Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games

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This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Calendar[]

In the following calendar for the 2011 Pan American Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each box represents the number of finals that will be contested on that day.[1]

OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Event finals EG Exhibition gala CC Closing ceremony
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Olympic Rings Icon.svg Ceremonies OC CC
Archery pictogram.svg Archery 2 2 4
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 3 5 6 9 10 12 1 1 47
Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton 2 3 5
Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball 1 1
Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball 1 1 2
Basque pelota pictogram.svg Basque pelota 4 6 10
Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling 2 2 4
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing 6 7 13
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing 1 1 5 5 12
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 18
Diving pictogram.svg Diving 2 2 2 2 8
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian 1 1 2 1 1 6
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey 1 1 2
Football pictogram.svg Football 1 1 2
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics 1 1 3 5 1 1 2 5 5 EG 24
Handball pictogram.svg Handball 1 1 2
Judo pictogram.svg Judo 3 4 4 3 14
Karate pictogram.svg Karate 2 4 4 10
Modern pentathlon pictogram.svg Modern pentathlon 1 1 2
Squash pictogram.svg Racquetball 4 2 6
Inline speed skating pictogram.svg Roller skating 2 2 4 8
Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing 4 5 5 14
Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby sevens 1 1
Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing 9 9
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 15
Softball pictogram.svg Softball 1 1
Squash pictogram.svg Squash 4 2 6
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 2 34
Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Synchronized swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis 2 2 4
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo 2 2 2 2 8
Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis 3 2 5
Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon 2 2
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball 1 1 1 1 4
Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo 1 1 2
Water skiing pictogram.svg Water skiing 3 6 9
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting 3 3 3 3 3 15
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling 4 3 4 4 3 18
Total events 11 14 24 21 18 19 20 23 31 17 18 28 43 43 28 3 361
Cumulative total 11 25 49 70 88 107 127 150 181 198 216 244 287 330 358 361
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Events

Day 1 – October 14 (Opening ceremony)[]

Opening ceremony
  • Starting at 8:00 pm CDT (UTC−6), the three-hour opening ceremony was attended by 50,000 spectators. The spectacle was directed by production company , and the Pan American Cauldron was lit by former Mexican diver Paola Espinosa.[2]

Day 2 – October 15[]

Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg Cycling
Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
  • Julie Zetlin of the United States wins the first rhythmic gymnastics medal on offer in the individual all around competition.
Modern pentathlon pictogram.svg Modern pentathlon
  • Margaux Isaksen of the United States wins the gold medal in the women's individual event, as three other athletes along with Isaksen from Mexico, Canada and Argentina qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • The United States team wins four out of the five gold medals, in the process setting one Pan American Games record. Brazil wins the only other gold medal.
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo
  • Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic defends his title in the men's 58 kg event, while Ivett Gonda of Canada wins the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling Men's cross-country Hector Páez  Colombia
Women's cross-country  United States
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Julie Zetlin  United States
Modern pentathlon Women's modern pentathlon Margaux Isaksen  United States
Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly Claire Donahue  United States
Women's 400 metre individual medley Claire Donahue  United States
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Madison Kennedy
Elizabeth Pelton

 United States PR
Men's 400 metre freestyle Charles Houchin  United States
Men's 400 metre individual medley Thiago Pereira  Brazil
Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Ivett Gonda  Canada
Men's 58 kg Gabriel Mercedes  Dominican Republic

Day 3 – October 16[]

Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling
  • Colombian athletes win both gold medals in the road cycling time trial events.
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian
  • The United States wins the gold medal in the team dressage event, successfully defending their championship for the fourth straight Pan American Games.
Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
  • Brazil wins the group event by shocking favourites Canada for the title, in the process claiming its second straight title.
Modern pentathlon pictogram.svg Modern pentathlon
  • Óscar Soto of the hosts Mexico wins the gold medal in the men's individual event, as three other athletes along with Soto from Guatemala, Chile and United States qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • wins the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event with a new Pan American record in the qualifications and finals. Dorothy Ludwig of Canada wins the women's event, coming back on the last shot to win by 0.1 points and qualify a spot for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • Brazil and the United States continue their dominance in the pool with Brazil picking up three gold medals, while the United States picking up the rest with two.
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo
  • Jhohanny Jean of the Dominican Republic wins the second straight gold medal for his country the men's 68 kg event, while Irma Contreras of Mexico wins the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling Men's road time trial Marlon Alirio Perez  Colombia
Women's road time trial María Luisa Calle  Colombia
Equestrian Team dressage Steffen Peters
Heather Blitz
Cesar Parra
 United States
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around Dayane Amaral

