During the Parade of Nations at the 2011 Pan American Games opening ceremony

2011 Pan American Games opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 14, 2011, beginning at 20:00 CDT at Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...

, held beginning at 18:00 CDT on February 14, 2011, 42 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into Omnilife Stadium in the host city of Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

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Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

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Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the host of the first Pan American Games

1951 Pan American Games

The 1951 Pan American Games were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 25 February-9 March 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where officials representing the National Olympic Committees of the Americas discussed the staging...

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Argentina at the 2011 Pan American Games

Argentina will compete at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011.-Medalists:|align="left" valign="top"||align="left" valign="top"|- Archery:...

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Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games

Mexico will host the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Mexico has competed in every edition of the Pan American Games since the first games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mexico will begin their participation having achieved 782 medals in total with 155...

 delegates entered last, representing the host nation. The delegations entered by Spanish alphabetical order as per Pan American Sports Organization protocols, which also happened to be the official languages of the host nation.

The delegation from the Netherlands Antilles marched under the Pan American Sports Organization flag, because their National Olympic Committee had lost official recognition from the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Sports Organization.

List

Order	Nation	Spanish	Flag bearer	Sport
1		Argentina	Walter Pérez Walter Pérez Walter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...	Cycling Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games Cycling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 22 at the Pan American Velodrome , Guadalajara Circuit , Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa and CODE San Nicolás ....
2		Antigua y Barbuda	Robert Marsh	Cycling Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games Cycling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 22 at the Pan American Velodrome , Guadalajara Circuit , Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa and CODE San Nicolás ....
3		Antillas Holandesas	Perry Lindo	Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...
4		Aruba	Stuart Smit	Taekwondo Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games Taekwondo competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 18 at the CODE II Gymnasium.-Medal Summary:Key:-Medal Table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Schedule:...
5		Bahamas	Alicia Lightbourn	Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...
6		Barbados	Shakera Reece	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
7		Belice	Albert Jones	Chef de mission
8		Bermuda	Malcolm Smith	Sailing Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games Sailing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 17 to October 23 at the Vallarta Yacht Club in Puerto Vallarta.-Medal Table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Open events:-Schedule:...
9		Bolivia	Ricardo Monroy	Racquetball Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games Racquetball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 17 to October 25 at the Racquetball Complex...
10		Brasil	Hugo Hoyama Hugo Hoyama Hugo Hoyama is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won several medals in single, double, and team events in the Latin American Table Tennis Championships....	Table tennis Table tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games Table tennis competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 20 at the CODE Dome.A total of eighty players, forty each of male and female players, will participate at the table tennis event. In the individual event, players will play in round robin...
11		Canadá	Christine Sinclair Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair is a Canadian soccer forward who plays professional soccer for the Western New York Flash and is the captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair has spent ten years with the Canadian national team participating in two World Cups in 2007 and 2003 and the 2008 Summer...	Football Football at the 2011 Pan American Games Football at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 18 to October 28. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-22 teams to participate...
12		Chile	David Dubó	Karate Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games The Karate competition of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will be held at the San Rafael Gymnasium between October 27 and October 29...
13		Colombia	Mariana Pajón	Cycling Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games Cycling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 22 at the Pan American Velodrome , Guadalajara Circuit , Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa and CODE San Nicolás ....
14		Costa Rica	David Jimenez	Boxing Boxing at the 2011 Pan American Games Boxing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 21 to October 29 at the Expo Guadalajara Arena...
15		Cuba	Mijaín López	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games Wrestling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 20 to October 24 at the CODE II Gymnasium.-Medal Table:Key:-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Freestyle:-Schedule:...
16		Dominica	Erison Hurtault Erison Hurtault Erison Hurtault is an American sprinter who has represented Dominica in international events. He specializes in the 400 metres....	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
17		Ecuador	Diego Ferrin	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
