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Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 5,000 metres

Men's 5,000 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
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Venue Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates October 24
Competitors 15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    Mexico
Silver medal    Ecuador
Bronze medal    Brazil
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Athletics at
the 2011 Pan American Games

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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 5,000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Ed Moran of the United States.

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

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (14.20.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

15 athletes from 11 countries competed.


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