Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Adriana Muñoz   Cuba   Rosibel García   Colombia   Malindi Elmore   Canada
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The women's 1500 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 27 October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion, Juliana Paula dos Santos of Brazil, did not compete.

Records

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

World record	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	3:50.46	Beijing, China	September 11, 1993
Pan American Games record	Mary Decker (USA)	4:05.70	San Juan, Puerto Rico	July 13, 1979

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 (4:25.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	17:05	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Held on October 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[3]	Notes
	Adriana Muñoz	Cuba	4:26.09
	Rosibel García	Colombia	4:26.78
	Malindi Elmore	Canada	4:27.57
4	Fabiana Cristine da Silva	Brazil	4:28.33
5	Urdileidis Quiala	Cuba	4:29.08
6	Sandra Amarillo	Argentina	4:29.49
7	Pilar McShine	Trinidad and Tobago	4:30.05
8	Gladys Landaverde	El Salvador	4:31.43
9	Nancy Gallo	Argentina	4:31.96
10	Annick Lamar	United States	4:32.57
11	Jacqueline Areson	United States	4:34.23
12	Beverly Ramos	Puerto Rico	4:34.90

References

1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
3. "Women's 800m Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.