# Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Handball competitions at the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games was held from October 15 to 24 at the San Rafael Gymnasium. Medals were awarded for both men and women's team events. Each NOC is permitted to enter one men's team and one women's team in the handball competitions. Each team will consist of 15 athletes. The winner of each event is qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.

## Medal summary
### Medal count

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Argentina Gonzalo Carou Federico Fernandez Fernando Garcia Juan Fernandez Andrés Kogovsek Damián Migueles Federico Pizarro Cristian Plati Pablo Portela Leonardo Querin Matías Schulz Diego Simonet Sebastián Simonet Juan Vidal Federico Vieyra | Brazil Leonardo Bortolini Gustavo Cardoso Fabio Chiuffa Bruno De Santana Marcos Paulo Santos Thiagus dos Santos Jaqson Kojoroski Fernando Filho Gil Pires Felipe Ribeiro Renato Rui Maik Santos Ales Silva Henrique Teixeira Vinicius Teixeira | Chile Guillermo Araya Felipe Barrientos Rodolfo Cornejo Rodrigo Diaz Emil Feuchtmann Erwin Feuchtmann Harald Feuchtmann Nicolas Jofre Patricio Martinez Felipe Maurin Rene Oliva Marco Oneto Esteban Salinas Rodrigo Salinas Alfredo Valenzuela |
| Women details | Brazil Eduarda Amorim Barbara Arenhart Moniky Bancilon Francine Cararo Deonise Cavaleiro Fernanda Da Silva Fabiana Diniz Alexandra Do Nascimento Mayara Moura Daniela Piedade Silvia Pinheiro Jessica Quintino Samira Rocha Ana Paula Rodrigues Chana Souza | Argentina Maria Belotti Valeria Bianchi Maria Decilio Bibiana Ferrea Lucia Haro Valentina Kogan Antonela Mena Luciana Mendoza Manuela Pizzo Maria Romero Noelia Sala Luciana Salvado Silvina Schlesinger Solange Tagliavini Silvana Totolo | Dominican Republic Mariela Andino Mariela Cespedes Mari Tavares Cari Dominguez Mileidys Garcia Judith Granado Crisleydy Hernandez Carolina Lopez Yndiana Mateo Nancy Peña Johanna Pimentel Jessica Sierra Suleidi Suarez Yacaira Tejada Debora Ortiz |

## Qualification

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 15 players and up to one women's team with 15 players. Mexico, as the host country qualify automatically, as do seven other countries through regional tournaments.
Italicized teams qualified via the last chance tournaments.

### Handball – Men

| North America | South America | Automatic qualifiers |
| Canada Dominican Republic United States | Brazil Argentina Chile Venezuela | Mexico |

### Handball – Women

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

## Schedule

The competition was spread out across nine days, with the men and women competing on alternating dates.
| Preliminary round | Semifinals | M | Event finals |
| October | 15th Sat | 16th Sun | 17th Mon | 18th Tue | 19th Wed | 20th Thu | 21st Fri | 22nd Sat | 23rd Sun | 24th Mon | Gold medals |
| Men | | | | | | | | | | M | 1 |
| Women | | | | | | | | | M | | 1 |