Uruguay at the
2011 Pan American Games
IOC codeURU
NOCUruguayan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cou.org.uy
in Guadalajara
14–30 October 2011
Competitors113[2] in 20 sports
Flag bearer Marcelo Chirico[1]
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
5
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Uruguay competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Uruguay sent 113 athletes in over sports.[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Carlos Buzzo
Enzo Cazzola		 Basque
pelota		 Pairs Trinkete
Paleta Rubber		 October 26
 Silver Gaston Dufau
Pablo Baldizan		 Basque
pelota		 Pairs Trinkete
Paleta Leather		 October 26
 Silver Maria Jimena Miranda
Camila Naviliat		 Basque
pelota		 Pairs Trinkete
Paleta Rubber		 October 27
 Bronze Pablo Defazio
Manfredo Finck		 Sailing Snipe October 23
 Bronze Uruguay national football team Football Men's tournament October 28

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Track and road events

Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
5000 m Ubaldo de los Santos did not advance 15:23.87 14th
400 m hurdles Andrés Silva DNF did not advance

Field events

Event Athletes Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Emiliano Lasa 7.81 m. PB 4th Q 7.73 m. 6th
Discus throw Rodolfo Daniel Casanova 48.62 m. 11th

Women

Track and road events

Event Athletes Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
400 m hurdles Déborah Rodríguez 1:00.72 5th did not advance

Field events

Event Athletes Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Pole vault Déborah Gyurcsek 3.70 m. 12th

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Team

Standings

Qualified for the semifinals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 United States 3 2 1 245 235 +10 5 1–0
 Dominican Republic 3 2 1 230 209 +21 5 0–1
 Brazil 3 1 2 234 244 -10 4 1–0
 Uruguay 3 1 2 208 229 -21 4 0–1

Results

October 26
13:00
Brazil  80–71  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–17, 20–16, 24–20
Pts: Giovannoni 15
Rebs: Giovannoni 8
Asts: Santos 3		 Pts: Fitipaldo 16
Rebs: Vázquez, Borsellino 5
Asts: Osimani 5
CODE Dome, Guadalajara
Referees: Fernandez (ARG), Fernandez (CRC), Vazquez (PUR)
October 27
17:30
Uruguay  55–69  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 19–19, 12–13, 9–20
Pts: Osimani 16
Rebs: Osimani 8
Asts: Osimani 4		 Pts: Coronado Gil 17
Rebs: Martínez 21
Asts: Martínez 4
CODE Dome, Guadalajara
Referees: Aluz (ARG), Ramos (MEX), Vazquez (PUR)
October 28
17:30
United States  80–82  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 24–22, 11–20, 16–20
Pts: Dyson 19
Rebs: Lyons 6
Asts: Sloan 3		 Pts: Osimani 23
Rebs: Borsellino 8
Asts: Osimani 6
CODE Dome, Guadalajara
Referees: Donnelly (CAN), Dueñas (COL), Ramos (MEX)
Seventh Place Match
October 29
10:30
Argentina  71–69  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 18–12, 20–20, 11–21
Pts: Sandes 23
Rebs: Sandes 10
Asts: 3 players 3		 Pts: Borsellino 15
Rebs: Borsellino 10
Asts: Osimani 8
CODE Dome, Guadalajara
Referees: Vazquez (PUR), Hayles (JAM), Fernandez (CRC)
 2011 Pan American Games 8th 

Uruguay

Basque pelota

Main article: Basque pelota at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified two athletes each in the paleta rubber pairs trinkete, paleta leather pairs trinkete, paleta leather pairs 36 m fronton, paleta leather pairs 30 m fronton, and the women's paleta rubber pairs trinkete categories.

