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
Men's events C-1 200 metres C-1 1000 metres C-2 1000 metres Karel Aguilar ChacónSerguey TorresErlon Silva Ronilson OliveiraRonny Ratia Anderson Ramos K-1 200 metres K-1 1000 metres K-2 200 metres Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel Miguel CorreaRubén Rézola Givago RibeiroGilvan Ribeiro K-2 1000 metres Steven JorensRichard Dessureault-DoberReinier Torres Jorge Antonio GarcíaPablo de Torres Roberto Geringer Sallette K-4 1000 metres Osvaldo LabradaJorge Antonio Garcia Reinier Torres Maikel Daniel ZuluetaRichard Dessureault-Dober Philippe Duchesneau Steven Jorens Connor TarasCelso Oliveira Roberto Maehler Gilvan Ribeiro Givago Ribeiro
Women's events K-1 200 metres K-1 500 metres K-2 500 metres Dayexi GandarelaYulitza Meneses Sabrina AmeghinoAlexandra Keresztesi Margaret HoganKaitlyn McElroy K-4 500 metres Kathleen FraserKristin Gauthier Alexa Irvin Una LounderAnais Abraham Karina Alanís Alicia Guluarte Maricela MontemayorDarisleydis 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 500mFinals Men's K-1 1000m, C-1 1000m, K-2 1000m, C-2 1000m Preliminaries/Semifinals Women's K-1 500m Preliminaries/Semifinals Day 14 Thursday October 27, 2011 9:00 11:35 Men's K-4 1000mFinals Women's K-1 200m Preliminaries/Semifinals 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 1000mFinals Women's K-1 500mFinals Day 16 Saturday October 29, 2011 9:00 10:55 Women's K-1 200m, K-2 500m FinalsMen'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).
See also Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
References