Chronological summary of the 2011 Pan American Games

For the medal count, see 2011 Pan American Games medal table.

2011 Pan American Games
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This page 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

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

EG

Exhibition gala

CC

Closing ceremony

October		14th Fri	15th Sat	16th Sun	17th Mon	18th Tue	19th Wed	20th Thu	21st Fri	22nd Sat	23rd Sun	24th Mon	25th Tue	26th Wed	27th Thu	28th Fri	29th Sat	30th Sun	Events
Ceremonies		OC																CC
Archery					●	●	●	●	2	2									4
Athletics											3	5	6	9	10	12	1	1	47
Badminton			●	●	●	●	2	3											5
Baseball							●	●	●	●		●	1						1
Basketball									●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	1	2
Basque Pelota									●	●	●	●	●	4	6				10
Beach Volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	1	1									2
Bowling												●	2	●	2				4
Boxing									●	●	●	●	●	●		6	7		13
Canoeing														1	1	5	5		12
Cycling			2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2									18
Diving														2	2	2	2		8
Equestrian				1	●		1		●	●	2			●	1		1		6
Fencing												2	2	2	2	2	2		12
Field Hockey							●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	1	1		2
Football						●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	1	1			2
Gymnastics			1	1	3	5						1	1	2	5	5	EG		24
Handball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1							2
Judo														3	4	4	3		14
Karate															2	4	4		10
Modern Pentathlon			1	1															2
Racquetball					●	●	●	●	●	4	●	●	2						6
Roller Skating											●	2		2	4				8
Rowing			●	●	4	5	5												14
Rugby Sevens																	●	1	1
Sailing					●	●	●		●	●	9								9
Shooting				2	2	2	3	1	2	3									15
Softball					●	●	●	●	●	●	1								1
Squash			●	●	4	●	●	●	2										6
Swimming			5	5	4	5	5	4	4	2									34
Synchronized swimming						●	●	1	1										2
Table Tennis			●	●	2	●	●	2											4
Taekwondo			2	2	2	2													8
Tennis					●	●	●	●	3	2									5
Triathlon											2								2
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	1				●	●	●	●	●	1		2
Water Polo											●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Water Skiing								●	●	3	6								9
Weightlifting											3	3	3	3	3				15
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
October		14th Fri	15th Sat	16th Sun	17th Mon	18th Tue	19th Wed	20th Thu	21st Fri	22nd Sat	23rd Sun	24th Mon	25th Tue	26th Wed	27th Thu	28th Fri	29th Sat	30th Sun	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 Five Currents, and the Pan American Cauldron was lit by former Mexican diver Paola Espinosa.^[2]

Day 2 – October 15

Cycling

• Heather Irmiger of the United States wins the women's cross country event in mountain biking, becoming the first gold medalist of the games. While Hector Paez of Colombia wins the men's event.

Gymnastics

• Julie Zetlin of the United States wins the first ryhthmic gymnastics medal on offer in the individual all around competition.

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

• 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

• Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic defends his title in the men's 58kg event, while Ivett Gonda of Canada wins the gold medal in the women's 49kg event.

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Cycling	Men's cross-country	Hector Paez	Colombia
	Women's cross-country	Heather Irmiger	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 Amanda Kendall Erika Erndl	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

• Colombian athletes win both gold medals in the road cycling time trial events.

Equestrian

• The United States wins the gold medal in the team dressage event, successfully defending their championship for the forth straight Pan American Games.

Gymnastics

• Brazil wins the group event by shocking favourites Canada for the title, in the process claiming its second straight title.

