Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 28
Competitors	12 from 8 nations
Medalists
Lázaro Borges   Cuba   Jeremy Scott   United States   Giovanni Lanaro   Mexico
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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.^[1][2] 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	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	July 31, 1994
Pan American Games record	Pat Manson (USA)	5.75	Mar del Plata, Argentine	March 18, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (5.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

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	Cuba	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	–	o	xxo	o	5.80	PR
	Jeremy Scott	United States	–	–	–	o	xo	xo	o	–	xxx			5.60
	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx					5.50
4	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	–	–	xo	–	xo	xo	xxx					5.50	SB
5	Fábio Gomes da Silva	Brazil	–	–	–	o	xo	xxx						5.40
6	Yanquier Lara	Cuba	–	o	xo	–	xo	xxx						5.40
7	Jason Wurster	Canada	–	–	o	xxx								5.20
8	Luis Nevárez	Mexico	o	o	xxx									5.05
9	Rubén Benitez	Argentina	o	xo	xxx									5.05
10	Jabari Ennis	Jamaica	o	xxx										4.90
	Nick Mossberg	United States	–	–	xxx									NM
	Rick Valcin	Saint Lucia	xxx											NM

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