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

Men's 100 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24 – October 25
Competitors	33 from 23 nations
Medalists
Lerone Clarke   Jamaica   Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis   Emmanuel Callender   Trinidad and Tobago
«2007	2015»

Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 24 and 25 of October at the 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

Disqualifed

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
33	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
15	2	Oshane Bailey	Jamaica	DQ
15	2	Tre Houston	Bermuda	DQ

Final

Held on October 25.^[12]

Wind: +0.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lerone Clarke	Jamaica	10.01	PB
	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.04
	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

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Churandy Martina is Dutch
3. Kim Collins wins silver in 100m at Pan Am Games in Mexico
4. Qualification standards
5. Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 1/5
6. Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 2/5
7. Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 3/5
8. Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 4/5
9. Men's 100m Round 1 Heat 5/5
10. Men's 100m Semifinal 1/2
11. Men's 100m Semifinal 2/2
12. Men's 100m Final results