Men

Athlete(s) Event Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Raul Comesaña
Fausto Lancelotti 		Paleta Rubber Pairs 30 m Fronton  Eduardo Casellas (VEN)
& Jaime Vera
W 12-3, 12-10 		 Jose Fiffe (CUB)
& Jhoan Torreblanca
L 5-12, 12-10, 1-5 		 Jesus Hurtado (MEX)
& Daniel Salvador Rodriguez
L 1-12, 0-12 		 Leonardo Benique (PER)
& Kevin Martinez
W 12-1, 12-2 		did not advance
Lucas Rivas
Elder Tavares 		Paleta Leather Pairs 36 m Fronton  Rodrigo Ledesma (MEX)
& Javier Francisco Mendiburu
L 15-5, 15-8 		 Jorge Borrajo (VEN)
& Gabriel Reyes
L 10-15, 11-15 		 Luciano Callarelli (ARG)
& Carlos Dorato
L 4-15, 13-15 		 Rafael Fernández (CUB)
& Azuan Perez
L 9-15, 7-15 		did not advance
Pablo Baldizan
Gaston Dufau 		Paleta Leather Pairs Trinkete  Jose Azael Herrera (MEX)
& Jorge Marin
W 15-3, 15-7 		 Frendy Fernandez (CUB)
& Anderson Jardines
W 15-6, 15-14 		 Cristian Algarbe (ARG)
& Jorge Villegas
L 7-15, 12-15 		 Sebastian Perez (CHI)
& Raimundo Saez
W 15-9, 15-6 		 Cristian Algarbe (ARG)
& Jorge Villegas
L 7-15, 13-15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Carlos Buzzo
Enzo Cazzola 		Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete  Adrian Raya (MEX)
& Guillermo Verdeja
W 15-8, 15-13 		 Jose Piña (VEN)
& Jesus Zarraga
W 15-8, 15-2 		 Facundo Andreasen (ARG)
& Sergio Villegas
L 4-15, 3-15 		 Sebastian De Orte (CHI)
& Esteban Romero
W 15-2, 15-13 		 Facundo Andreasen (ARG)
& Sergio Villegas
L 4-15, 3-15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

Athlete(s) Event Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Bronze Medal Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Maria Miranda
Camila Naviliat 		Paleta Rubber Pairs Trinkete  Ariana Cepeda (MEX)
& Rocio Guillen
W 15-12, 15-11 		 Yurisleidis Allue (CUB)
& Daniela Darriba
W 15-5, 15-6 		 Maria Lis Garcia (ARG)
& Veronica Stele
L 5-15, 5-15 		 Daniela Apablaza (CHI)
& Zita Solas
W 15-14, 15-4 		 Maria Lis Garcia (ARG)
& Veronica Stele
L 9-15, 6-15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified a men's and women's team in the beach volleyball competition.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Guillermo Williman
Nicolas Zanotta 		Men's  Christian Redmann (CAN)
 Benjamin Saxton (CAN)
L 17-21, 19-21 		 Dany López (NCA)
 Gerald Umaña (NCA)
W 21-11, 21-13 		 Aldo Miramontes (MEX)
 Juan Virgen (MEX)
W 21-18, 21-19 		 Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
L 16-21, 13-21 		did not advance
Fabiana Gómez
Lucia Guigou 		Women's  Nathalia Alfaro (CRC)
 Ingrid Morales (CRC)
W 16-21, 21-14, 15-13 		 Amalia Valeska Hernandez (NCA)
 Lollette Rodríguez (NCA)
W 21-12, 21-15 		 Bibiana Candelas (MEX)
 Mayra García (MEX)
L 15-21, 10-21 		 Emily Day (USA)
 Heather Hughes (USA)
L 12-21, 12-21 		did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2011 Pan American Games

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Federico Daners SVR Ron Individual 63.20 32nd 20.00 23rd 4.00 22nd 12.00 17th 99.20 17th
Gimena Fernandez Lover Foss Individual 67.80 42nd 59.20 28th 7.00 26th did not advance