Luisa Matsuo

Eliane Sampaio
 Brazil
Modern pentathlon Men's individual Óscar Soto  Mexico
Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol  United States FPR
Women's 10 metre air pistol Dorothy Ludwig  Canada
Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke Rachel Bootsma  United States PR
Women's 200 metre freestyle  United States
Men's 100 metre freestyle César Cielo  Brazil PR
Men's 100 metre breaststroke Felipe França Silva  Brazil
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay César Cielo
Bruno Fratus
Nicholas Santos

Gabriel Mangabeira*
Thiago Pereira*
Henrique Rodrigues*
 Brazil PR
Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Irma Contreras  Mexico
Men's 68 kg Jhohanny Jean  Dominican Republic
  • Athletes with a * competed in preliminaries only and received medals.

Day 4 – October 17[]

Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Cycling
  • Colombia wins the men's team pursuit, while Venezuela sets new Pan American Records in the men's and women's team sprints
Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
  • Brazil wins the 5 balls group event, while the United States and Mexico pick up one gold each.
Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing
  • Argentina wins three out of the four gold medals on offer while Cuba takes the remaining title.
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • The United States wins the gold medal in the men's () and women's (Emily Caruso) 10 metre air rifle events.
Squash pictogram.svg Squash
  • Mexico wins the men's and women's singles and doubles events. Colombia wins the men's singles event.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • Brazil and the United States continue their dominance in the pool as each win two gold medals.
Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis
  • Brazil successfully defends the men's team title, while the Dominican Republic wins the women's team title.
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo
  • Sebastián Crismanich of Argentina wins the men's 80 kg event, while of Canada wins the women's 67 kg event.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling Men's team pursuit Juan Arango
Edwin Ávila
Arles Castro
Weimar Roldán
 Colombia
Men's team sprint Hersony Canelón
César Marcano
Ángel Pulgar
 Venezuela PR
Women's team sprint Daniela Larreal
 Venezuela PR
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual ball Julie Zetlin  United States
Women's rhythmic individual hoop  Mexico
Women's rhythmic group 5 balls Dayane Amaral

Luisa Matsuo

Eliane Sampaio
 Brazil
Rowing Women's double sculls Maria Abalo
Maria Best
 Argentina
Women's coxless pair Yariulvis Cobas
 Cuba
Men's double sculls Cristian Rosso
Ariel Suarez
 Argentina
Men's coxless four


 Argentina
Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle  United States FPR
Women's 10 metre air rifle Emily Caruso  United States FPR
Squash Men's singles Miguel Rodriguez  Colombia
Men's doubles Arturo Salazar
Eric Gálvez
 Mexico
Women's singles Samantha Terán  Mexico
Women's doubles Nayelly Hernández
Samantha Terán
 Mexico
Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke Thiago Pereira  Brazil
Men's 200 metre butterfly  Brazil
Women's 100 metre breaststroke  United States
Women's 400 metre freestyle  United States
Table tennis Men's team Hugo Hoyama
Gustavo Tsuboi
Thiago Monteiro
 Brazil
Women's team Wu Xue
Johenny Valdez
 Dominican Republic
Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Melissa Pagnotta  Canada
Men's 80 kg Sebastián Crismanich  Argentina

Day 5 – October 18[]

Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Cycling
  • Canada breaks the Pan American Games record twice en route to a gold medal performance. Lisandra Guerra of Cuba wins the women's individual sprint.
Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics (trampoline) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
  • Canada wins both golds in the trampoline competition, while Brazil sweeps the gold medals in the group event as it wins the 3 ribbons + 2 hoops event. The United States and Mexico also picked up one gold medal each in the individual apparatus finals in rhythmic gymnastics, as that event came to a close.
Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing
  • United States and Mexico each pick up two gold medals while Argentina pick up the only other gold medal on offer.
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • Guatemala wins its first gold medal in the men's 50 meter pistol event, while the United States wins the women's trap.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • Brett Fraser wins the Cayman Islands first ever Pan American Games gold medal by setting a new Pan American Games record in the men's 200 meter freestyle event. The United States wins the other four gold medals that were awarded today.
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo
  • Cuba wins both events today (the men's +80 and women's +67 kg classes), as taekwondo competitions also come to a close.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Cycling Women's team pursuit Laura Brown
Jasmin Glaesser
Stephanie Roorda
 Canada PR
Women's sprint Lisandra Guerra  Cuba
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual club  Mexico
Women's rhythmic individual ribbon Julie Zetlin  United States
Women's rhythmic group 3 ribbons + 2 hoops Dayane Amaral

