2011 Pan American Games / Athletics - Men's 1500m

The men's 1500 meter run at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 26, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

14 athletes from nine countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Leandro de Oliveira after 3: 54.44 min, silver went to Byron Piedra with 3: 54.45 min and the bronze medal went to Eduar Villanueva with 3: 54.06 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Hicham El Guerrouj	3: 26.00 min	Rome , Italy	July 14, 1998
Record of games	Hudson de Souza	3: 36.32 min	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeira , Brazil	July 25, 2007

Result

October 26, 2011, 4:10 p.m.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Leandro de Oliveira	Brazil	3: 53.44
	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	3: 54.45
	Eduar Villanueva	Venezuela	3: 54.06
4th	Jon Rankin	Cayman Islands	3: 54.79
5	Andrew Acosta	United States	3: 55.27
6th	Javier Carriqueo	Argentina	3: 55.52
7th	Nico Herrera	Venezuela	3: 56.30
8th	Iván López	Chile	3: 56.53
9	Samuel Vázquez	Puerto Rico	3: 56.65
10	Leslie Encina	Chile	3: 56.69
11	Jose Esparza	Mexico	3: 56.94
12	Diego Borrego	Mexico	4: 00.03
13	Federico Bruno	Argentina	4: 01.09
14th	Will empty	United States	4: 04.13

Web links and sources

• Results on todor66.com (English)
• Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).