# Basketball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Basketball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 21 to October 30 at the CODE Dome. Each team was allowed to enter a maximum of twelve athletes. Puerto Rico won both the men's and women's competitions, with Mexico placing second in both competitions. The United States won bronze in the men's competition, while Brazil won bronze in the women's competition.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details rosters | Puerto Rico Renaldo Balkman José Juan Barea Carlos Arroyo Filiberto Rivera Carlos Strong Samuel Villegas Miguel "Ali" Berdiel Edwin Ubiles Gabriel Colón Luis Villafañe Manuel Narvaez Daniel Santiago | Mexico Paul Stoll Jovan Harris Pedro Meza Christopher Hernandez Adam Parada Michael Strobbe Victor Mariscal Omar Quintero Hector Hernandez Orlando Mendez Lorenzo Real Jesus Lopez | United States Blake Ahearn Brian Butch Justin Dentmon Jerome Dyson Moses Ehambe Marcus Lewis Leo Lyons Renaldo Major Donald Sloan Greg Stiemsma Curtis Sumpter Lance Thomas |
| Women details rosters | Puerto Rico Angelica Bermudez Carla Cortijo Carla Escalera Michelle Gonzalez Yolanda Jones Angiely Morales Michelle Pacheco Mari Placido Pamela Rosado Jazmine Sepulveda Cynthia Valentin Esmary Vargas | Mexico Marie Bibbs Alexis Castro Azucena Loudres Abril Garcia Monica Garcia Sofia Garica Erika Gomez Fernanda Guitierrez Laura Nuñez Maylene Ornelas Sonia Ortega Brisa Silva | Brazil Tassia Carcavalli Damiris Dantas Izabela De Andrade Barbara De Queiroz Carina De Souza Erika De Souza Clarissa Dos Santos Gilmara Justino Palmira Marcal Iziane Marques Jaqueline Silvestre Silvia Valente |

## Qualification

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Canada, the United States and the host country qualify automatically, as do five other teams through regional tournaments.

### Basketball – Men

| North America | South America | Automatic qualifiers |
| Puerto Rico Dominican Republic | Brazil Argentina Uruguay | Canada Mexico United States |

### Basketball – Women

| North America | South America | Automatic qualifiers |
| Puerto Rico Jamaica | Brazil Argentina Colombia | Canada Mexico United States |

## Schedule

The competition will be spread out across nine days, with the women competing first, followed by the men.
| Preliminary round | Semifinals | M | Event finals |
| October | 21st Fri | 22nd Sat | 23rd Sun | 24th Mon | 25th Tue | 26th Wed | 27th Thu | 28th Fri | 29th Sat | 30th Sun | Gold medals |
| Men | | | | | | | | | | M | 1 |
| Women | | | | | M | | | | | | 1 |

## Controversy

The Mexican Olympic Committee (COM) refused to endorse the Mexican Sports Association (ADEMEBA), the body recognized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), because FIBA had threatened to suspend ADEMEBA membership which put the entire basketball tournament in jeopardy. However, the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) later confirmed that the basketball tournament would be held and the event would not be cancelled.