Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 26 and 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Adam Kunkel of Canada.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 26 – October 27
Competitors	19 from 15 nations
Medalists
Omar Cisneros   Cuba   Isa Phillips   Jamaica   Felix Sanchez   Dominican Republic
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Records

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

World record	Kevin Young (USA)	46.76	Barcelona, Spain	August 6, 1992
Pan American Games record	Felix Sanchez (DOM)	48.19	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	August 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (52.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 26, 2011	15:35	Semifinals
October 27, 2011	18:05	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

Semifinals

Held on October 26. The first two in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the final.^[3][4][5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Omar Cisneros	Cuba	48.99	Q, SB
2	1	Isa Phillips	Jamaica	49.62	Q
3	1	Emanuel Mayers	Trinidad and Tobago	49.86	Q, PB
4	3	Winder Cuevas	Dominican Republic	50.12	Q, PB
5	2	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil	50.20	Q
6	2	Felix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	50.22	Q
7	1	Lee Moore	United States	50.58	q
8	2	Reuben McCoy	United States	50.60	q
9	1	Juan Stenner	Mexico	50.87	PB
10	2	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico	51.28
11	2	Amaurys Valle	Cuba	51.29
12	3	Victor Solarte	Venezuela	51.31
13	2	Jose Ceballos	Mexico	51.33	PB
14	1	Alie Beauvais	Haiti	51.67
15	3	Kenneth Medwood	Belize	51.90
16	3	Junior Hines	Cayman Islands	52.36
17	1	Emerson Chala	Ecuador	53.53
	1	Allan Ayala	Guatemala	DNF
	3	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	DNF

Final

Held on October 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[6]	Notes
	Omar Cisneros	Cuba	47.99	PR, NR
	Isa Phillips	Jamaica	48.82
	Felix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	48.85
4	Winder Cuevas	Dominican Republic	49.20	PB
5	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil	49.61
6	Emanuel Mayers	Trinidad and Tobago	50.00
7	Reuben McCoy	United States	50.18
8	Lee Moore	United States	51.10

References

1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinal 1/3". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
4. "Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinal 2/3". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
5. "Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinal 3/3". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
6. "Men's 400m Hurdles Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.