Luisa Matsuo

Eliane Sampaio
 Brazil
Men's trampoline Keegan Soehn  Canada
Women's trampoline Rosannagh MacLennan  Canada
Rowing Women's single sculls Margot Shumway  United States
Women's lightweight double sculls
Lila Perez Rul
 Mexico
Men's coxless pair
Robert Otto
 United States
Men's quadruple sculls
Santiago Fernández
Cristian Rosso
Ariel Suarez
 Argentina
Men's lightweight double sculls
 Mexico
Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Sergio Sanchez  Guatemala
Women's trap  United States
Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands GR
Men's 200 metre breaststroke  United States GR
Men's 1500 metre freestyle Arthur Frayler  United States
Women's 200 metre individual medley Julia Smit  United States
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Elizabeth Pelton


Kim Vandenberg
 United States GR
Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Glenhis Hernández  Cuba
Men's +80 kg Robelis Despaigne  Cuba

Day 6 – October 19[]

Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton
  • Canada wins two gold medals, while Guatemala takes home two gold medals, as Canada tops the medal table at the conclusion of the badminton events.
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Cycling
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian
  • The United States sweeps the individual dressage medals
Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing
  • Cuba takes three of five gold medals available, after previously not taking any gold medals in rowing. Argentina and the United States take one gold each as the rowing competitions come to a close.
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • The United States, Brazil and Guatemala each win one gold medal, as the latter two set final round Pan American Games records.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • The United States continued its dominance in the pool by winning three out of five golds, while second place Brazil wins one gold. Chile wins its first gold medal at the games in the women's 800 meters freestyle event.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Badminton Men's doubles Howard Bach
Tony Gunawan
 United States
Women's doubles Michelle Li
Alex Bruce
 Canada
Cycling Men's sprint Hersony Canelón  Venezuela
Men's Omnium Juan Arango  Colombia
Equestrian Individual dressage Steffen Peters  United States
Rowing Women's lightweight single sculls Jennifer Goldsack  United States
Women's quadruple sculls Maria Abalo
Maria Best
Milka Kraljev
Maria Rohner
 Argentina
Men's single sculls Ángel Fournier  Cuba
Men's lightweight coxless four
Liosbel Hernandez

Manuel Suárez
 Cuba
Men's eight Jason Read
Stephen Kasprzyk



Robert Otto

Marcus McElhenney
 United States
Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Michael McPhail  United States
Men's trap Jean Pierre Brol  Guatemala FPR
Women's 25 metre pistol Ana Luiza Mello  Brazil FPR
Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley Thiago Pereira  Brazil
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Conor Dwyer



Charles Houchin
Rexford Tullius

 United States
Women's 100 metre freestyle  United States
Women's 200 metre butterfly Kim Vandenberg  United States
Women's 800 metre freestyle Kristel Kobrich  Chile

Day 7 – October 20[]

Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton
  • Canada wins two gold medals, while Guatemala takes home two gold medals, as Canada tops the medal table at the conclusion of the badminton events.
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Cycling
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • United States wins the men's double trap event.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • The first night of the swimming competition that the United States does not win more than one gold medal. Brazil, Venezuela and Canada win one gold each the latter two winning their first gold medals of the swimming competition.
Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Synchronized swimming
  • Canada wins the women's duet event and qualifies to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis
  • Zhang Mo of Canada and Liu Song of Argentina win the gold medal in the women's and men's individual event respectively and qualify to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball
  • Brazil defeats Cuba in a thrilling five set gold medal match, and wins the first gold medal awarded in a team sport.
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
  • Cuba wins all four gold medals available in Greco-Roman wrestling today.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Badminton Men's singles Kevin Cordón  Guatemala
Women's singles Michelle Li  Canada
Mixed doubles Grace Gao
and Toby Ng
 Canada
Cycling Men's Keirin Fabián Puerta  Colombia
Women's Keirin Daniela Larreal  Venezuela
Women's Omnium Angie González  Venezuela
Shooting Men's double trap Walton Eller  United States
Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle César Cielo  Brazil GR
Men's 100 metre butterfly  Venezuela
Women's 200 metre backstroke Elizabeth Pelton  United States GR
Women's 200 metre breaststroke Ashley McGregor  Canada
Synchronized swimming Women's duet Élise Marcotte
& Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon
 Canada
Table tennis Men's singles Liu Song  Argentina
Women's singles Zhang Mo  Canada
Volleyball Women's tournament Brazil women's national volleyball team  Brazil
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Gustavo Balart  Cuba
Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg  Cuba
Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Pablo Shorey  Cuba
Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Mijaín López  Cuba

