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2011 Tokyo World Championships 2011 Tokyo World Championships 2011 Guadalajara Pan American Games 2011 Osijek World Cup 2011 Osijek World Cup
2011 Guadalajara Pan American Games
200px-Guadalajara logo for the 2011 Pan American Games
Official logo

City

Guadalajara, Mexico

Team Gold Medalist

USA

All-Around Gold Medalist

Bridgette Caquatto (USA)

Vault Gold Medalist

Brandie Jay (USA)

Uneven Bars Gold Medalist

Bridgette Caquatto (USA)

Balance Beam Gold Medalist

Ana Sofía Gómez Porras (GUA)

Floor Exercise Gold Medalist

Ana Lago (MEX)

Preceded by

2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games

Succeeded by

2015 Toronto Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games were held in Guadalajara, Mexico held from October 14–30, 2011. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa. It was the largest multi-sport event of the year, with approximately 6,000 athletes from 42 nations participating in 36 sports. Both the Pan American and Parapan American Games were organized by the Guadalajara 2011 Organizing Committee (COPAG). The 2011 Pan American Games were the third Pan American Games hosted by Mexico (the first country to do so) and the first held in the state of Jalisco. Previously, Mexico hosted the 1955 Pan American Games and the 1975 Pan American Games, both in Mexico City. The 2011 Parapan American Games were held 20 days after the Pan American Games have ended.

Following PASO tradition, Jalisco governor Emilio González Márquez and then Guadalajara mayor Alfonso Petersen Farah received the Pan American Sports Organization flag during the closing ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was officially opened by the President of Mexico Felipe Calderón.

The United States won the most total medals, their fifteenth straight time doing so at the Pan American Games. Brett Fraser, a swimmer from the Cayman Islands, won the first Pan American Games gold medal for his country, while Saint Kitts and Nevis won its first ever Pan American Games medal of any kind.

Format of Competition[]

The format was very similar to that of the Olympic Games. All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

  • The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of five gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
  • The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. For the first time, each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
  • The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) USA

Bridgette Caquatto
Shawn Johnson
Bridget Sloan
Grace McLaughlin
Brandie Jay
Jessie DeZiel

800px-Flag of Canada Canada

Peng Peng Lee
Kristina Vaculik
Mikaela Gerber
Talia Chiarelli
Coralie LeBlond
Dominique Pegg

Flag of Mexico Mexico

Marisela Cantu
Yessenia Estrada
Elsa García
Ana Lago
Alexa Moreno
Karla Salazar

All-Around 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Bridgette Caquatto
United States of America (USA)
Flag of Guatemala Ana Sofía Gómez Porras
Guatemala (GUA)
800px-Flag of Canada Kristina Vaculik
Canada (CAN)
Vault 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Brandie Jay
United States of America (USA)
Flag of Mexico Elsa García
Mexico (MEX)
800px-Flag of Colombia Catalina Escobar
Colombia (COL)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Bridgette Caquatto
United States of America (USA)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Shawn Johnson
United States of America (USA)
Flag of Mexico Marisela Cantu
Mexico (MEX)

Flag of Mexico Elsa García
Mexico (MEX)

Balance Beam Flag of Guatemala Ana Sofía Gómez Porras
Guatemala (GUA)
800px-Flag of Canada Kristina Vaculik
Canada (CAN)
720px-Flag of Brazil Daniele Hypólito
Brazil (BRA)
Floor Exercise Flag of Mexico Ana Lago
Mexico (MEX)
800px-Flag of Canada Mikaela Gerber
Canada (CAN)
720px-Flag of Brazil Daniele Hypólito
Brazil (BRA)

Medal Count[]

Rank Country Gold-medal Silver-medal Bronze-medal Total
1 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) USA 4 1 0 5
2 Flag of Mexico Mexico 1 1 2 4
3 800px-Flag of Canada Canada 0 3 1 4
4 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 1 1 0 2
5 720px-Flag of Brazil Brazil 0 0 2 2
6 800px-Flag of Colombia Colombia 0 0 1 1

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