# 2011 Pan American Games torch relay

The 2011 Pan American Games torch relay was a 50-day torch run, from August 26–October 14, 2011, held prior to the 2011 Pan American Games. Plans for the relay were originally announced July 6, 2011 by the Guadalajara Organizing Committee for the 2011 Pan American and Parapan American Games (COPAG). The relay brought the torch from Mexico City to the Estadio Omnilife for the Opening Ceremony. The flame arrived just in time for the opening ceremony.
The relay took the torch through all 32 Mexican states on a 50-day route starting on August 26, 2011, at the pyramids of Teotihuacan outside Mexico City. The Pan American flame was lit in the Pyramid of the Sun, the spot selected by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). The relay was organized by the Mexican Olympic Committee and was sponsored by Grupo Omnilife, a nutrition company. The first torch was carried by Pan American Games gold medalist Paola Longoria. The relay began with a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the 2011 Monterrey casino attack. About 3,500 runners carried the torch on the 15,000-kilometer route. The torch arrived in Puerto Vallarta on October 9, Ciudad Guzmán on October 11, Tapalpa on October 12, Lagos de Moreno on October 13 and Guadalajara on October 14 for the opening ceremony at the Estadio Omnilife.
The torch was designed by Vatti, the same company that designed the torch for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The design depicted green agave leaves with blue and white accents. The leaves surrounded and protected the flame. Each torch was 70 centimetres (28 in) tall and weighed 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb), including the fuel canister, which contained enough fuel for 12 minutes.

## Route

Route :
| Day | Date | State | Cities | Notable torchbearers | # of torchbearers |
| 1 | August 26 | Mexican Federal District | Teotihuacan (Torch lighting ceremony) | – | – |
| 2 | August 27 | Mexican Federal District | Mexico City (all 16 boroughs) | Paola Longoria – racquetballer Daniel Aceves – wrestler Noé Hernández, Carlos Mercenario – athlete (race walker) Jesús Mena, Fernando Platas – diver Marcelo Ebrard, Bernardo de la Garza – politicians Mario González – boxer Guillermo Pérez – taekwondoist | 240 |
| 3 | August 28 | State of Mexico | Toluca | Antônio Naelson, Alfredo Talavera – footballer Ana Maria Torres – boxer María del Carmen Díaz, Fidel Negrete – athlete (marathon) Víctor Estrada – taekwondoist | 66 |
| 4 | August 29 | Hidalgo | Pachuca | Nabor Castillo – judoka Jose Francisco Olvera Ruiz – Governor of Hidalgo Eligio Cervantes – triathlete | 73 |
| 5 | August 30 | Tlaxcala | Papalotla, Xicohtzinco, Zacatelco, Tepeyanco and Tlaxcala | Braulio Ávila – boxer | 96 |
| 6 | August 31 | Puebla | Puebla | – | 77 |
| 7 | September 1 | Veracruz | Xalapa | Manuel Cortina – canoer Armando Fernández – wrestler | 67 |
| 8 | September 2 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 9 | September 3 | Tabasco | Villahermosa | – | 72 |
| 10 | September 4 | Campeche | Campeche | Melchor Cob Castro – boxer Francisco Campos – baseball player paz | 61 |
| 11 | September 5 | Yucatán | Mérida, Dzibilchaltún | Guty Espadas, Juan Herrera, Gilberto Keb Baas, José Pinzón – boxer Eduardo Magaña – archer Gerardo Torres – footballer Juan Jose Pacho – baseball player | 73 |
| 12 | September 6 | Yucatán | Chichen Itza, Pisté | David Mier – sailor | 39 |
| 13 | September 7 | Quintana Roo | Cancún | Alejandro Vela – footballer Ricardo Delgado, Rodolfo López – boxer Marco Martos – American football player Roberto Borge Angulo – Governor of Quintana Roo | 61 |
| 14 | September 8 | Quintana Roo | Chetumal | Carolina Valencia – weightlifter | 57 |
| 15 | September 9 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 16 | September 10 | Chiapas | Chiapa de Corzo, Tuxtla Gutiérrez | – | 52 |
| 17 | September 11 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 18 | September 12 | Oaxaca | Oaxaca | Bernardo Segura – athlete (race walker) | 57 |
| 19 | September 13 | Guerrero | Acapulco | – | 55 |
| 20 | September 14 | Morelos | Cuernavaca | – | 78 |
| 21 | September 15 | Querétaro | Querétaro | – | 71 |
| 22 | September 16 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 23 | September 17 | Michoacán | Morelia | Leonel Godoy Rangel – Governor of Michoacán Guillermo Pérez – taekwondoist Everardo Cristóbal – canoer | 70 |
| 24 | September 18 | Guanajuato | León | Laura Sánchez – diver | 97 |
| 25 | September 19 | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | Alfonso Zamora – boxer | 63 |
| 26 | September 20 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 27 | September 21 | San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | Armando Quintanilla – athlete (5,000 + 10,000 meters) | 133 |
| 28 | September 22 | Tamaulipas | Tampico, Ciudad Madero, Altamira | – | 96 |
| 29 | September 23 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 30 | September 24 | Nuevo León | Monterrey | Daniel Bautista – athlete (race walker) Raúl Alcalá – cyclist Antonio Sancho – footballer | 68 |
| 31 | September 25 | Coahuila | Saltillo | – | 40 |
| 32 | September 26 | Durango/Coahuila | Gómez Palacio, Lerdo, Torreón | Jared Borgetti – footballer Cristian Mijares – boxer Marco Antonio Rubio – boxer | 64 |
| 33 | September 27 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 34 | September 28 | Chihuahua | Chihuahua | Cristián Bejarano – boxer | 88 |
| 35 | September 29 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 36 | September 30 | Sonora | Hermosillo | Humberto Cota – baseball player Juan Pedro Toledo – athlete | 80 |
| 37 | October 1 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 38 | October 2 | Baja California | Tijuana | Erik Morales – boxer | 100 |
| 39 | October 3 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 40 | October 4 | Baja California Sur | La Paz | – | 73 |
| 41 | October 5 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 42 | October 6 | Sinaloa | Mazatlán | – | 97 |
| 43 | October 7 | Nayarit | Tepic | – | 49 |
| 44 | October 8 | Jalisco | Puerto Vallarta | – | 103 |
| 45 | October 9 | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling | Not travelling |
| 46 | October 10 | Colima | Colima | – | 68 |
| 47 | October 11 | Jalisco | Ciudad Guzmán | – | 75 |
| 48 | October 12 | Jalisco | Tapalpa | – | 17 |
| 49 | October 13 | Jalisco | Amatitán, Lagos de Moreno | – | 66 |
| 50 | October 14 | Jalisco | Guadalajara, Tonalá, Tlaquepaque, Zapopan | Jashia Luna – diver Brenda Magaña – gymnast Dionicio Cerón – athlete (marathon) Javier Rosas – triathlete Jose Becerra – boxer | 185 |