Modern pentathlon

• Oscar 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

• Daryl Szarenszki 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

• 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

• Jhohanny Jean of the Dominican Republic wins the second straight gold medal for his country the men's 68kg event, while Irma Contreras of Mexico wins the gold medal in the women's 57kg 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 Marisa Festerling	United States
Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic group all-around	Dayane Amaral Debora Falda Luisa Matsuo Bianca Mendonça Eliane Sampaio Drielly Saltoe	Brazil
Modern pentathlon	Men's individual	Oscar Soto	Mexico
Shooting	Men's 10 metre air pistol	Daryl Szarenszki	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	Catherine Breed	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 Nicolas Oliviera 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

• Colombia wins the men's team pursuit, while Venezuela sets new Pan American Records in the men's and women's team sprints

Gymnastics

• Brazil wins the 5 balls group event, while the United States and Mexico pick up one gold each.

Rowing

• Argentina wins three out of the four gold medals on offer while Cuba takes the remaining title.

Shooting

• The United States wins the gold medal in the men's (Matthew Rawlings) and women's (Emily Caruso) 10 metre air rifle events.

Squash

• Mexico wins the men's and women's singles and doubles events. Colombia wins the men's singles event.

Swimming

• Brazil and the United States continue their dominance in the pool as each win two gold medals.

Table tennis

• Brazil successfully defends the men's team title, while the Dominican Republic wins the women's team title.

Taekwondo

• Sebastián Crismanich of Argentina wins the men's 80kg event, while Melissa Pangotta of Canada wins the women's 67kg event.

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Cycling	Men's team pursuit	Juan Arango Edwin Avila Arles Castro Weimar Roldan	Colombia
	Men's team sprint	Hersony Canelon Cesar Marcano Angel Pulgar	Venezuela	PR
	Women's team sprint	Daniela Larreal Mariestela Vilera	Venezuela	PR
Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual ball	Julie Zetlin	United States
	Women's rhythmic individual hoop	Cynthia Valdéz	Mexico
	Women's rhythmic group 5 balls	Dayane Amaral Debora Falda Luisa Matsuo Bianca Mendonça Eliane Sampaio Drielly Saltoe	Brazil
Rowing	Women's double sculls	Maria Abalo Maria Best	Argentina
	Women's coxless pair	Yariulvis Cobas Aimee Hernandez	Cuba
	Men's double sculls	Cristian Rosso Ariel Suarez	Argentina
	Men's coxless four	Sebastian Fernandez Joaquin Iwan Rodrigo Murillo Agustin Silvestro	Argentina
Shooting	Men's 10 metre air rifle	Matthew Rawlings	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 Galvez	Mexico
	Women's singles	Samantha Teran	Mexico
	Women's doubles	Nayelly Fernandez Samantha Teran	Mexico
Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke	Thiago Pereira	Brazil
	Men's 200 metre butterfly	Leonardo De Deus	Brazil
	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	Ann Chandler	United States
	Women's 400 metre freestyle	Gilligan Ryan	United States
Table tennis	Men's team	Hugo Hoyama Gustavo Tsuboi Thiago Monterio	Brazil
	Women's team	Wu Xue Johenny Valdez Eva Brito	Dominican Republic
Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	Melissa Pagnotta	Canada
	Men's 80 kg	Sebastián Crismanich	Argentina

Day 5 – October 18

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

• 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

• United States and Mexico each pick up two gold medals while Argentina pick up the only other gold medal on offer.

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

• 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

• Cuba wins both events today (the men's +80 and women's +67kg 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	Cynthia Valdéz	Mexico
	Women's rhythmic individual ribbon	Julie Zetlin	United States
	Women's rhythmic group 3 ribbons + 2 hoops	Dayane Amaral Debora Falda Luisa Matsuo Bianca Mendonça Eliane Sampaio Drielly Saltoe	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	Analicia Ramirez Lila Perez Rul	Mexico
	Men's coxless pair	Michael Gennaro Robert Otto	United States
	Men's quadruple sculls	Alejandro Cucchietti Santiago Fernández Cristian Rosso Ariel Suarez	Argentina
	Men's lightweight double sculls	Alan Armenta Gerardo Sanchez	Mexico
Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol	Sergio Sanchez	Guatemala
	Women's trap	Miranda Wilder	United States
Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	Brett Fraser	Cayman Islands	GR
	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	Sean Mahoney	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	Catherine Breed Elizabeth Pelton Chelsea Nauta Amanda Kendall Kim Vandenberg Erika Erndl	United States	GR
Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	Glenhis Hernández	Cuba
	Men's +80 kg	Robelis Despaigne	Cuba

Day 6 – October 19

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

• Juan Arango of Colombia becomes the first ever Pan American Games champion in the men's omnium, while Hersony Canelon of Venezuela wins the men's individual sprint.

