Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Men's Pole Vault

The men's pole vault at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 28, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

Twelve athletes from eight countries took part in the competition. Lázaro Borges won the gold medal with 5.80 m, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Jeremy Scott with 5.60 m and the bronze medal went to Giovanni Lanaro with 5.50 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Serhiy Bubka	6.14 m	Sestriere , Italy	July 31, 1994
Record of games	Pat Manson	5.75 m	Pan American Games in Mar del Plata , Argentina	March 18, 1995

Result

October 28, 2011, 3:30 p.m.

space	Athlete	country	4.90	5.05	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.76	5.80	Height (m)
	Lázaro Borges	Cuba	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	xxo	O	5.80 PR
	Jeremy Scott	United States	-	-	-	O	xo	xo	O	-	xxx			5.60
	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	-	-	-	O	O	O	xxx					5.50
4th	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	-	-	xo	-	xo	xo	xxx					5.50 SB
5	Fábio da Silva	Brazil	-	-	-	O	xo	xxx						5.40 SB
6th	Yanquier Lara	Cuba	-	O	xo	-	xo	xxx						5.40 SB
7th	Jason Wurster	Canada	-	-	O	xxx								5.20
8th	Luis Nevarez	Mexico	O	O	xxx									5.05
9	Rubén Benitez	Argentina	O	xo	xxx									5.05
10	Jabari Ennis	Jamaica	O	xxx										4.90
	Nick Mossberg	United States	-	-	xxx									NM
	Rick Valcin	St. Lucia	xxx

Explanation of symbols:
- = height skipped, x = failed attempt, o = height skipped

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).