Day 8 – October 21[]

Archery pictogram.svg Archery
  • The United States and Mexico each contested the finals of both team events with the USA men and the Mexican women taking gold. The USA men set a 24 arrows Pan American record during the semifinals as well. Cuba took the bronze medal in both events.
Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach volleyball
Cycling (BMX) pictogram.svg Cycling
  • Connor Fields of the United States wins the men's bmx event, while Mariana Pajón of Colombia wins the women's event.
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • The United States wins both gold medals on offer today.
Squash pictogram.svg Squash
  • Canada wins the women's team event, while Mexico wins the men's team event.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • The United States continues its dominance in the pool by winning two gold medals. Brazil, the distant runner-up also takes two gold medals.
Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Synchronized swimming
  • Canada completes the sweep in synchronized swimming by winning the team event.
Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis
  • The United States and Argentina win the women's singles and doubles events respectively, while and Santiago González of Mexico become the first Pan American Games Champion in Mixed Doubles tennis since 1995.
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
  • Cuba continued its dominance in Greco-Roman wrestling by taking three of four gold medals available (6 of 7 overall). Venezuela took the remaining gold.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Archery Men's team United States  United States
Women's team Mexico  Mexico
Beach volleyball Women's tournament Larissa França
Juliana Felisberta
 Brazil
Cycling Men's BMX Connor Fields  United States
Women's BMX Mariana Pajón  Colombia
Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions Jason Parker  United States
Women's skeet  United States
Squash Men's team Arturo Salazar
Eric Gálvez
César Salazar
 Mexico
Women's team Miranda Ranieri
Samantha Cornett
Stephanie Edmison
 Canada
Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle  United States
Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Rachel Bootsma

Claire Donahue
 United States PR
Men's 200 metre backstroke Thiago Pereira  Brazil
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Guilherme Guido
Felipe França Silva
Gabriel Mangabeira
César Cielo
 Brazil
Synchronized swimming Women's team Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon
Jo-Annie Fortin
Chloé Isaac
Stéphanie Leclair
Tracy Little
Élise Marcotte
Karine Thomas
Valerie Welsh
 Canada
Tennis Women's Singles Irina Falconi  United States
Women's Doubles María Irigoyen
Florencia Molinero
 Argentina
Mixed Doubles Ana Paula de la Peña
Santiago González
 Mexico
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Luis Liendo  Venezuela
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Jorgisbell Alvarez  Cuba
Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Yunior Estrada  Cuba

Day 9 – October 22[]

Archery pictogram.svg Archery
  • The United States men's and the Mexican women's team finished the competition by winning the singles events.
Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach volleyball
  • Brazil completes the sweep of the beach volleyball gold medals.
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling
  • Marc de Maar of the Netherlands Antilles wins the men's road race competing under the Pan American Sports Organization Flag, while Arlenis Sierra leads Cuba to a sweep in the women's road race.
Racquets pictogram.svg Racquetball
  • Mexico wins three out of four gold medals available while the United States wins the only other gold medal on offer.
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
  • The United States wins two gold medals, finishing the competition with ten of the fifteen gold medals available. Cuba picks up the only other gold medal won today.
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
  • The final events of the swimming competition were held as the open water swimming competition for men and women were held in Puerto Vallarta. Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina and Richard Weinberger of Canada win the women's and men's events respectively.
Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis
  • Robert Farah of Colombia wins the men's singles event and the doubles event with partner Juan Sebastián Cabal as the tennis events come to a close.
Water skiing pictogram.svg Water skiing
  • The United States wins the first two gold medals in water skiing, while Argentina wins one gold medal. Canada wins three medals as well.
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
  • Carol Huynh of Canada defends her title she won four years ago in at the 2007 Pan American Games, while Cuba continues its dominance in wrestling by winning two out of the four women's freestyle gold medals. The United States won the remaining gold medal.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Archery Men's individual Brady Ellison  United States
Women's individual Alejandra Valencia  Mexico
Beach volleyball Men's tournament Alison Cerutti
Emanuel Rego
 Brazil
Cycling Men's road race Marc de Maar  Netherlands Antilles
Women's road race Arlenis Sierra  Cuba
Racquetball Women's singles Paola Longoria  Mexico
Women's doubles Paola Longoria
Samantha Salas
 Mexico
Men's singles Rocky Carson  United States
Men's doubles Álvaro Beltrán
 Mexico
Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Emil Milev  United States
Men's skeet Vincent Hancock  United States
Women's 50 metre rifle three positions Dianelys Pérez  Cuba
Swimming Men's marathon 10 kilometres Richard Weinberger  Canada
Women's marathon 10 kilometres Cecilia Biagioli  Argentina
Tennis Men's Singles Robert Farah  Colombia
Men's Doubles Robert Farah
Juan Sebastián Cabal
 Colombia
Water skiing Women's overall Regina Jaquess  United States
Men's wakeboard  United States
Men's overall  Argentina
Wrestling Women's Freestyle 48 kg Carol Huynh  Canada
Women's Freestyle 55 kg Helen Maroulis  United States
Women's Freestyle 63 kg Katerina Vidiaux  Cuba
Women's Freestyle 72 kg  Cuba