Jumping

Individual

Athlete Horse Event Ind. 1st Qualifier Ind. 2nd Qualifier Ind. 3rd Qualifier Ind. Final
Round A Round B Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Marcelo Chirico Omanie Du Landais Individual 7.29 35th 9.00 16.29 31st 16.00 32.29 43rd did not advance
Martin Rodriguez Cointreau Z Individual 11.55 43rd 5.00 16.55 32nd 6.00 22.55 30th 10.00 24th 2.00 19th 34.55 19th
Carlos Cola Don Quijote Individual 15.44 51st 17.00 32.44 32nd 9.00 41.44 48th did not advance
Federico Daners Chicolas Individual 38.80 54th DNS did not advance

Team

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Round Final
Round 1 Round 2 Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Marcelo Chirico
Martin Rodriguez
Carlos Cola
Federico Daners 		Omanie Du Landais
Cointreau Z
Don Quijote
Chicolas 		Team 34.28 11th 31.00 10th 31.00 11th 96.28 11th

Football

Main article: Football at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified a men's team in the football competition.

Men

Men's team will participate in Group A of the football tournament.

Nation PLD W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 4
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
 Ecuador 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1
 Ecuador0 – 1 Uruguay
Report Puppo 4'
Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara
Referee: Erick Roberto Andino (Honduras)
 Mexico5 – 2 Uruguay
Amione 15', 48'
Ponce 29'
Zavala 42'
Peralta 71'		 Report Prieto 51'
M. Rodríguez 57'
Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara
Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
 Uruguay1 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Abero 17' Report[dead link] Winchester 10'
Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

Semifinals

 Argentina1 – 0 Uruguay
Pezzella 9' Report
Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

Bronze Medal match

 Costa Rica1 – 2 Uruguay
McDonald 81' (pen.) Report G. Silva 48'
Píriz 61'
Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara
Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
 2011 Pan American Games Bronze Medal 

Uruguay

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified one athlete in the 73 kg men's category.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Sergio Sar Pellejero −73 kg  Ronald Girones (CUB)
L 000 - 100 		did not advance
(to repechage round)
Repechage Rounds
Athlete Event Repechage 8 Repechage Final Bronze Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Sergio Sar Pellejero +100 kg  Lee Mata (MEX)
L 000 S2 - 114 		did not advance

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified one athlete in the 84 kg men's category.

Athlete Event Round Robin (Pool A/B) Semifinals Final
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Pablo Layerla Men's -84 kg  Homero Morales (MEX)
L PTS 0:1 		 Sorin Alexandru (CAN)
L PTS 0:7 		 Yilber Ocoro (COL)
W PTS 4:1 		did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified one male pentathlete.

Men
Athlete Event Fencing (Épée One Touch) Swimming (200m Freestyle) Riding (Show Jumping) Combined Total Points Final Rank
Results Rank MP Points Time Rank MP Points Penalties Rank MP Points Time Rank MP Points
Luis Siri Men's 7 V - 17 D 22nd 640 2:36.34 23rd 924 93.60 21st 1028 16:23.73 22nd 1068 3660 22nd

Roller skating

Main article: Roller skating at the 2011 Pan American Games

Women

Artistic
Athlete Event Short Program Long Program
Result Rank Result Rank
Lucia Rivas Free skating 104.80 10th 108.80 7th

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jhonatan Esquivel Single sculls (M1x) 7:54.38 5th R 7:45.16 4th qB 7:25.48 4th B
Rodolfo Collazo
Emiliano Dumestre 		Lightweight double sculls (LM2x) 6:50.29 4th R 6:51.25 3rd qB 6:44.89 1st B
German Anchieri
Jhonatan Esquivel
Martin Saldivia
Leandro Salvagno 		Quadruple sculls (M4x) 6:29.05 4th Q 6:07.84 5th

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified a team to participate in rugby sevens. It consisted of 12 athletes.

Team
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 92 15 +77 12
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 52 26 +26 9
 Guyana 3 1 0 2 12 65 −53 6
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 10 60 −50 3
Source:[citation needed]
October 29, 2011
12:15
Uruguay 20 – 0 Guyana
Report
Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
October 29, 2011
14:25
Uruguay 22 – 0 Mexico
Report
Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
October 29, 2011
16:05
Argentina 26 – 10 Uruguay
Report
Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

Quarterfinals

October 30, 2011
9:25
Brazil 0 – 7 Uruguay
Report
Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

Semifinals

October 30, 2011
12:00
Argentina 17 – 5 Uruguay
Report
Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

Bronze medal match

October 30, 2011
14:30
Uruguay 17 – 19 United States
Tries: Ormaechea (2)
Cons: Berchesi (1/2)		ReportTries: Pulu, Punimata, Unufe
Cons: Niua (2/2)
Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified three boats and four athletes in the sailing competition.

