# Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Maurice Smith of the Jamaica.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | Götzis, Austria | May 27, 2001 |
| Pan American Games record | Maurice Smith (JAM) | 8278 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 24, 2007 |

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (6750) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| October 24, 2011 | 13:00 | 100 metres |
| October 24, 2011 | 13:45 | Long jump |
| October 24, 2011 | 15:10 | Shot put |
| October 24, 2011 | 16:20 | High jump |
| October 24, 2011 | 18:40 | 400 metres |
| October 25, 2011 | 13:00 | 110 metres hurdles |
| October 25, 2011 | 13:35 | Discus throw |
| October 25, 2011 | 14:55 | Pole vault |
| October 25, 2011 | 17:20 | Javelin throw |
| October 25, 2011 | 18:40 | 1500 metres |
| October 25, 2011 | 18:40 | Final standings |

## Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 10.65 | 940 |
| 2 | 2 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 10.68 | 933 |
| 3 | 2 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 10.68 | 933 |
| 4 | 2 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 10.69 | 931 |
| 5 | 1 | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | 10.82 | 901 |
| 6 | 2 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 10.85 | 894 |
| 7 | 2 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 10.86 | 892 |
| 8 | 2 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 11.01 | 858 |
| 9 | 1 | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | 11.04 | 852 |
| 10 | 1 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 11.06 | 847 |
| 11 | 1 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 11.16 | 825 |
| 12 | 1 | Mark Jellison | United States | 11.42 | 769 |
| 13 | 1 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 11.57 | 738 |
| 14 | 1 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 11.58 | 736 |

### Long jump

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | B | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 7.41 | 913 | PB | 1807 |
| 2 | B | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 7.39 | 908 | | 1766 |
| 3 | B | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 7.37 | 903 | PB | 1843 |
| 4 | A | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 7.36 | 900 | | 1792 |
| 5 | B | Mark Jellison | United States | 7.30 | 886 | | 1655 |
| 6 | B | Matthew Johnson | United States | 7.28 | 881 | | 1814 |
| 7 | A | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 7.09 | 835 | PB | 1660 |
| 8 | B | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 7.05 | 826 | | 1673 |
| 9 | A | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | 7.04 | 823 | | 1675 |
| 10 | A | Yordanis García | Cuba | 6.78 | 762 | | 1695 |
| 11 | A | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 6.74 | 753 | | 1489 |
| 12 | A | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 6.63 | 727 | | 1465 |
| 13 | A | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 6.55 | 709 | | 1640 |
| 14 | B | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | 5.37 | 455 | | 1356 |

### Shot put

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 17.35 | 935 | PB | 2727 |
| 2 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 14.96 | 787 | PB | 2594 |
| 3 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 14.81 | 778 | | 2473 |
| 4 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 14.64 | 768 | PB | 2534 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 14.21 | 741 | PB | 2414 |
| 6 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 14.01 | 729 | PB | 2572 |
| 7 | Mark Jellison | United States | 13.80 | 716 | PB | 2371 |
| 8 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 13.55 | 701 | PB | 2361 |
| 9 | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | 13.29 | 685 | PB | 2360 |
| 10 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 13.23 | 681 | PB | 2495 |
| 11 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 13.05 | 670 | | 2135 |
| 12 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 12.71 | 650 | | 2139 |
| 13 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 12.40 | 631 | | 2271 |
| | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | | |

### High jump

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 2.08 | 878 | PB | 3412 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 2.05 | 850 | PB | 3264 |
| 3 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 2.05 | 850 | | 3323 |
| 4 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 1.99 | 794 | PB | 3366 |
| 5 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 1.99 | 794 | PB | 3521 |
| 6 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 1.96 | 767 | | 3128 |
| 6 | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | 1.96 | 767 | | 3127 |
| 8 | Mark Jellison | United States | 1.96 | 767 | | 3138 |
| 9 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 1.87 | 687 | PB | 2822 |
| 10 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 1.84 | 661 | | 2800 |
| 11 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 1.84 | 661 | PB | 3255 |
| 12 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 1.69 | 536 | | 2807 |
| | Matthew Johnson | United States | NM | 0 | | 2495 |
| | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | 2 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 47.61 | 928 | PB | 3735 |
| 2 | 2 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 48.30 | 895 | PB | 4150 |
| 3 | 1 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 48.80 | 871 | PB | 3366 |
| 4 | 2 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 48.84 | 869 | PB | 4192 |
| 5 | 2 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 49.26 | 849 | PB | 4370 |
| 6 | 2 | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | 49.37 | 844 | PB | 3971 |
| 7 | 2 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 49.54 | 836 | PB | 4202 |
| 8 | 2 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 49.76 | 826 | | 4238 |
| 9 | 1 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 51.02 | 768 | | 3568 |
| 10 | 1 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 51.08 | 765 | | 4029 |
| 11 | 1 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 51.19 | 761 | PB | 3583 |
| 12 | 1 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 52.00 | 725 | PB | 3853 |
| 13 | 1 | Mark Jellison | United States | 53.17 | 674 | | 3812 |
| | 1 | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | | |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | 2 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 14.20 | 949 | | 5319 |
| 2 | 2 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 14.22 | 946 | PB | 5096 |
| 3 | 2 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 14.22 | 946 | PB | 5138 |
| 4 | 2 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 14.23 | 945 | | 4974 |
| 5 | 2 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 14.26 | 941 | PB | 5179 |
| 6 | 1 | Mark Jellison | United States | 14.49 | 912 | PB | 4724 |
| 7 | 1 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 14.71 | 885 | PB | 5087 |
| 8 | 1 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 14.77 | 878 | PB | 4244 |
| 9 | 2 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 14.92 | 859 | | 4712 |
| 10 | 1 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 15.23 | 822 | | 4557 |
| 11 | 1 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 16.71 | 655 | | 4223 |
| | 1 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | DNF | 0 | | 3583 |
| | 1 | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | DNF | 0 | | 3971 |
| | 2 | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | | |

