# 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 | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | August 16, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Leandro Peñalver (CUB) | 10.06 | Caracas, Venezuela | August 24, 1983 |
| Pan American Games record | Churandy Martina (AHO) | 10.06 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (10.38) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| October 24, 2011 | 15:15 | Heats |
| October 24, 2011 | 17:50 | Semifinals |
| October 25, 2011 | 18:20 | Final |

## 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.13 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lerone Clarke | Jamaica | 10.15 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Calesio Newman | United States | 10.30 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Michael Herrera | Cuba | 10.31 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Álvaro Gómez | Colombia | 10.31 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Nilson André | Brazil | 10.33 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Jason Rogers | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.35 | q PB |
| 8 | 1 | David Lescay | Cuba | 10.36 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.37 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 10.38 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Tre Houston | Bermuda | 10.40 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Oshane Bailey | Jamaica | 10.41 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Adrian Griffith | Bahamas | 10.41 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Carlos Jorge | Dominican Republic | 10.43 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Jamial Rolle | Bahamas | 10.45 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 10.45 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Miguel Lopez | Puerto Rico | 10.48 | |
| 18 | 1 | Rolando Palacios | Honduras | 10.49 | SB |
| 19 | 1 | Kael Becerra | Chile | 10.49 | |
| 20 | 2 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 10.52 | |
| 21 | 3 | Monzavous Edwards | United States | 10.53 | |
| 22 | 4 | Isidro Montoya | Colombia | 10.60 | |
| 23 | 5 | Dontae Richards | Canada | 10.61 | |
| 24 | 2 | Adam Harris | Guyana | 10.62 | |
| 25 | 3 | Darrel Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.63 | |
| 26 | 5 | Adrian Durant | Virgin Islands | 10.64 | PB |
| 27 | 4 | Lee Prowell | Guyana | 10.65 | |
| 28 | 3 | Miguel Wilken | Argentina | 10.66 | |
| 29 | 2 | Jorge Alonzo | Mexico | 10.78 | |
| 30 | 4 | Courtney Carl Williams | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.15 | |
| 31 | 4 | Jurgen Themen | Suriname | 11.71 | |
| 32 | 1 | Linford Avila | Belize | 11.74 | |
| | 1 | Juan Jose Reyes | Mexico | DQ | |

### 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 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.00 | Q PR |
| 2 | 1 | Lerone Clarke | Jamaica | 10.17 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Emmanuel Callender | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.17 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Nilson André | Brazil | 10.23 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Jorge | Dominican Republic | 10.30 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | David Lescay | Cuba | 10.31 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 10.37 | |
| 8 | 1 | Álvaro Gómez | Colombia | 10.40 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Calesio Newman | United States | 10.42 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jason Rogers | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.44 | |
| 11 | 2 | Jamial Rolle | Bahamas | 10.49 | |
| 12 | 1 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 10.49 | |
| 13 | 1 | Michael Herrera | Cuba | 10.52 | |
| 14 | 1 | Adrian Griffith | Bahamas | 10.59 | |
| | 2 | Oshane Bailey | Jamaica | DQ | |
| | 2 | Tre Houston | Bermuda | DQ | |

### Final

Held on October 25.
Wind: +0.2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Lerone Clarke | Jamaica | 10.01 | PB |
| | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.04 | |
| | Emmanuel Callender | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.16 | |
| 4 | Carlos Jorge | Dominican Republic | 10.26 | |
| 5 | Nilson André | Brazil | 10.26 | |
| 6 | Calesio Newman | United States | 10.31 | |
| 7 | Álvaro Gómez | Colombia | 10.33 | |
| 8 | David Lescay | Cuba | 10.39 | |