Equestrian

• The United States sweeps the individual dressage medals

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

The United States, Brazil and Guatemala each win one gold medal, as the latter two set final round Pan American Games records.

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 Canelon	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	Angel Fournier	Cuba
	Men's lightweight coxless four	Wilber Turro Liosbel Hernandez Liosmel Ramos Manuel Suarez	Cuba
	Men's eight	Jason Read Stephen Kasprzyk Matthew Wheeler Joseph Spencer Michael Gennaro Robert Otto Blaise Didier Marcus Mc Elhenney Derek Johnson	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 Daniel Lawrence Madwed Ryan Joseph Feeley Douglas Robinson Charles Houchin Rexford Tullius Robert Margallis Junior Matthew Patton	United States
	Women's 100 metre freestyle	Amanda Kendall	United States
	Women's 200 metre butterfly	Kimberly Vandenberg	United States
	Women's 800 metre freestyle	Kristel Kobrich	Chile

Day 7 – October 20

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

• Angie Gonzalez of Venezuela becomes the first Pan American Games champion in the women's omnium. Colombia and Venezuela win one gold each more as the track cycling competition comes to a close.

Shooting

• United States wins the men's double trap event.

Swimming

• The first night of the swimming competition that the United States does not win more then 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

• Canada wins the women's duet event and qualifies to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.

Table tennis

• Mo Zhang of Canada and Song Liu 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

• Brazil defeats Cuba in a thrilling five set gold medal match, and wins the first gold medal awarded in a team sport.

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 Cordon	Guatemala
	Women's singles	Michelle Li	Canada
	Mixed doubles	Grace Gao and Toby Ng	Canada
Cycling	Men's Keirin	Fabian Puerta	Colombia
	Women's Keirin	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela
	Women's Omnium	Angie Gonzalez	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	Albert Subitatis	Venezuela
	Women's 200 metre backstroke	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	GR
	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	Ashley McGregor	Canada
Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	Elise Marcotte & Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon	Canada
Table tennis	Men's singles	Song Liu	Argentina
	Women's singles	Mo Zhang	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	Pedro Mullens	Cuba
	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg	Pablo Shorey	Cuba
	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg	Mijain Lopez	Cuba

Day 8 – October 21

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.

Beach volleyball

• The Brazilian pair of Larissa Franca and Juliana Felisberta win the women's tournament.

Cycling

• Connor Fields of the United States wins the men's bmx event, while Mariana Pajon of Colombia wins the women's event.

Shooting

• The United States wins both gold medals on offer today.

Squash

• Canada wins the women's team event, while Mexico wins the men's team event.

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

• Canada completes the sweep in synchronized swimming by winning the team event.

Tennis

• The United States and Argentina win the women's singles and doubles events respectively, while Ana Paula de La Penã and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico become the first Pan American Games Champion in Mixed Doubles tennis since 1995.

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 State	United States
	Women's team	Mexico	Mexico
Beach volleyball	Women's tournament	Larissa Franca Juliana Felisberta	Brazil
Cycling	Men's BMX	Connor Fields	United States
	Women's BMX	Mariana Pajon	Colombia
Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	Jason Parker	United States
	Women's skeet	Kimberly Harryman	United States
Squash	Men's team	Arturo Salazar Eric Galvez Cesar Salazar	Mexico
	Women's team	Miranda Ranieri Samantha Cornett Stephanie Edmison	Canada
Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	Lara Marie Jackson	United States
	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	Rachel Bootsma Ann Catherine Chandler Claire Donahue Amanda Kendall	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 Valérie 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 Gonzalez	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

• The United States men's and the Mexican women's team finished the competition by winning the singles events.

