The women's 10,000 metres competition of the athletics

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took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending

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 of the United States

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Records

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

World record		29:31.78	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	September 8, 1993
Pan American Games record		32:54.41	Rio de Janiero, Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 23, 2007

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 (35.30.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 25, 2011	16:45	Final

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in minutes:seconds

  PR	Pan American games record
  WR	world record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marisol Romero Marisol Romero Marisol Guadalupe Romero is a Mexican long-distance runner who competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres on the track and in half marathon and marathon road races...		34:07:24
	Cruz da Silva		34:22:44
	Yolanda Caballero		34:39:14
	Annie Bersagel		35:23:31
	Yudisleidis Castillo		35:35:43
	Julia Rivera		35:46:21
	Cassie Ficken Slade		36:14:96
	Hortencia Arzapalo		37:10:63