Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 27 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Jadel Gregório of the Brazil.

Men's triple jump at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning distance	17.21
Medalists
Alexis Copello   Cuba   Yoandri Betanzos   Cuba   Jefferson Sabino   Brazil
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Records

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

World record	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	August 7, 1995
Pan American Games record	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	17.89	Mexico City, Mexico	October 15, 1975

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (16.60) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	15:20	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 27.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Alexis Copello	Cuba	17.21	x	16.44	–	14.98	–	17.21
	Yoandri Betanzos	Cuba	x	15.59	16.11	x	16.36	16.54	16.54
	Jefferson Sabino	Brazil	16.29	x	16.51	x	x	x	16.51
4	Maximiliano Díaz	Argentina	16.47	16.18	16.08	x	16.03	15.70	16.47
5	Samyr Lainé	Haiti	16.39	15.86	x	15.83	x	16.08	16.39
6	Chris Carter	United States	16.21	x	15.63	15.81	x	16.08	16.21
7	Alberto Álvarez	Mexico	x	15.72	15.96	16.05	16.20	16.15	16.20	PB
8	Zedric Thomas	United States	16.14	x	15.79	15.86	16.15	16.19	16.19
9	Muhammad Halim	Virgin Islands	15.94	15.92	15.63				15.94
10	Jair Adenas	Mexico	x	15.72	15.59				15.72