Beach volleyball

• Brazil completes the sweep of the beach volleyball gold medals.

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.

Racquetball

• Mexico wins three out of four gold medals available while the United States wins the only other gold medal on offer.

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

• The final events of the swimming competition were held as the open water swimming competition for men and women were held in Puerto Vallerta. Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina and Richard Weinberger of Canada win the women's and men's events respectively.

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

• 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

• 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 Javier Moreno	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 Perez	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	Andrew Adkison	United States
	Men's overall	Javier Julio	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	Lisset Hechevarria	Cuba

Day 10 – October 23

Athletics

Equestrian

• The United States the team eventing event, while Canada wins the individual eventing event. Brazil and Argentina who placed third and forth respectively in the team event 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

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

• The United States wins its record seventh straight gold medal, while Canada takes silver and Cuba takes bronze.

Triathlon

Water skiing

Weightlifting

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	Lynn Symansky Hannah Burnett Jack Pollard Bruce Davidson Jr Hannah Burnett	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	Matheus Dellangnello	Brazil
	Snipe class	Alexandre do Amaral Gabriel Borges	Brazil
	Lightning class	Alberto González Diego Gonzalez Cristian Herman	Chile
	Hobie 16 class	Enrique Figueroa Victor Aponte	Puerto Rico
	J/24 class	Mauricio Oliveira Alexandre de Silva Guilherme Hamelmann Daniel Santiago	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	Javier Julio	Argentina
	Men's slalom	Jonathan Travers	United States
	Men's jump	Frederick Krueger IV	United States
Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	Lely Burgos	Puerto Rico
	Men's 56 kg	Sergio Álvarez	Cuba
	Men's 62 kg	Oscar Figueroa	Colombia
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 55 kg	Juan Ramirez Beltre	Dominican Republic
	Men's Freestyle 66 kg	Livan Lopez	Cuba
	Men's Freestyle 84 kg	Jake Herbert	United States
	Men's Freestyle 120 kg	Tervel Dlagnev	United States

Day 11 – October 24

Athletics

Fencing

Gymnastics

Handball

Roller skating

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Men's 5.000 metres
	Men's discus throw
	Women's 10,000 metres
	Women's hammer throw
	Women's pole vault
Fencing	Women's individual foil
	Men's individual épée
Handball	Men's tournament
Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
	Women's 58 kg
	Men's 69 kg
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 60 kg
	Men's Freestyle 74 kg
	Men's Freestyle 96 kg

Day 12 – October 25

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Bowling

Fencing

Gymnastics

Racquetball

Weightlifting

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Women's 100 metres
	Women's 800 metres
	Men's 100 metres
	Men's long jump
	Men's shot put
	Men's decathlon
Basketball	Women's tournament
Baseball	Men's tournament
Bowling	Women's pairs
	Men's pairs
Fencing	Women's individual sabre
	Men's individual foil
Racquetball	Men's team
	Women's team
Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
	Men's 77 kg
	Men's 85 kg

Day 13 – October 26

Athletics

Basque pelota

Canoeing

Diving

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Roller skating

Weightlifting

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
	Women's 400 metres hurdles
	Women's 400 metres
	Women's long jump
	Women's high jump
	Women's heptathlon
	Men's 400 metres
	Men's 1500 metres
	Men's hammer throw
Basque pelota	Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete
	Men's Paleta Leather Pairs 36m Fronton
	Men's Paleta Leather Pairs Trinkete
	Men's Paleta Rubber Pairs 30m Fronton
Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres
Diving	Women's 10 metre platform
	Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard
Fencing	Women's individual épée
	Men's individual sabre
Judo	Women's +78 kg
	Men's 100 kg
	Men's +100 kg
Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg
	Women's 75 kg
	Men's 94 kg