Day 10 – October 23[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian
  • The United States wins the team eventing event, while Canada wins the individual eventing event. Brazil and Argentina who placed third and fourth respectively in the team event qualify a full team to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain (the United States and Canada have already qualified).
Handball pictogram.svg Handball
Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing
  • All nine sailing events come to a close, with Brazil taking five gold medals, Argentina winning two, Chile and Puerto Rico winning one gold medal each.
Softball pictogram.svg Softball
  • The United States wins its record seventh straight gold medal, while Canada takes silver and Cuba takes bronze.
Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon
Water skiing pictogram.svg Water skiing
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Erick Barrondo  Guatemala
Women's 20 kilometres walk Jamy Franco  Guatemala
Women's marathon Adriana da Silva  Brazil
Equestrian Individual eventing Jessica Phoenix  Canada
Team eventing



 United States
Handball Women's tournament  Brazil
Sailing Women's sailboard Patricia Freitas  Brazil
Women's Laser Radial class Cecilia Saroli  Argentina
Men's sailboard Ricardo Santos  Brazil
Men's Laser class Julio Alsogaray  Argentina
Sunfish class  Brazil
Snipe class Alexandre do Amaral
Gabriel Borges
 Brazil
Lightning class Alberto González
Diego González
 Chile
Hobie 16 class Enrique Figueroa
 Puerto Rico
J/24 class Mauricio Oliveira


 Brazil
Softball Women's tournament  United States
Triathlon Men's individual Reinaldo Colucci  Brazil
Women's individual Sarah Haskins  United States
Water skiing Women's tricks Whitney McClintock  Canada
Women's slalom Regina Jaquess  United States
Women's jump Regina Jaquess  United States
Men's tricks  Argentina
Men's slalom  United States
Men's jump  United States
Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Lely Burgos  Puerto Rico
Men's 56 kg Sergio Álvarez  Cuba
Men's 62 kg Óscar Figueroa  Colombia
Wrestling Men's Freestyle 55 kg  Dominican Republic
Men's Freestyle 66 kg Liván López  Cuba
Men's Freestyle 84 kg Jake Herbert  United States
Men's Freestyle 120 kg Tervel Dlagnev  United States

Day 11 – October 24[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
Handball pictogram.svg Handball
Inline speed skating pictogram.svg Roller skating
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's 5.000 metres Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico
Men's discus throw Jorge Fernández  Cuba
Women's 10,000 metres Marisol Romero  Mexico
Women's hammer throw Yipsi Moreno  Cuba PR
Women's pole vault Yarisley Silva  Cuba PR
Fencing Women's individual foil Lee Kiefer  United States
Men's individual épée Weston Kelsey  United States
Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Bridgette Caquatto
Jessie DeZiel
Brandie Jay
Shawn Johnson
Grace McLaughlin
Bridget Sloan
 United States
Handball Men's tournament  Argentina
Roller skating Men's free skating Marcel Sturmer  Brazil
Women's free skating  Argentina
Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Yuderquis Contreras  Dominican Republic
Women's 58 kg Maria Escobar  Ecuador
Men's 69 kg Israel Rubio  Venezuela
Wrestling Men's Freestyle 60 kg Luis Liendo  Venezuela
Men's Freestyle 74 kg Jorgisbell Alvarez  Cuba
Men's Freestyle 96 kg Yunior Estrada  Cuba

