United States at the 2011 Pan American Games
The United States competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 14 to October 30, 2011. The chef de mission for the United States for these Pan American Games was Alan Ashley, the USOC's Chief of Sport Performance. The city of Houston, Texas, served as the processing center for athletes participating in the 2011 Pan American Games. Archery. The United States has qualified a team of 6 athletes, 3 male and 3 female. The representatives were selected at a qualification event at the National Target Championships. Athletics . The United States will be represented in the athletics competition. -Indicates athletes that participated in the preliminaries but not the finals Badminton. The United States has qualified four male and four female athletes. USA Badminton submitted a list of prospective nominees to represent the United States at the Pan American Games, which were subject to approval by the USOC: The final nominees are subject to final approval and include all prospective nominees except Cee Ketpura, who withdrew for personal reasons. Baseball. The United States has qualified a baseball team of twenty athletes to participate. The team will compete in Group  A. Team. The United States Pan American Games baseball team, which will also be sent to the 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup, was announced in September. The team is as follows: General Manager: Eric Campbell Manager: Ernie Young Coaches: Kirk Champion – Pitching Coach; Leon Durham – Hitting Coach; Jay Bell, Roly de Armas – Assistant Coaches Head Athletic Trainer: John Fierro; Assistant Athletic Trainer: Christopher Gebeck; Team Physicians: Fred Dicke, Angelo Mattalino Results. Final. Final rank: Basketball. Both the men's and women's teams of the United States qualified for the basketball tournament automatically. Men. Instead of sending college-level basketball  players to represent the United States, USA Basketball has decided to work with the NBA Development League (NBA D-League), the minor league of the NBA, to send D-League players to represent the United States in the men's tournament. The men's team will be headed by coach Nate Tibbetts, the head coach of the Tulsa 66ers. The men's basketball team will compete in Group B. Team. The roster of the men's basketball team is as follows: ---- Bronze medal match. Final rank: Women. The women's basketball team will compete in Group A. Team. The roster  of the women's basketball team is as follows: ---- Seventh place game. Final rank: 7 Basque pelota. The United States has qualified a total of six athletes for four of the ten basque pelota events. Beach volleyball. The United States has qualified one pair of athletes each for the men's and women's tournaments. Bowling. The United States has qualified four bowlers, two male and two female. The representatives will be chosen based on their performances at the USBC Masters/USBC Queens, at the US Open of Bowling, and at the Pan American Games bowling trials. Men. Bill O'Neill  and Chris Barnes were the top competitors at the qualification trials and had excellent performances at the USBC Masters and the US Open of Bowling. Based on these performances, they were the top two qualified athletes in the qualification system. They will represent the United States at these Pan American Games in men's bowling. Women. The United States will be represented by Kelly Kulick and Liz Johnson in the women's bowling competition. The qualification was based on the competitors' performances at the USBC Queens and the US Women's Open of Bowling and on performances at the women 's bowling qualification event held during May 2–3. Kulick and Johnson were announced as the representatives following the US Women's Open's conclusion. Boxing. The United States has qualified a total of eight athletes to compete in Guadalajara. In the first qualifier, the United States qualified one athlete in the men's super heavyweight category. In the second qualifier, the United States qualified one athlete in the men's light heavyweight category, one athlete in the women's light welterweight category, and one athlete in the women's light heavyweight category. In the third qualifier, the United States qualified  four athletes in the men's flyweight, lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight categories. Canoeing. The United States has qualified a total of five boats to compete in the K-1 200, K-2 100, K-1 200 women, K-1 500 women, and the K-2 500 women's competition. Cycling. The United States has qualified sixteen athletes to compete at the cycling competition. Road cycling. The United States has qualified three female athletes to compete in the road cycling competition. Track cycling. The United States has qualified one team of male athletes to compete in the team sprint track cycling competition. Mountain biking. The United  States qualified three athletes, two male and one female, to compete in the mountain biking cycling competition. BMX. The United States qualified four athletes, two male and two female, to compete in the BMX cycling competition. Diving. The United States will be sending divers to compete in the diving competition. Equestrian. The United States will be sending an equestrian team to compete. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) released a short list of riders nominated to represent the United States. The final squad was named and sent to the USOC, IOC and FEI on September 12. Following is the short  list released by the USEF on July 27, including substitutes: Following is a list of the final nomination of the USEF and the official entries into the Pan American Games: Fencing. The United States has qualified a total of sixteen athletes, eight male and eight female athletes, to compete in the individual and team events for the épée, foil, and sabre of each gender. The fencers who will be representing the United States are as follows: Field hockey. The United States has qualified a men's and women's field hockey team to compete in their respective tournaments. Men. Team . The United States men's field hockey team is as follows: Results. The United States men's team will compete in Pool B of the men's group. 