### Discus throw

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 48.79 | 845 | PB | 6164 |
| 2 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 46.10 | 790 | PB | 4373 |
| 3 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 45.54 | 778 | | 5957 |
| 4 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 43.79 | 742 | PB | 5454 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 43.40 | 734 | PB | 5708 |
| 6 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 43.08 | 727 | PB | 5814 |
| 7 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 41.99 | 705 | PB | 5801 |
| 8 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 41.48 | 695 | | 4939 |
| 9 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 40.80 | 681 | PB | 5238 |
| 10 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 40.20 | 669 | | 5807 |
| 11 | Mark Jellison | United States | 38.69 | 638 | | 5362 |
| 12 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 37.87 | 621 | | 4844 |
| | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | | |
| | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | DNS | | | |

### Pole vault

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Overall |
| 1 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 5.30 | 1004 | 6712 |
| 2 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 4.80 | 849 | 6806 |
| 3 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 4.80 | 849 | 6656 |
| 4 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 4.50 | 760 | 5604 |
| 5 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 4.40 | 731 | 6895 |
| 6 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 4.40 | 731 | 5969 |
| 7 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 4.30 | 702 | 5641 |
| 8 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 4.20 | 673 | 6127 |
| 9 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 4.20 | 673 | 6487 |
| 10 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 3.90 | 590 | 6391 |
| | Mark Jellison | United States | NM | 0 | 5362 |
| | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | NM | 0 | 4373 |
| | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | |
| | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | DNS | | |

### Javelin throw

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 72.19 | 923 | | 7729 |
| 2 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 63.81 | 795 | | 7451 |
| 3 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 59.57 | 731 | PB | 7626 |
| 4 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 59.20 | 726 | | 6367 |
| 5 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 57.72 | 704 | | 6308 |
| 6 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 56.51 | 685 | PB | 5058 |
| 7 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 56.35 | 683 | PB | 7046 |
| 8 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 56.24 | 681 | | 7393 |
| 9 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 55.97 | 677 | PB | 7164 |
| 10 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 55.49 | 670 | | 6797 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 53.33 | 638 | PB | 6607 |
| 12 | Mark Jellison | United States | 51.31 | 608 | | 5970 |
| | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNS | | | |
| | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | DNS | | | |

### 1500 metres

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 4:37.03 | 699 | | 7007 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 4:39.84 | 681 | PB | 7288 |
| 3 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 4:42.95 | 662 | | 7826 |
| 4 | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 4:45.78 | 644 | | 8373 |
| 5 | Yordanis García | Cuba | 4:49.29 | 623 | | 8074 |
| 6 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 4:52.26 | 605 | PB | 7679 |
| 7 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 4:54.34 | 593 | | 7986 |
| 8 | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 4:55.18 | 588 | | 8214 |
| 9 | Mark Jellison | United States | 4:56.52 | 580 | | 6550 |
| 10 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 4:59.60 | 562 | PB | 6929 |
| 11 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 5:20.11 | 449 | | 7246 |
| | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | DNF | 0 | | 5058 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Points | Notes |
| | Leonel Suárez | Cuba | 8373 | PR |
| | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 8214 | |
| | Yordanis García | Cuba | 8074 | |
| 4 | Gonzalo Barroilhet | Chile | 7986 | PB |
| 5 | Román Gastaldi | Argentina | 7826 | PB |
| 6 | Geormi Jaramillo | Venezuela | 7679 | PB |
| 7 | Rodrigo Sagaon | Mexico | 7288 | PB |
| 8 | Claston Bernard | Jamaica | 7246 | |
| 9 | Alberto Zarate | Mexico | 7007 | PB |
| 10 | Matthew Johnson | United States | 6929 | |
| 11 | Mark Jellison | United States | 6550 | |
| 12 | Steven Marrero | Puerto Rico | 5058 | |
| | Marco Sanchez | Puerto Rico | DNF | |
| | Luiz Araújo | Brazil | DNF | |