Men

Athlete Event Race Net Points Final Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Alejandro Foglia Single-handed Dinghy (Laser) 4 3 7 6 4 4 4 3 (8) 2 8 45.0 4th

Women

Athlete Event Race Net Points Final Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Andrea Foglia Single-handed Dinghy (Laser Radial) 10 7 5 7 7 (11) 8 6 8 10 / 68.0 9th

Open

Athlete Event Race Net Points Final Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Pablo Defazio
Manfredo Finck 		Double-handed Dinghy (Snipe) (9) 3 2 4 6 4 4 4 3 3 4 37.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Event Athlete Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
10 m air rifle Rudi Lausarot 577-31x 21st did not advance

Women

Event Athlete Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
10 m air rifle Diana Cabrera 374-16x 28th did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified a pair of athletes in the duet synchronized swimming competition.

Athletes Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank 1 Points Rank Total Points Rank
Sofia Orihuela
Florencia Rodrigo 		Women's duet 68.375 10th 69.400 10th 137.775 10th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games
Men
Event Athlete(s) Preliminaries Swim-off Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
50 m Freestyle Gabriel Melconian 22.96 =8th
(Q Swim-off) 		23.07 2nd qB 23.10 3rd B
100 m Freestyle Gabriel Melconian 51.02 12th qB 50.30 2nd B
200 m Freestyle Martin Kutscher 1:53.32 10th qB 1:53.89 6th B
100 m Breaststroke Martin Melconian 1:03.05 6th Q 1:03.10 6th
200 m Butterfly Joel Romeu 2:07.87 14th qB 2:06.30 5th B
200 m Individual Medley Joel Romeu 2:18.02 14th did not advance
400 m Individual Medley Joel Romeu 4:53.76 11th did not advance
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Rodrigo Cacerers
Gabriel Melconian
Joel Romeu
Martin Kutscher 		3:32.08 5th Q 3:28.27 6th
Women
Event Athletes Heats Final
Time Position Time Position
100 m Backstroke Ines Remesaro 1:07.61 20th did not advance
200 m Backstroke 2:27.77 16th QB 2:24.16 4th B

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2011 Pan American Games

Uruguay qualified one athlete in the 58 kg men's category.

Men

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Maykko Votta Flyweight (-58kg)  Victor Gonzalez (PAN)
W 10 - 9 		 Marcio Ferreira (BRA)
L 2 – 7 		did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2011 Pan American Games

Men

Athlete Event 1st Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Ariel Behar Singles  Mauricio Doria-Medina (BOL)
L 6(5) - 7, 4 - 6 		did not advance
Federico Sansonetti Singles  Nicolás Massú (CHI)
L 0 - 6, 1 - 6 		did not advance
Martín Cuevas Singles  Daniel Alejandro Lopez (PAR)
L 6(6) - 7, 4 - 6 		did not advance
Martín Cuevas
Federico Sansonetti 		Doubles  Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA)
 Sebastien Vidal (GUA)
W 6 - 3, 4 - 6, [10-6] 		 Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL)
 Robert Farah Maksoud (COL)
W 1 - 6, 3 - 6 		did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games

American

Men

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Martin Oliver Individual 19:25
25th 		0:28
33rd 		58:54
27th 		0:19
28th 		39:08
19th 		1:58:16 27th

Women

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Virginia Lopez Individual DSQ

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3
Mauro Acosta Men's 62 kg 80 86 90 110 117 124 210 8th

References

  1. ^ Marcelo Chirico será el abanderado de Uruguay en los Juegos Panamericanos de Guadalajara (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Uruguay entries
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