The men's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 26th of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Hudson de Souza of Brazil.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record3:26.00Rome, ItalyJuly 14, 1998Pan American Games record3:36.32Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 25, 2007
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 (3:48.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).
Schedule Date Time RoundOctober 26, 2011 16:10 Final
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Final Held on October 26.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Leandro de Oliveira 3:53.44 Byron Piedra 3:53.45 Eduar Villanueva 3:54.06 4 Jon Rankin 3:54.79 5 Andrew Acosta 3:55.27 6 Javier Carriqueo 3:55.52 7 Nico Herrera 3:56.30 8 Iván López 3:56.53 9 Samuel Vazquez 3:56.65 10 Leslie Encina 3:56.69 11 Jose Esparza 3:56.94 12 Diego Borrego 4:00.03 13 Federico Bruno 4:01.09 14 Will Leer 4:04.13
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