Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 26th of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Hudson de Souza of Brazil.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | July 14, 1998 | |
| Pan American Games record | 3:36.32 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 25, 2007 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee 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 in the qualifying period.Schedule
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 26.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Leandro de Oliveira | 3:53.44 | |||
| Byron Piedra | 3:53.45 | |||
| Eduar Villanueva | 3:54.06 | |||
| 4 | Jon Rankin | 3:54.79 | ||
| 5 | Andrew Acosta | 3:55.27 | ||
| 6 | Javier Carriqueo | 3:55.52 | ||
| 7 | Nico Herrera | 3:56.30 | ||
| 8 | Iván López | 3:56.53 | ||
| 9 | Samuel Vazquez | 3:56.65 | ||
| 10 | Leslie Encina | 3:56.69 | ||
| 11 | Jose Esparza | 3:56.94 | ||
| 12 | Diego Borrego | 4:00.03 | ||
| 13 | Federico Bruno | 4:01.09 | ||
| 14 | Will Leer | 4:04.13 |