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

Men's discus throw at the XVI 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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Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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.

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

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