Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres explained

The men's 10 000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Marilson Santos of Brazil.

Records

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

World record		26:17.53	Brussels, Belgium	August 26, 2005
Pan American Games record		28:08.74	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 27, 2007

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (30.10.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			28:49.96
			28:50.83
			28:51.57
			29:01.55
			29:03.93
			30:16.02
			30:16.37
			30:30.12
			30:39.66
10			31:27.16
11			31:41.77

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .