Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase


The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 28th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The 2007 champion Pan American Games Joshua McAdams of the United States, did not compete.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record7:53.63Brussels, BelgiumSeptember 3, 2004
Pan American Games record8:14.41Mar del Plata, ArgentinaMarch 22, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter two athletes regardless if they had met the qualification standard.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Held on October 28.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
José Peña8:48.19
Hudson de Souza8:48.75
José Alberto Sánchez8:49.75
4Donald Cowart8:49.97
5Marvin Blanco8:50.85
6Derek Scott8:55.03
7Mario Bazan8:56.31
8Jose Bañales9:02.78
9Enzo Yañez9:07.63
10Mariano Mastromarino9:09.42
Cristian PatiñoDNF
Yosvany RodriguezDNF
Alexander GreauxDNS