Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 26
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Maurren Maggi   Brazil   Shameka Marshall   United States   Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia
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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		women
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 women's long jump event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Maurren Maggi of the Brazil.

Records

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

World record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	June 11, 1988
Pan American Games record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.45	Indianapolis, United States	August 13, 1987

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (6.15) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Results

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Final

The final was held on October 26.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	6.58	6.80	6.94	0.00 !–	6.60	0.00 !–	6.94	SB
02 !	Shameka Marshall	United States	6.73	6.43	6.46	0.00 !x	6.28	6.08	6.73
03 !	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia	6.58	6.46	6.48	6.63	6.44	6.49	6.63	PB
04 !4	Suslaidys Girat	Cuba	6.60	6.31	0.00 !x	6.45	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	6.60
05 !5	Keila Costa	Brazil	6.37	0.00 !x	6.22	6.35	6.36	6.32	6.37
06 !6	Krysha Bayley	Canada	6.36	6.27	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	6.32	6.36
07 !7	Tori Polk	United States	6.34	6.05	0.00 !x	6.02	0.00 !x	6.10	6.34
08 !8	Zoila Flores	Mexico	6.08	6.22	6.08	5.85	6.16	6.06	6.22
09 !9	Yvonne Treviño	Mexico	6.17	6.18	0.00 !x				6.18
10	Daniela Pávez	Chile	0.00 !x	5.96	5.99				5.99
11	Tricia Flores	Belize	5.28	5.76	5.88				5.88	SB
12	Yanique Levy	Jamaica	0.00 !x	5.81	0.00 !x				5.81
13	Nickevea Wilson	Jamaica	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	5.44				5.44

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