# Canoeing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Canoeing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 26 to October 29 at the Rowing and Canoeing Course in Ciudad Guzmán. The Canoe Slalom event was dropped due to an anticipated low number of entries. The winners of some events (K1M 200m, K1M 1000m, K1W 200m, K1W 500m, C1M 200m, C1M 1000m) qualified to compete at the canoeing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. The Pan American Games were not a qualification tournament for the Olympics in the events K4M 1,000 and K4W 500.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Mexico* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Argentina | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 200 metres details | Richard Dalton Canada | Nivalter De Jesus Brazil | Roleysi Baez Cuba |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Everardo Cristóbal Mexico | Reydel Ramos Cuba | Johnnathan Tafra Chile |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Cuba Karel Aguilar Chacón Serguey Torres | Brazil Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | Venezuela Ronny Ratia Anderson Ramos |
| K-1 200 metres details | César de Cesare Ecuador | Miguel Correa Argentina | Ryan Dolan United States |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Jorge Antonio García Cuba | Daniel Dal Bo Argentina | Philippe Duchesneau Canada |
| K-2 200 metres details | Canada Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Argentina Miguel Correa Ruben Voizard | Brazil Givago Ribeiro Gilvan Ribeiro |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Canada Steven Jorens Richard Dessureault-Dober | Cuba Reinier Torres Jorge Antonio García | Argentina Pablo de Torres Roberto Geringer Sallette |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Cuba Osvaldo Labrada Jorge Antonio Garcia Reinier Torres Maikel Daniel Zulueta | Canada Richard Dessureault-Dober Philippe Duchesneau Steven Jorens Connor Taras | Brazil Celso Oliveira Roberto Maehler Gilvan Ribeiro Givago Ribeiro |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 metres details | Carrie Johnson United States | Darisleydis Amador Cuba | Sabrina Ameghino Argentina |
| K-1 500 metres details | Carrie Johnson United States | Émilie Fournel Canada | Alexandra Keresztesi Argentina |
| K-2 500 metres details | Cuba Dayexi Gandarela Yulitza Meneses | Argentina Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi | United States Margaret Hogan Kaitlyn McElroy |
| K-4 500 metres details | Canada Kathleen Fraser Kristin Gauthier Alexa Irvin Una Lounder | Mexico Anais Abraham Karina Alanís Alicia Guluarte Maricela Montemayor | Cuba Darisleydis Amador Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela Yusmary Mengana |

## Schedule

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−5).
| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Event | Phase |
| Day 13 | Wednesday October 26, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | Women's K-4 500m | Finals |
| Day 13 | Wednesday October 26, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | Men's K-1 1000m, C-1 1000m, K-2 1000m, C-2 1000m | Preliminaries/Semifinals |
| Day 13 | Wednesday October 26, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | Women's K-1 500m | Preliminaries/Semifinals |
| Day 14 | Thursday October 27, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:35 | Men's K-4 1000m | Finals |
| Day 14 | Thursday October 27, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:35 | Women's K-1 200m | Preliminaries/Semifinals |
| Day 14 | Thursday October 27, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:35 | Men's K-1 200m, C-1 200m, K-2 200m | Preliminaries/Semifinals |
| Day 15 | Friday October 28, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | Men's K-1 1000m, C-1 1000m, K-2 1000m, C-2 1000m | Finals |
| Day 15 | Friday October 28, 2011 | 9:00 | 11:55 | Women's K-1 500m | Finals |
| Day 16 | Saturday October 29, 2011 | 9:00 | 10:55 | Women's K-1 200m, K-2 500m | Finals |
| Day 16 | Saturday October 29, 2011 | 9:00 | 10:55 | Men's K-1 200m, C-1 200m, K-2 200m | Finals |

## Qualification

The first five boats in each event qualified from the 2010 Pan American Championship in Mexico City. This gave a total of 110 out of the 130 athlete quotas used. Out of the remaining 20 spots 10 will go to countries not already qualified and the remaining 10 spots will be determined by the Pan American Canoe Federation. Out of the remaining spots, some will be awarded to Mexico if it has not qualified a boat through the Pan American Championship, therefore reducing the remaining number. An NOC can enter a maximum of 16 athletes (10 men and 6 women).
| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Boats | Athletes |
| Nation | K-1 200 | K-2 200 | K-1 1000 | K-2 1000 | K-4 1000 | C-1 200 | C-1 1000 | C-2 1000 | K-1 200 | K-1 500 | K-2 500 | K-4 500 | Boats | Athletes |
| Argentina | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | 11 | 12 |
| Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 15 |
| Canada | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 16 |
| Chile | | X | | X | | X | X | | | | X | | 5 | 6 |
| Colombia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 12 |
| Cuba | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 15 |
| Ecuador | X | X | | | | X | | | X | X | X | | 6 | 5 |
| Guatemala | X | X | | X | | | | | X | X | | | 5 | 4 |
| Mexico | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 16 |
| Puerto Rico | X | X | X | | | | | | X | | | | 4 | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | 10 | 9 |
| Venezuela | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | 11 |
| Total: 13 NOCs | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 111 | 125 |