2011 Pan American Games / Athletics - Men's 5000m

The men's 5000 meter run at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 25, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

15 athletes from eleven countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Juan Luis Barrios after 14: 13.77 min, silver went to Byron Piedra with 14: 15.74 min and the bronze medal went to Joilson da Silva with 14: 16.11 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Kenenisa Bekele	12: 37.35 min	Hengelo , Netherlands	May 31, 2004
Record of games	Ed Moran	13: 25.60 min	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	July 23, 2007

Result

October 24, 2011, 6:10 p.m.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	14: 13.77
	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	14: 15.74
	Joilson da Silva	Brazil	14: 16.11
4th	Juan Carlos Romero	Mexico	14: 16.13 PB
5	Brandon Bethke	United States	14: 17.31
6th	José Mauricio González	Colombia	14: 19.43
7th	Javier Guarin	Colombia	14: 20.15
8th	Stephen Furst	United States	14: 21.94
9	Jhon Cusi	Peru	14: 28.31
10	Raul Machahuay	Peru	14: 43.05
11	Miguel Barzola	Argentina	14: 44.23
12	Luis Orta	Venezuela	14: 59.00
13	Jose Raxon	Guatemala	14: 59.78
14th	Ubaldo De Los Santos	Uruguay	15: 23.87
15th	Oneil Williams	Bahamas	18: 01.55

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).