Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Men's Discus Throw

The men's discus throw at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 24, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

Twelve athletes from ten countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Jorge Fernández with 65.58 m, silver went to Jarred Rome with 61.71 m and the bronze medal went to Ronald Julião with 61.70 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Jürgen Schult	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg , German Democratic Republic	June 6, 1986
Record of games	Luis Delis	67.32 m	Pan American Games in Caracas , Venezuela	August 25, 1983

Result

October 24, 2011, 5:35 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	62.14	60.80	65.58	64.46	x	x	65.58
	Jarred Rome	United States	x	60.98	61.71	x	x	x	61.71
	Ronald Julião	Brazil	55.50	58.32	61.56	61.70	60.84	59.24	61.70
4th	Yunio Lastre	Cuba	59.72	59.87	x	61.07	60.37	58.59	61.07
5	Jason Young	United States	58.32	59.43	60.08	60.54	59.78	60.91	60.91
6th	Mario Cota	Mexico	58.38	59.30	x	x	58.58	x	59.30
7th	Jason Morgan	Jamaica	55.20	58.91	55.74	58.01	x	x	58.91
8th	Jesus Parejo	Venezuela	53.92	55.35	54.13	x	54.27	54.70	55.35
9	Michael Putman	Peru	52.62	49.60	51.35	not in the final of the eight best athletes			52.62
10	Jorge Balliengo	Argentina	51.41	x	51.93				51.93
11	Rodolfo Casanova	Uruguay	x	48.62	x				48.62
12	Alfredo Romero	Puerto Rico	43.63	47.97	46.96				47.97
	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica							DNS
	Quincy Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago							DNS

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

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).