Day 12 – October 25[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball
Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball
Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
Squash pictogram.svg Racquetball
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's 100 metres Rosângela Santos  Brazil
Women's 800 metres Adriana Muñoz  Cuba
Men's 100 metres Lerone Clarke  Jamaica
Men's long jump Daniel Pineda  Chile
Men's shot put Dylan Armstrong  Canada PR
Men's decathlon Leonel Suárez  Cuba
Basketball Women's tournament  Puerto Rico
Baseball Men's tournament Andrew Albers, Cole Armstrong, Chris Bisson, Shawn Bowman
Nick Bucci, Michael Crouse, Emerson Frostad,
Jimmy Henderson, Shawn Hill, Jay Johnson, Mike Johnson
Chris Kissock, Brock Kjeldgaard, Marcus Knecht, Kyle Lotzkar
Jonathan MaloDustin Molleken, Scott Richmond, Chris Robinson
Jamie Romak, Tim Smith, Skyler Stromsmoe, Jimmy Van Ostrand
 Canada
Bowling Women's pairs Liz Johnson
Kelly Kulick
 United States
Men's pairs Bill O'Neill
Chris Barnes
 United States
Fencing Women's individual sabre Mariel Zagunis  United States
Men's individual foil Alexander Massialas  United States
Racquetball Men's team Álvaro Beltrán

 Mexico
Women's team Paola Longoria
Samantha Salas
 Mexico
Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Christine Girard  Canada PR
Men's 77 kg Iván Cambar  Cuba
Men's 85 kg Yoelmis Hernández  Cuba

Day 13 – October 26[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Basque pelota pictogram.svg Basque pelota
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing
Diving pictogram.svg Diving
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
Judo pictogram.svg Judo
Inline speed skating pictogram.svg Roller skating
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles Yvette Lewis  United States
Women's 400 metres hurdles Princesa Oliveros  Colombia
Women's 400 metres Jennifer Padilla  Colombia
Women's long jump Maurren Maggi  Brazil
Women's high jump Lesyani Mayor  Cuba
Women's heptathlon Lucimara da Silva  Brazil
Men's 400 metres  Costa Rica
Men's 1500 metres Leandro de Oliveira  Brazil
Men's hammer throw Kibwe Johnson  United States PR
Basque pelota Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete
 Argentina
Men's Paleta Leather Pairs 36m Fronton
 Cuba
Men's Paleta Leather Pairs Trinkete
 Argentina
Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs 30m Fronton
 Argentina
Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres
Kristin Gauthier
Alexa Irvin
 Canada
Diving Women's 10 metre platform Paola Espinosa  Mexico
Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard Yahel Castillo
Julian Sánchez
 Mexico
Fencing Women's individual épée Kelly Hurley  United States
Men's individual sabre Philippe Beaudry  Canada
Judo Women's +78 kg Idalys Ortiz  Cuba
Men's 100 kg Luciano Corrêa  Brazil
Men's +100 kg Óscar Brayson  Cuba
Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Mercedes Pérez  Colombia
Women's 75 kg Ubaldina Valoyes  Colombia
Men's 94 kg  Cuba

