Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Telmex Athletics Stadium
DatesOctober 24 – October 25
Competitors33 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Jamaica
Silver medal   Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bronze medal   Trinidad and Tobago
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The men's

Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Churandy Martina formerly of the Netherlands Antilles. However, he did not defend his title as he has switched allegiance to the Netherlands.[2]

Kim Collins won the silver medal, the first ever medal for Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Pan American Games.[3]

Records

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

World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 Berlin, Germany August 16, 2009
Pan American Games record  Leandro Peñalver (CUB) 10.06 Caracas, Venezuela August 24, 1983
 Churandy Martina (AHO) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (10.38) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[4]

Schedule

Date Time Round
October 24, 2011 15:15 Heats
October 24, 2011 17:50 Semifinals
October 25, 2011 18:20 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 Disqualified

Heats

Held on October 24. The first two in each heat and the next 6 six fastest advanced to the semifinals.[5][6][7][8][9]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.0, Heat 2: +1.2, Heat 3: -0.2, Heat 4: -2.0, Heat 5: -0.1

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Emmanuel Callender  Trinidad and Tobago 10.13 Q
2 5 Lerone Clarke  Jamaica 10.15 Q
3 2 Calesio Newman  United States 10.30 Q
4 3 Michael Herrera  Cuba 10.31 Q
5 5 Álvaro Gómez  Colombia 10.31 Q
6 1 Nilson André  Brazil 10.33 Q
7 5
Jason Rogers
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.35 q PB
8 1 David Lescay  Cuba 10.36 Q
9 4 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.37 Q
10 5 Sandro Viana  Brazil 10.38 q
11 3
Tre Houston
 Bermuda 10.40 Q
12 1 Oshane Bailey  Jamaica 10.41 q
13 3 Adrian Griffith  Bahamas 10.41 q
14 4
Carlos Jorge
 Dominican Republic 10.43 Q
15 2 Jamial Rolle  Bahamas 10.45 q
16 4 Ramon Gittens  Barbados 10.45 q
17 1
Miguel Lopez
 Puerto Rico 10.48
18 1 Rolando Palacios  Honduras 10.49 SB
19 1 Kael Becerra  Chile 10.49
20 2 Franklin Nazareno  Ecuador 10.52
21 3 Monzavous Edwards  United States 10.53
22 4 Isidro Montoya  Colombia 10.60
23 5
Dontae Richards
 Canada 10.61
24 2 Adam Harris  Guyana 10.62
25 3 Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago 10.63
26 5 Adrian Durant  Virgin Islands 10.64 PB
27 4 Lee Prowell  Guyana 10.65
28 3 Miguel Wilken  Argentina 10.66
29 2 Jorge Alonzo  Mexico 10.78
30 4 Courtney Carl Williams  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.15
31 4 Jurgen Themen  Suriname 11.71
32 1 Linford Avila  Belize 11.74
1 Juan Jose Reyes  Mexico DQ

Semifinals

Held on October 24. The top four in each heat advanced to the final.[10][11]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.9, Heat 2: +0.4

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.00 Q PR
2 1 Lerone Clarke  Jamaica 10.17 Q
3 2 Emmanuel Callender  Trinidad and Tobago 10.17 Q
4 2 Nilson André  Brazil 10.23 Q
5 1
Carlos Jorge
 Dominican Republic 10.30 Q
6 2 David Lescay  Cuba 10.31 Q
7 2 Ramon Gittens  Barbados 10.37
8 1 Álvaro Gómez  Colombia 10.40 Q
9 1 Calesio Newman  United States 10.42 Q
10 1
Jason Rogers
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.44
11 2 Jamial Rolle  Bahamas 10.49
12 1 Sandro Viana  Brazil 10.49
13 1 Michael Herrera  Cuba 10.52
14 1 Adrian Griffith  Bahamas 10.59
2 Oshane Bailey  Jamaica DQ
2
Tre Houston
 Bermuda DQ

Final

Held on October 25.[12]

Wind: +0.2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lerone Clarke  Jamaica 10.01 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emmanuel Callender  Trinidad and Tobago 10.16
4
Carlos Jorge
 Dominican Republic 10.26
5 Nilson André  Brazil 10.26
6 Calesio Newman  United States 10.31
7 Álvaro Gómez  Colombia 10.33
8 David Lescay  Cuba 10.39

References