The

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

were held in

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

, Mexico from October 14 to October 30, 2011. A total of about 6,000 athletes representing 42

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s participated in these Games. Overall, 361 events in 36 disciplines were contested; 188 events were open to men, 160 to women and 13 were in mixed competition. Two disciplines were open only to men:

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

and rugby sevens, while

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and

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...

were the sports in which only women were allowed to compete.

Racquetball Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velo ...

and

basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronton ...

returned to the Pan American Games after missing the last edition of the Games and rugby sevens made its debut. New events in

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...

track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

and

water skiing Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires suffic ...

made their debut at the Games. __NOTOC__

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Basque pelota

Beach volleyball

Bowling

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Handball

Judo

Karate

Modern pentathlon

Racquetball

Roller skating

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Squash

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Water skiing

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

Medal winner changes

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athlete Víctor Castillo had tested positive for the banned substance

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and was stripped of his gold medal he won in the men's long jump event. After Castillo was disqualified, the gold medal went to Daniel Pineda of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, the silver medal went to

David Registe David Registe (born 2 May 1988) is a US-born athlete representing Dominica in the long jump. He won the silver at the 2011 Pan American Games. Registe has a dual citizenship with the United States. His Dominica-born parents emigrated to Ala ...

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

, and the bronze medal to Jeremy Hicks of

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. B.

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wakeboarder

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had tested positive for the banned substance

and was stripped of his silver medal he won in the men's wakeboard event. After Rathy was disqualified, the silver medal went to

Marcelo Giardi Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus (name), Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: *Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian ser ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, and the bronze medal to

Alejo de Palma Alejandro de Vivar (1635–1660), better known as Mestizo Alejo, was a Chilean mestizo, who fought in the Arauco War. He was the son of the Mapuche cacique Curivilú and the Spanish Isabel de Vivar y Castro who was captured during a Mapuche raid ...

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Statistics

Medal leaders

Athletes that won at least three gold medals or at least four total medals will be listed below.Multi-medalists

References

{{reflist Medalists

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Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games