5th place match. Final rank: 5 Women. Team. The United States women's field hockey team is as follows: Results. The United States women's team will compete in Pool B of the women's group. Gold medal match. Final rank: Gymnastics. The United States has qualified a total of 24 athletes in 3 events. Artistic. The United States has qualified six male and six female athletes in artistic gymnastics. Rhythmic. The  United States has qualified two athletes to compete in the individual tournament and six athletes to compete in the group tournament. Trampoline. The United States qualified two male and female athletes in trampoline gymnastics. Handball. The United States has qualified a men's and women's handball team. The women's handball team qualified after defeating Canada in the Canada versus United States Series. The men's handball team qualified in a last chance qualifying tournament in Guatemala City after drawing with Uruguay and defeating Guatemala. Men. The men's handball team will compete in Group B. Team. The team  that will be representing the United States in the men's tournament is as follows: ---- 7th-8th place match. Final rank: 7th Women. The women's handball team will compete in Group B. Team. The team that will be representing the United States in the women's tournament is as follows: ---- 7th place match. Final rank: 8th Judo. The United States has qualified fourteen athletes, seven male and female athletes, to compete in all men's and women's judo competitions. Karate. The United States has qualified three athletes in the 60 kg, 67 kg, and 75 kg men's categories  and three athletes in the 50 kg, 55 kg, and 68 kg women's categories. Modern pentathlon. The United States qualified two male and two female pentathletes. Racquetball. The United States qualified four male and four female racquetball players. Roller skating. The United States qualified three male and three female roller skaters. Rugby sevens. The United States qualified a team to participate in rugby sevens. It consisted of 12 athletes. Results. Preliminary round. All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6) Bronze medal match. Final rank: Rowing. The United States will send representatives to participate all fourteen events of the rowing  competition. The finalized list of crews chosen to represent the United States was announced on September 27. Sailing. The United States qualified nine boats and sixteen athletes to compete in all tournaments. The team was announced on April 18 by the US Sailing Olympic Selection Committee. Shooting. The United States will send 25 athletes to compete in the shooting competition. The team is as follows: Softball. The United States has qualified a softball team. Team. Following is the 2011 USA national softball team roster: Results. Final. Final rank: Squash. The United States qualified three male and three female athletes to  compete in the individual and team tournaments. Swimming. The United States has qualified athletes to participate in the various swimming competitions. The United States will send a team to Guadalajara based on performances at the 2011 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in Palo Alto, California, serving as the official selection meet for the 2011 Pan American Games United States swimming team. The National Championships were held in early August and USA Swimming announced the representatives. -Indicates athletes that participated in the preliminaries but not finals -Indicates athletes that participated in the preliminaries but not the finals. Synchronized swimming. The United  States has qualified a team and a duet to participate in the synchronized swimming competition. Table tennis. The United States has qualified a men's and women's team of table tennis athletes, made of three athletes per team. The United States can qualify individual men's athletes through a special qualification tournament. Taekwondo. The United States qualified eight athletes to compete in all taekwondo events. Tennis. The United States was represented by five tennis players, three male and two female. Triathlon. The United States qualified three male and three female triathletes. Volleyball. The United States has qualified a men 's and women's volleyball team. Men. The men's team will compete in Group B. Team. The men's indoor volleyball team is as follows: Coaches Fifth place game. Final rank: 5 Women. The women's team will compete in Group B. Team. The women's indoor volleyball team is as follows: Coaches Bronze medal match. Final rank Bronze Water polo. The United States has qualified a men's and women's water polo team. Men. Team. The men's water polo team is as follows: Results. The men's team will be participating in Group B. Preliminary round . All times are local Central Standard Time (UTC-6) Semifinals. Gold medal match. Final rank: Women. Team. The women's water polo team is as follows: Results. The women's team will be participating in Group B. Preliminary round. All times are local Central Standard Time (UTC-6) Gold medal match. Final rank: Water skiing. The United States has qualified five male and female athletes to compete. Weightlifting. The United States has qualified six male and five female weightlifters. Wrestling. The United States has qualified a total of fifteen athletes to compete in wrestling. The United States qualified six male athletes to  compete in the 55 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, and 120 kg freestyle wrestling competitions, six male athletes to compete in the 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, and 120 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competitions, and three female athletes to compete in the 48 kg, 55 kg, and 63 kg freestyle wrestling competitions based on performances at the Pan American Wrestling Championship.