Day 14 – October 27[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Basque pelota pictogram.svg Basque pelota
Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing
Diving pictogram.svg Diving
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
Football pictogram.svg Football
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
Judo pictogram.svg Judo
Karate pictogram.svg Karate
Inline speed skating pictogram.svg Roller skating
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's 200 metres Roberto Skyers  Cuba
Men's 400 metres hurdles Omar Cisneros  Cuba PR
Men's 10,000 metres Marilson Santos  Brazil
Men's high jump Donald Thomas  Bahamas
Men's triple jump Alexis Copello  Cuba
Women's 200 metres Ana Cláudia Silva  Brazil
Women's 1500 metres Adriana Muñoz  Cuba
Women's 5,000 metres Marisol Romero  Mexico
Women's shot put Misleydis González  Cuba
Women's javelin throw Alicia DeShasier  United States
Basque pelota Women's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete
 Argentina
Women's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton
 Mexico
Men's Mano Singles Trinkete  Mexico
Men's Mano Doubles 36m Fronton
 Mexico
Men's Mano Singles 36m Fronton Fernando Medina  Mexico
Men's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton
 Mexico
Bowling Men's individual  Colombia
Women's individual Elizabeth Johnson  United States
Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres
Jorge Antonio Garcia
Reinier Torres
 Cuba
Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Yahel Castillo  Mexico
Women's synchronized 10 metre platform Paola Espinosa
Tatiana Ortiz
 Mexico
Equestrian Team jumping Kent Farrington on Uceko
Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo
on Romantovich Take One
McLain Ward on Antares F
 United States
Fencing Men's team épée Soren Thompson
Weston Kelsey
Cody Mattern
Gerek Meinhardt
 United States
Women's team foil Lee Kiefer
Nzingha Prescod
Doris Willette
Ibtihaj Muhammad
 United States
Football Women's tournament Rachelle Beanlands, Melanie Booth, Candace Chapman
Robyn Gayle, Christina Julien, Kaylyn Kyle
Karina LeBlanc, Vanessa Legault-Cordisco, Diana Matheson
Kelly Parker, Sophie Schmidt, Desiree Scott
Lauren Sesselmann, , Christine Sinclair
Brittany Timko, Rhian Wilkinson, Shannon Woeller
 Canada
Gymnastics Men's floor Diego Hypólito  Brazil
Men's pommel horse Daniel Corral  Mexico
Men's rings Brandon Wynn  United States
Women's uneven bars Bridgette Caquatto  United States
Women's vault Brandie Jay  United States
Judo Women's 70 kg Onix Cortés  Cuba
Women's 78 kg Kayla Harrison  United States
Men's 81 kg Leandro Guilheiro  Brazil
Men's 90 kg Tiago Camilo  Brazil
Karate Men's +84 kg  Venezuela
Women's +68 kg  Guatemala
Roller skating Men's 1,000 metres Pedro Causil  Colombia
Men's 10,000 metres  Ecuador
Women's 1,000 metres  Colombia
Women's 10,000 metres  Colombia
Weightlifting Women's +75 kg  Ecuador
Men's 105 kg Jorge Arroyo  Ecuador
Men's +105 kg Fernando Reis  Brazil

Day 15 – October 28[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing
Diving pictogram.svg Diving
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey
Football pictogram.svg Football
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
Judo pictogram.svg Judo
Karate pictogram.svg Karate
Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Sara Hall  United States
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Ana Cláudia Silva
Vanda Gomes
Franciela Krasucki
Rosângela Gomes
 Brazil
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Aymée Martínez
Diosmely Peña
Susana Clement
Daisurami Bonne
 Cuba AR
Women's discus throw Yarelys Barrios  Cuba GR
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia GR
Men's 110 metres hurdles Dayron Robles  Cuba GR
Men's 800 metres Andy González  Cuba
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase José Peña  Venezuela
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Ailson Feitosa
Sandro Viana
Nilson André
Bruno de Barros
 Brazil GR
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Noel Ruíz
Raidel Acea
Omar Cisneros
William Collazo
 Cuba
Men's javelin throw Guillermo Martínez  Cuba GR
Men's pole vault Lázaro Borges  Cuba GR
Boxing Men's Light flyweight Joselito Velazquez  Mexico
Men's Bantamweight Lázaro Álvarez  Cuba
Men's Light welterweight Roniel Iglesias  Cuba
Men's Middleweight Emilio Correa  Cuba
Men's Heavyweight Lenier Pero  Cuba
Women's Flyweight Mandy Bujold  Canada
Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Jorge Antonio García  Cuba
Men's C-1 1000 metres Everardo Cristóbal  Mexico
Men's K-2 1000 metres Steven Jorens
Richard Dessureault-Dober
 Canada
Men's C-2 1000 metres Karel Aguilar Chacón
Serguey Torres
 Cuba
Women's K-1 500 metres Carrie Johnson  United States
Women's K-2 500 metres Dayexi Gandarela
Yulitza Meneses
 Cuba
Diving Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Iván García
German Sanchez
 Mexico
Women's 3 metre springboard Laura Sánchez  Mexico
Fencing Men's team foil Miles Chamley-Watson
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
 United States
Women's team sabre Ibtihaj Muhammad
Mariel Zagunis
Dagmara Wozniak
 United States
Field hockey Women's tournament Kayla Bashore-Smedley
Michelle Cesan
Lauren Crandall
Rachel Dawson
Katelyn Falgowski
Melissa Gonzalez
Michelle Kasold
Claire Laubach
Caroline Nichols
Katie O'Donnell
Julia Reinprecht
Katie Reinprecht
Paige Selenski
Amy Swensen
Shannon Taylor
Michelle Vittese
 United States
Football Men's tournament José de Jesús Corona
Hugo Isaác Rodríguez
Hiram Mier
Néstor Araujo
Dárvin Chávez
Jesús Zavala
Javier Aquino
Carlos Emilio Orrantía
Oribe Peralta
Othoniel Arce
Jerónimo Amione
José Antonio Rodríguez
Ricardo Bocanegra
Jorge Enríquez
César Ibáñez
Miguel Ángel Ponce
Isaác Brizuela
Diego Reyes
 Mexico
Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Paul Ruggeri  United States
Men's parallel bars Daniel Corral  Mexico
Men's vault Diego Hypólito  Brazil
Women's balance beam Ana Sofía Gómez  Guatemala
Women's floor  Mexico
Judo Women's 57 kg Yurisleidy Lupetey  Cuba
Women's 63 kg Yaritza Abel  Cuba
Men's 66 kg  Brazil
Men's 73 kg  Brazil
Karate Men's 60 kg  Ecuador
Men's 84 kg  Venezuela
Women's 50 kg Ana Villanueva  Dominican Republic
Women's 68 kg  Brazil
Water polo Women's tournament Elizabeth Armstrong
Heather Petri
Melissa Seidemann
Brenda Villa
Lauren Wenger
Margaret Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Jessica Steffens
Elsie Windes
Kelly Rulon
Annika Dries
Kami Craig
Tumuaialii Anae
 United States

