The men's long jump

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 event of the athletics

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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 was held between the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

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 champion is Irving Saladino

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 of the Panama

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On November 9, 2011 the winner Victor Castillo

Víctor Castillo

Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba...

 of Venezuela

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 was disqualified after testing positive for methylhexaneamine.

Records

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

World record		8.95	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	August 30, 1991
Pan American Games record		8.75	Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	August 16, 1987

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard standard (7.65) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	15:25	Qualification
October 25, 2011	17:05	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

Qualification

Qualification was held on October 24. Qualifying Performance 7.80 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	David Registe		7.53	7.60	7.88	7.88	Q
2	B	Collister Fahie		7.87			7.87	Q
3	B	Jorge McFarlane Jorge McFarlane Jorge Armando McFarlane Olazábal is a Peruvian athlete competing in the 110 metres hurdles and long jump events...		7.83			7.83	Q
4	B	Emiliano Lasa		7.81			7.81	Q, PB
5	A	Daniel Pineda Daniel Pineda Daniel Pineda is a Chilean track and field athelte who competes in the long jump. He holds the Chilean national record in the event with his personal best jump of eight metres...		7.77	7.70		7.77	q
6	A	Víctor Castillo Víctor Castillo Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba...		7.30	7.75		7.75	q
7	B	Rudon Bastian		7.55	7.69	7.73	7.73	q, SB
8	A	Marcos Amalbert		7.71	7.64		7.71	q
9	B	Randall Flimmons		7.69	7.67	7.52	7.69	q
10	A	Hugo Chila Hugo Chila Hugo Dionisio Chila Ayoví is an Ecuadorian long jumper and triple jumper.He set a personal best and Ecuadorian record of 16.70 m in the triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He bettered this at the 2009 Bolivarian Games, jumping 17.03 m for the gold and a Games record...		7.51	7.31	7.63	7.63	q
11	B	Carl Morgan		7.52	7.54	7.42	7.54	q
12	A	Jeremy Hicks				7.53	7.53	q
13	A	Rogério Bispo Rogério Bispo Rogério Bispo is a Brazilian long jumper.He finished eleventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships and at the 2007 Pan American Games...		7.51	7.48	7.48	7.51
14	B	Herbert McGregor Herbert McGregor Herbert McGregor is a Jamaican long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.08 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Fort-de-France....		7.46	7.06	7.24	7.46
15	A	Vicente Rios		7.38		7.42	7.42
16	B	Kenneth Brackett		6.61	7.32		7.32	PB
17	A	Leon Hunt		7.01	7.12	7.31	7.31
18	B	Kessel Campbell			7.29		7.29
19	B	Miguel Hernández			7.16	7.23	7.23
20	A	Júnior Díaz		7.09	7.21	7.07	7.21
21	A	Jevonte Croal			6.70	6.57	6.70
22	A	Carlos Morgan			6.65		6.65

Final

The final was held on October 25.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Daniel Pineda Daniel Pineda Daniel Pineda is a Chilean track and field athelte who competes in the long jump. He holds the Chilean national record in the event with his personal best jump of eight metres...		7.59			7.97		7.49	7.97
	David Registe		7.27	7.89	7.70	7.75	7.52	7.68	7.89
	Jeremy Hicks		7.55	7.83	7.59	7.44	7.79	7.66	7.83
4	Jorge McFarlane Jorge McFarlane Jorge Armando McFarlane Olazábal is a Peruvian athlete competing in the 110 metres hurdles and long jump events...		7.56			7.78		7.70	7.78
5	Emiliano Lasa		7.73	7.58	7.49	7.40	7.43	7.47	7.73
6	Randall Flimmons		7.71				7.68	7.58	7.71
7	Rudon Bastian		7.62	7.32	7.49		7.28	7.21	7.62
8	Collister Fahie				7.46				7.46
9	Carl Morgan			7.38	6.97				7.38
10	Hugo Chila Hugo Chila Hugo Dionisio Chila Ayoví is an Ecuadorian long jumper and triple jumper.He set a personal best and Ecuadorian record of 16.70 m in the triple jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He bettered this at the 2009 Bolivarian Games, jumping 17.03 m for the gold and a Games record...		7.33	7.14					7.33
11	Marcos Amalbert			7.31					7.31
–	Víctor Castillo Víctor Castillo Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba...		8.05			7.74			–	DSQ