18		El Salvador	Pamela Benítez Pamela Benítez Pamela Benítez is a female swimmer from El Salvador. She was the country's flagbearer in the Open Ceremonies of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.She has swum for El Salvador at the:*World Championships: 2007 and 2009...	Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...
19		Estados Unidos de América	Jason Read Jason Read Jason Read is a rower who sat in the bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Rowing Team....	Rowing Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games Rowing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 19 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman...
20		Granada	Joel Redhead	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
21		Guatemala	Kevin Cordon Kevin Cordón Kevin Haroldo Cordón Buezo is a Guatemalan badminton player.Born in La Unión, Zacapa, Cordón was named after former England international footballer Kevin Keegan, of whom his father was a fan...	Badminton Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games Badminton competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 15 to October 20 at the newly built Multipurpose Gymnasium.-Schedule:-Medal Table:-Events:-Qualification:...
22		Guyana	David Rajjab	Taekwondo Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games Taekwondo competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 18 at the CODE II Gymnasium.-Medal Summary:Key:-Medal Table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Schedule:...
23		Haití
24		Honduras	Randy Lambert	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games Wrestling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 20 to October 24 at the CODE II Gymnasium.-Medal Table:Key:-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Freestyle:-Schedule:...
25		Islas Caimán	Jessica McTaggart	Equestrian Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games Equestrian competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 16 to October 29 at the Guadalajara Country Club , Hipica Club and Santa Sofia Golf Club...
26	Virgin Islands	Islas Vírgenes	Hans Lawaetz	NOC National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...  President
27		Islas Vírgenes Británicas	Keron Stoute	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
28		Jamaica	Marloe Rodman	Cycling Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games Cycling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 15 to October 22 at the Pan American Velodrome , Guadalajara Circuit , Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa and CODE San Nicolás ....
29		Nicaragua	Dalia Torrez	Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...
30		Panamá	Gabriela Mizrachi	Equestrian Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games Equestrian competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 16 to October 29 at the Guadalajara Country Club , Hipica Club and Santa Sofia Golf Club...
31		Paraguay	Ben Hockin Ben Hockin Ben Hockin is an Olympic freestyle swimmer, who has swum international for both Great Britain and Paraguay ....	Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...
32		Perú	Vanessa Mallqui	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games Wrestling competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 20 to October 24 at the CODE II Gymnasium.-Medal Table:Key:-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Freestyle:-Schedule:...
33		Puerto Rico	Luis Rivera	Gymnastics Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, three different gymnastics disciplines will be contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events will be held on October 24–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events will be held on October 21–24. The...
34		República Dominicana	Dionicio Gustavo	Karate Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games The Karate competition of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will be held at the San Rafael Gymnasium between October 27 and October 29...
35		San Cristóbal y Nieves	Antoine Adams	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
36		Santa Lucía	Levern Spencer Levern Spencer Levern Donaline Spencer is a Saint Lucian high jumper.-Biography:Spencer was an All-American high jumper for the University of Georgia and 2008 Olympian for St Lucia, set a new facility record at the Georgia Invitational in Athens, Georgia on Saturday 8 May 2010, clearing 1.98m to cruise to a...	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
37		San Vicente y las Granadinas	Kineke Alexander	Athletics Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 23 to October 30 at the newly built Telmex Athletics Stadium. The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary Guadalajara Circuit and Route and the Pan American Marathon circuit respectively...
38		Surinam	Crystal Leefmans	Badminton Badminton at the 2011 Pan American Games Badminton competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held from October 15 to October 20 at the newly built Multipurpose Gymnasium.-Schedule:-Medal Table:-Events:-Qualification:...
39		Trinidad y Tobago
40		Uruguay	Marcelo Chirico Marcelo Chirico Marcelo Chirico is a Uruguayan show jumping competitor.At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Chirico won the gold medal in the individual jumping event, becoming the first athlete from Uruguay to win an individual Olympic Gold medal....	Equestrian Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games Equestrian competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 16 to October 29 at the Guadalajara Country Club , Hipica Club and Santa Sofia Golf Club...
41		Venezuela	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games...	Swimming Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games The swimming competition at the 2011 Pan American Games is scheduled for October 15-22, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico...
42		México	Juan René Serrano Juan Rene Serrano Juan René Serrano Gutiérrez is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated...	Archery Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games Archery at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held over a six day period from October 17 to October 22. The events will take place at the newly built Pan American Archery Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico...