
| 11 | 3:56.94 | ||||
| 12 | 4:00.03 | ||||
| 13 | 4:01.09 | ||||
| 14 | 4:04.13 |