Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw 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 Michael Robertson of the United States.

Men's discus throw at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Medalists
Jorge Fernandez   Cuba   Jarred Rome   United States   Ronald Juliao   Brazil
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Records

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

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	June 6, 1986
Pan American Games record	Luis Delis (CUB)	67.32	Caracas, Venezuela	August 25, 1983

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (53.00 meters) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Results

14 athletes from 11 countries competed,^[3] with the final round taking place at 17:35 on October 24, 2011. Results were as follows:^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	62.14	60.80	65.58	64.46	x	x	65.58
	Jarred Rome	United States	x	60.98	61.71	x	x	x	61.71
	Ronald Julião	Brazil	55.50	58.32	61.56	61.70	60.84	59.24	61.70
4	Yunio Lastre	Cuba	59.72	59.87	x	61.07	60.37	58.59	61.07
5	Jason Young	United States	58.32	59.43	60.08	60.54	59.78	60.91	60.91
6	Mario Cota	Mexico	58.38	59.30	x	x	58.58	x	59.30
7	Jason Morgan	Jamaica	55.20	58.91	55.74	58.01	x	x	58.91
8	Jesus Parejo	Venezuela	53.92	55.35	54.13	x	54.27	54.70	55.35
9	Michael Putman	Peru	52.62	49.60	51.35				52.62
10	Jorge Balliengo	Argentina	51.41	x	51.93				51.93
11	Rodolfo Casanova	Uruguay	x	48.62	x				48.62
12	Alfredo Romero	Puerto Rico	43.63	47.97	46.96				47.94
	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica							DNS*
	Quincy Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago							DNS*

• DNS = Did not start