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

Men's long jump at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24 – October 25
Competitors	22 from 18 nations
Medalists
Daniel Pineda   Chile   David Registe   Dominica   Jeremy Hicks   United States
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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 long jump event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held between the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Irving Saladino of the Panama.

On November 9, 2011 the winner Victor Castillo of Venezuela was disqualified after testing positive for methylhexaneamine.

Records

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

World record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95	Tokyo, Japan	August 30, 1991
Pan American Games record	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.75	Indianapolis, United States	August 16, 1987

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (7.65) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	15:25	Qualification
October 25, 2011	17:05	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

Qualification

Qualification was held on October 24. Qualifying Performance 7.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	David Registe	Dominica	7.53	7.60	7.88	7.88	Q
2	B	Collister Fahie	Virgin Islands	7.87			7.87	Q
3	B	Jorge McFarlane	Peru	7.83			7.83	Q
4	B	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay	7.81			7.81	Q, PB
5	A	Daniel Pineda	Chile	7.77	7.70	x	7.77	q
6	A	Víctor Castillo	Venezuela	7.30	7.75	–	7.75	q
7	B	Rudon Bastian	Bahamas	7.55	7.69	7.73	7.73	q, SB
8	A	Marcos Amalbert	Puerto Rico	7.71	7.64	–	7.71	q
9	B	Randall Flimmons	United States	7.69	7.67	7.52	7.69	q
10	A	Hugo Chila	Ecuador	7.51	7.31	7.63	7.63	q
11	B	Carl Morgan	Cayman Islands	7.52	7.54	7.42	7.54	q
12	A	Jeremy Hicks	United States	x	x	7.53	7.53	q
13	A	Rogério Bispo	Brazil	7.51	7.48	7.48	7.51
14	B	Herbert McGregor	Jamaica	7.46	7.06	7.24	7.46
15	A	Vicente Rios	Mexico	7.38	x	7.42	7.42
16	B	Kenneth Brackett	22x20px Belize	6.61	7.32	x	7.32	PB
17	A	Leon Hunt	Virgin Islands	7.01	7.12	7.31	7.31
18	B	Kessel Campbell	22x20px Honduras	x	7.29	x	7.29
19	B	Miguel Hernández	Mexico	x	7.16	7.23	7.23
20	A	Júnior Díaz	Cuba	7.09	7.21	7.07	7.21
21	A	Jevonte Croal	British Virgin Islands	x	6.70	6.57	6.70
22	A	Carlos Morgan	Cayman Islands	x	6.65	x	6.65

Final

The final was held on October 25.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Daniel Pineda	Chile	7.59	x	x	7.97	x	7.49	7.97
	David Registe	Dominica	7.27	7.89	7.70	7.75	7.52	7.68	7.89
	Jeremy Hicks	United States	7.55	7.83	7.59	7.44	7.79	7.66	7.83
4	Jorge McFarlane	Peru	7.56	x	x	7.78	x	7.70	7.78
5	Emiliano Lasa	Uruguay	7.73	7.58	7.49	7.40	7.43	7.47	7.73
6	Randall Flimmons	United States	7.71	x	x	x	7.68	7.58	7.71
7	Rudon Bastian	Bahamas	7.62	7.32	7.49	x	7.28	7.21	7.62
8	Collister Fahie	Virgin Islands	x	x	7.46				7.46
9	Carl Morgan	Cayman Islands	x	7.38	6.97				7.38
10	Hugo Chila	Ecuador	7.33	7.14	x				7.33
11	Marcos Amalbert	Puerto Rico	x	7.31	x				7.31
–	Víctor Castillo	Venezuela	8.05	x	x	7.74	x	–	–	DSQ