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

Men's long jump at the XVI Pan American Games
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Venue Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates October 24 – October 25
Competitors 22 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    Chile
Silver medal    Dominica
Bronze medal    United States
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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 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.

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 (7.65) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

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

The final was held on October 25.


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