The men's pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

 event of the athletics

Track and field

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

 was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 28.-Results:-References:*...

 Pan American Games

Pan American Games

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 champion is Fábio Gomes da Silva

Fábio Gomes da Silva

Fábio Gomes da Silva is a Brazilian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres , achieved in February 2011 in São Caetano, Brazil and 5.65 metres , achieved in February 2011 in Linz, Austria. These are the current Brazilian records.-Achievements:- References :...

 of the Brazil

Brazil

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Records

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

World record		6.14	Sestriere Sestriere Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	July 31, 1994
Pan American Games record		5.75	Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"... , Argentine	March 18, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard standard (5.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 28, 2011	15:30	Final

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on October 28.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	4.90	5.05	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.76	5.80	Result	Notes
	Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges is Cuban pole vaulter.He has represented Cuba at 2008 Summer Olympics, but he didn't advance to the Final. Borges won silver medal in 2011 World Championships with 5.90m, setting new Cuban record. His personal best before the competition was 5.75m.-Achievements:- Personal bests :-...		–	–	–	–	o	o	o	–	o	xxo	o	5.80	PR
	Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott (athlete) Jeremy Scott is an American pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final....		–	–	–	o	xo	xo	o	–	xxx			5.60
	Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Alessandro Lanaro is a Mexican pole vaulter.-Youth and college:Giovanni Lanaro attended West Covina High School in California; Lanaro pole vaulted as a freshman in high school but suffered a back injury as well as a fractured ankle skateboarding that prevented him from vaulting the next...		–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx					5.50
	Germán Chiaraviglio Germán Chiaraviglio Germán Chiaraviglio is an Argentine pole vaulter.His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the World Championships in Beijing on August 19, 2006, when he beat the old championship record of István Bagyula from 1988, and the Argentine senior record...		–	–	xo	–	xo	xo	xxx					5.50	SB
	Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva is a Brazilian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres , achieved in February 2011 in São Caetano, Brazil and 5.65 metres , achieved in February 2011 in Linz, Austria. These are the current Brazilian records.-Achievements:- References :...		–	–	–	o	xo	xxx						5.40
	Yanquier Lara		–	o	xo	–	xo	xxx						5.40
	Jason Wurster		–	–	o	xxx								5.20
	Luis Nevárez		o	o	xxx									5.05
	Rubén Benitez		o	xo	xxx									5.05
10	Jabari Ennis		o	xxx										4.90

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