Day 16 – October 29[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing
Diving pictogram.svg Diving
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey
Judo pictogram.svg Judo
Karate pictogram.svg Karate
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball
Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Horacio Nava  Mexico
Boxing Men's flyweight Robeisy Ramírez  Cuba
Men's lightweight Yasniel Toledo  Cuba
Men's welterweight Carlos Banteux  Cuba
Men's light heavyweight Julio La Cruz  Cuba
Men's super heavyweight Ítalo Perea  Mexico
Women's light welterweight  Puerto Rico
Women's light heavyweight Mary Spencer  Canada
Canoeing Men's K-1 200 metres Cesar De Cesare  Ecuador
Men's C-1 200 metres Richard Dalton  Canada
Men's K-2 200 metres Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada
Women's K-1 200 metres Carrie Johnson  United States
Diving Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Iván García
Germán Sánchez
 Mexico
Women's 3 metre springboard Laura Sánchez  Mexico
Equestrian Individual jumping  United States
Fencing Men's team sabre
Timothy Morehouse
James Williams
 United States
Women's team épée
Courtney Hurley
Kelley Hurley
 United States
Field hockey Men's tournament Juan Manuel Vivaldi
Ignacio Bergner
Matías Vila
Pedro Ibarra

Lucas Rey
Rodrigo Vila
Matías Paredes
Lucas Cammareri
Lucas Vila
Fernando Zylberberg
Juan Martín Lopez
Manuel Brunet

Agustín Mazzilli
Lucas Rossi
 Argentina
Judo Women's 48 kg Paula Pareto  Argentina
Women's 52 kg Yanet Bermoy  Cuba
Men's 60 kg Felipe Kitadai  Brazil
Karate Men's 67 kg  Ecuador
Men's 75 kg Dionicio Gustavo  Dominican Republic
Women's 55 kg Shannon Nishi  United States
Women's 61 kg  Mexico
Volleyball Men's tournament Thiago Alves

Eder Carbonera


Wallace De Souza
Gustavo Endres
Luiz Fonteles
Wallace Martins
Murilo Radke
Bruno Rezende
 Brazil
Water polo Men's tournament Merrill Moses
Peter Varellas
Peter Hudnut
Ryan Bailey
Tony Azevedo
Jeff Powers
Layne Beaubien
Adam Wright
Tim Hutten
Jesse Smith
Brian Alexander
J. W. Krumpholz
Chay Lapin
 Cuba

Day 17 – October 30[]

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball
Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby sevens
Closing ceremony
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's marathon Solonei da Silva  Brazil
Basketball Men's tournament Renaldo Balkman, José Juan Barea, Carlos Arroyo
Filiberto Rivera, ,
Miguel "Ali" Berdiel, Edwin Ubiles,
Luis Villafañe, Manuel Narvaez, Daniel Santiago
 Puerto Rico
Rugby sevens Men's tournament Nanyak Dala, Sean Duke, Matthew Evans
Sean White, Ciaran Hearn, Nathan Hirayama
, Phil Mack, John Moonlight
Taylor Paris, Mike Scholz, Conor Trainor
 Canada

References[]

  1. ^ "XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 -Sports Calendar" (PDF). Guadalajara Organizing Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "Pan Am Games open with pomp, pageantry". Toronto Star. October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
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