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

Women's 10,000 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueTelmex Athletics Stadium
DatesOctober 24
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   Colombia
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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

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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

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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

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Date Time Round
October 25, 2011 16:45 Final

Abbreviations

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  • All times shown are in minutes:seconds
PR Pan American games record
WR world record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Results

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8 athletes from 6 countries competed.[3]

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marisol Romero  Mexico 34:07:24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cruz da Silva  Brazil 34:22:44
3rd place, 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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