Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Churandy Martina formerly of the Netherlands Antilles. However, he did not defend his title as he has switched allegiance to the Netherlands.
Kim Collins won the silver medal, the first ever medal for Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Pan American Games.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | August 16, 2009 | |
| Pan American Games record | 10.06 | Caracas, Venezuela | August 24, 1983 | |
| Pan American Games record | 10.06 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2007 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.Schedule
Results
All times shown are in seconds.| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
Heats
Held on October 24. The first two in each heat and the next 6 six fastest advanced to the semifinals.Wind:
Heat 1: -1.0, Heat 2: +1.2, Heat 3: -0.2, Heat 4: -2.0, Heat 5: -0.1
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Emmanuel Callender | 10.13 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Lerone Clarke | 10.15 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Calesio Newman | 10.30 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Michael Herrera | 10.31 | Q | |
| 5 | 5 | Álvaro Gómez | 10.31 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Nilson André | 10.33 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | Jason Rogers | 10.35 | q PB | |
| 8 | 1 | David Lescay | 10.36 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | Kim Collins | 10.37 | Q | |
| 10 | 5 | Sandro Viana | 10.38 | q | |
| 11 | 3 | Tre Houston | 10.40 | Q | |
| 12 | 1 | Oshane Bailey | 10.41 | q | |
| 13 | 3 | Adrian Griffith | 10.41 | q | |
| 14 | 4 | Carlos Jorge | 10.43 | Q | |
| 15 | 2 | Jamial Rolle | 10.45 | q | |
| 16 | 4 | Ramon Gittens | 10.45 | q | |
| 17 | 1 | Miguel Lopez | 10.48 | ||
| 18 | 1 | Rolando Palacios | 10.49 | SB | |
| 19 | 1 | Kael Becerra | 10.49 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Franklin Nazareno | 10.52 | ||
| 21 | 3 | Monzavous Edwards | 10.53 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Isidro Montoya | 10.60 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Dontae Richards | 10.61 | ||
| 24 | 2 | Adam Harris | 10.62 | ||
| 25 | 3 | Darrel Brown | 10.63 | ||
| 26 | 5 | Adrian Durant | 10.64 | PB | |
| 27 | 4 | Lee Prowell | 10.65 | ||
| 28 | 3 | Miguel Wilken | 10.66 | ||
| 29 | 2 | Jorge Alonzo | 10.78 | ||
| 30 | 4 | Courtney Carl Williams | 11.15 | ||
| 31 | 4 | Jurgen Themen | 11.71 | ||
| 32 | 1 | Linford Avila | 11.74 | ||
| 1 | Juan Jose Reyes |
Semifinals
Held on October 24. The top four in each heat advanced to the final.Wind:
Heat 1: -1.9, Heat 2: +0.4
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Kim Collins | 10.00 | Q PR | |
| 2 | 1 | Lerone Clarke | 10.17 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Emmanuel Callender | 10.17 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Nilson André | 10.23 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Jorge | 10.30 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | David Lescay | 10.31 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Ramon Gittens | 10.37 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Álvaro Gómez | 10.40 | Q | |
| 9 | 1 | Calesio Newman | 10.42 | Q | |
| 10 | 1 | Jason Rogers | 10.44 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Jamial Rolle | 10.49 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Sandro Viana | 10.49 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Michael Herrera | 10.52 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Adrian Griffith | 10.59 | ||
| 2 | Oshane Bailey | ||||
| 2 | Tre Houston |
Final
Held on October 25.Wind: +0.2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Lerone Clarke | 10.01 | PB | ||
| Kim Collins | 10.04 | |||
| Emmanuel Callender | 10.16 | |||
| 4 | Carlos Jorge | 10.26 | ||
| 5 | Nilson André | 10.26 | ||
| 6 | Calesio Newman | 10.31 | ||
| 7 | Álvaro Gómez | 10.33 | ||
| 8 | David Lescay | 10.39 |