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competitions at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built

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. The

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and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively.Athletics technical manual
The sport of athletics is split into distinct sets of events:

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events,

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events, and racewalking events. Mirroring the Olympic athletics programme, both men and women had very similar schedules of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, as their schedule lacks the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's

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and decathlon are reflected in the women's schedule by the

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and heptathlon, respectively. As they had done in the 2007 edition, Cuba topped the athletics medal table, taking 18 gold medals and 33 medals in total. The Brazilian team were a clear second with ten golds and 23 medals overall. The hosts Mexico and the United States both won four events each, while Colombia had the third greatest medal haul with seventeen altogether. Over the seven-day competition, fourteen Pan American Games records were equalled or bettered. Furthermore, two

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were set: Brazil's Lucimara da Silva broke the heptathlon record and the Brazilian women's 4×100 metres relay quartet also improved a continental mark.

Medal summary

Men's events

* ^† : The original long jump winner was Víctor Castillo of Venezuela, but a positive drug test for

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meant he was stripped of his title and given a lifetime ban.

Women's events

Medal table

Participation

A total of 668 athletes from 39 countries were entered in the athletics competition.Athletics entry list
A maximum of two participants were allowed per country for each individual event. Nations were able to enter one competitor who had not achieved the minimum standard performance. To register a second competitor, both athletes needed to have achieved the minimum standard performance. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

;Day reports *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-24)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-25)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-26)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-27)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-28)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-29)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. *Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-31)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31. ;Results

Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
All Athletics Pdfs until 30 of oct at 19:16
Guadalajara2011. Retrieved on 2012-07-18.

External links

Official website

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