Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	19 from 17 nations
Medalists
Donald Thomas   Bahamas   Diego Ferrin   Ecuador   Víctor Moya   Cuba
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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 high jump event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Víctor Moya of the Cuba.

Records

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

World record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45	Salamanca, Spain	July 27, 1993
Pan American Games record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.40	Mar del Plata, Argentine	March 25, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (2.13) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	16:55	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 27.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.26	2.28	2.30	2.32	2.34	Result	Notes
	Donald Thomas	Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	xo	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.32
	Diego Ferrin	Ecuador	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	xxo	o	xo	o	o	xx–	x	2.30	PB
	Víctor Moya	Cuba	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xx–	o	x–	xx			2.26
4	James Grayman	Antigua and Barbuda	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xx–	x				2.24
5	Brendan Williams	Dominica	–	–	–	xo	o	o	o	o	xxx						2.21	PB
6	Jamie Nieto	United States	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx						2.21
7	Jim Dilling	United States	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx						2.21
8	Edgar Rivera	Mexico	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx							2.18
9	Wagner Miller	Colombia	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	xxx							2.18
10	Carlos Daniel Layoy	Argentina	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx							2.18
11	Thorrold Murray	Barbados	–	–	–	o	o	xxx									2.10
12	Arturo Chávez	Peru	–	–	xo	o	xo	xxx									2.10
13	Rafael dos Santos	Brazil	–	–	–	o	xxo	xxx									2.10
14	Marlon Colorado	El Salvador	o	o	xxo	o	xxo	xxx									2.10
15	Keron Stoute	British Virgin Islands	o	xo	xo	o	xxx										2.05
16	Josue Louis	Haiti	–	o	o	xxx											2.00
17	Henry Linton Quesada	Costa Rica	xo	xo	xxx												1.95
	Jorge Rouco	Mexico	–	–	–	–	xxx										NM
	Linford Avila	22x20px Belize															DNS