Day 14 – October 27

Athletics

Basque pelota

Bowling

Canoeing

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Karate

Roller skating

Weightlifting

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Men's 200 metres
	Men's 400 metres hurdles
	Men's 10,000 metres
	Men's high jump
	Men's triple jump
	Women's 200 metres
	Women's 1500 metres
	Women's 5,000 metres
	Women's shot put
	Women's javelin throw
Basque pelota	Women's Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete
	Women's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton
	Men's Mano Singles Trinkete
	Men's Mano Doubles 36m Fronton
	Men's Mano Singles 36m Fronton
	Men's Frontenis Pairs 30m Fronton
Bowling	Men's individual
	Women's individual
Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres
Diving	Men's 3 metre springboard
	Women's synchronized 10 metre platform
Equestrian	Team jumping
Fencing	Men's team épée
	Women's team foil
Football	Women's tournament
Gymnastics	Men's floor
	Men's pommel horse
	Men's rings
	Women's uneven bars
	Women's vault
Judo	Women's 70 kg
	Women's 78 kg
	Men's 81 kg
	Men's 90 kg
Karate	Men's +84 kg
	Women's +68 kg
Roller skating	Men's 1,000 metres
	Men's 10,000 metres
	Women's 1,000 metres
	Women's 10,000 metres
Weightlifting	Women's +75 kg
	Men's 105 kg
	Men's +105 kg

Day 15 – October 28

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Diving

Fencing

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Karate

Water polo

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
	Women's discus throw
	Women's triple jump
	Men's 110 metres hurdles
	Men's 800 metres
	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
	Men's javelin throw
	Men's pole vault
Boxing	Men's Light flyweight
	Men's Bantamweight
	Men's Light welterweight
	Men's Middleweight
	Men's Heavyweight
	Women's Flyweight
Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres
	Men's C-1 1000 metres
	Men's K-2 1000 metres
	Men's C-2 1000 metres
	Women's K-1 500 metres
	Women's K-2 500 metres
Diving	Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
	Women's 3 metre springboard
Fencing	Men's team foil
	Women's team sabre
Field hockey	Women's tournament
Football	Men's tournament
Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar
	Men's parallel bars
	Men's vault
	Women's balance beam
	Women's floor
Judo	Women's 57 kg
	Women's 63 kg
	Men's 66 kg
	Men's 73 kg
Karate	Men's 60 kg
	Men's 84 kg
	Women's 50 kg
	Women's 68 kg
Water polo	Women's tournament

Day 16 – October 29

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Field hockey

Judo

Karate

Volleyball

Water polo

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Men's 50 kilometres walk
Boxing	Men's Flyweight
	Men's Lightweight
	Men's Welterweight
	Men's Light heavyweight
	Men's Super heavyweight
	Women's Light welterweight
	Women's Light heavyweight
Canoeing	Men's K-1 200 metres
	Men's C-1 200 metres
	Men's K-2 200 metres
	Women's K-1 200 metres
Diving	Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
	Women's 3 metre springboard
Equestrian	Individual jumping
Fencing	Men's team sabre
	Women's team épée
Field hockey	Men's tournament	Argentina
Judo	Women's 48 kg
	Women's 52 kg
	Men's 60 kg
Karate	Men's 67 kg
	Men's 75 kg
	Women's 55 kg
	Women's 61 kg
Volleyball	Men's tournament
Water polo	Men's tournament

Day 17 – October 30

Athletics

Basketball

Rugby sevens

Closing ceremony

Gold Medalists
Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref
Athletics	Men's marathon
Basketball	Men's tournament
Rugby sevens	Men's tournament

References

1. ^ "XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 -Sports Calendar" (PDF). Guadalajara Organizing Committee. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/deportes/calendario-v4.6-en.pdf. Retrieved May 25, 2011. 
2. ^ "Pan Am Games open with pomp, pageantry". Toronto Star. October 14, 2011. http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1070461--pan-am-games-open-with-pomp-pageantry?bn=1. Retrieved October 15, 2011.