Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates October 24
Competitors 8 from 6 nations
Medalists
   Mexico
   Brazil
   Colombia
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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 women's 10,000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Sara Slattery of the United States.

Records

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

World record  Junxia Wang (CHN) 29:31.78 Beijing, China September 8, 1993
Pan American Games record  Sara Slattery (USA) 32:54.41 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 23, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (35.30.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
October 25, 2011 16:45 Final

Abbreviations

PR Pan American games record
WR world record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Results

8 athletes from 6 countries competed.[3]

Final

[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Marisol Romero Mexico 34:07:24
2nd, silver medalist(s) Cruz da Silva Brazil 34:22:44
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yolanda Caballero Colombia 34:39:14
4 Annie Bersagel United States 35:23:31
5 Yudileyvis Castillo Cuba 35:35:43
6 Julia Rivera Peru 35:46:21
7 Cassie Ficken Slade United States 36:14:96
8 Hortencia Arzapalo Peru 37:10:63

References

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