Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Medalists
Marisol Romero    Mexico   Cruz da Silva    Brazil   Yolanda Caballero    Colombia
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The women's 10,000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Sara Slattery of the United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Junxia Wang  (CHN)	29:31.78	Beijing, China	September 8, 1993
Pan American Games record	Sara Slattery  (USA)	32:54.41	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 23, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (35.30.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011). ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 25, 2011	16:45	Final

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in minutes:seconds

PR	Pan American games record
WR	world record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results

8 athletes from 6 countries competed. ^[3]

Final

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marisol Romero	Mexico	34:07:24
	Cruz da Silva	Brazil	34:22:44
	Yolanda Caballero	Colombia	34:39:14
4	Annie Bersagel	United States	35:23:31
5	Yudileyvis Castillo	Cuba	35:35:43
6	Julia Rivera	Peru	35:46:21
7	Cassie Ficken Slade	United States	36:14:96
8	Hortencia Arzapalo	Peru	37:10:63

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
2. Qualification standards ^{[ usurped ]}
3. Women's 10000m Final start list
4. Women's 10000m Final