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

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

World record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45	Salamanca, Spain	July 27, 1993
Pan American Games record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.40	Mar del Plata, Argentine	March 25, 1995

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (2.13) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]

All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

Final

The final was held on October 27.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.26	2.28	2.30	2.32	2.34	Result	Notes
	Donald Thomas	Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	xo	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.32
	Diego Ferrin	Ecuador	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	xxo	o	xo	o	o	xx–	x	2.30	PB
	Víctor Moya	Cuba	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xx–	o	x–	xx			2.26
4	James Grayman	Antigua and Barbuda	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xx–	x				2.24
5	Brendan Williams	Dominica	–	–	–	xo	o	o	o	o	xxx						2.21	PB
6	Jamie Nieto	United States	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx						2.21
7	Jim Dilling	United States	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx						2.21
8	Edgar Rivera	Mexico	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx							2.18
9	Wagner Miller	Colombia	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	xxx							2.18
10	Carlos Layoy	Argentina	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx							2.18
11	Thorrold Murray	Barbados	–	–	–	o	o	xxx									2.10
12	Arturo Chávez	Peru	–	–	xo	o	xo	xxx									2.10
13	Rafael dos Santos	Brazil	–	–	–	o	xxo	xxx									2.10
14	Marlon Colorado	El Salvador	o	o	xxo	o	xxo	xxx									2.10
15	Keron Stoute	British Virgin Islands	o	xo	xo	o	xxx										2.05
16	Josue Louis	Haiti	–	o	o	xxx											2.00
17	Henry Linton Quesada	Costa Rica	xo	xo	xxx												1.95
	Jorge Rouco	Mexico	–	–	–	–	xxx										NM
	Linford Avila	Belize															DNS