Pan American Games 2011: Medal Tally and latest results (10-30-2011), Cuba pulling away from Brazil

Guadalajara, Mexico – As the competition in 2011 Pan American Games heats up and down to its final events, Cuba has virtually secured 2nd place in the gold medal race. With 54 golds compared to the 46 of Brazil, the Cubans could thank boxing for its eventual hold of the second position. The United States are comfortably ahead of the competition with 90 golds and 231 medals out of 346 completed events.

Canada also misses some golden chances as their men’s teams in water polo and field hockey settled for silver medals.

Here is the updated medal tally of Guadalajara 2011:

 

Pos.	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	90	79	62	231
2	Cuba	54	34	43	131
3	Brazil	46	33	56	134
4	Mexico	40	36	46	122
5	Canada	28	37	47	113
6	Colombia	24	23	32	79
7	Argentina	21	18	31	70
8	Venezuela	12	27	31	70
9	Dominican Rep.	7	8	17	32
10	Guatemala	7	3	5	15
11	Ecuador	6	8	8	22
12	Puerto Rico	4	8	7	19
13	Chile	2	17	24	43
14	Jamaica	1	5	1	7
15	Bahamas	1	1	1	3
15	Cayman Islands	1	1	1	3
17	Neth. Antilles	1	0	1	2
18	Costa Rica	1	0	0	1
19	Uruguay	0	3	2	5
20	Peru	0	2	5	7
21	Trinidad & Tob.	0	2	2	4
22	St. Kitts&Nevis	0	2	0	2
23	El Salvador	0	1	0	1
24	Barbados	0	0	2	2
24	Bolivia	0	0	2	2
24	Paraguay	0	0	2	2
27	Dominica	0	0	1	1
27	Guyana	0	0	1	1
27	Panama	0	0	1	1
Total		346	348	432	1126

Here are the recent completed events and the medal winners:

Water Polo Men’s Tournament

 United States

 Canada

 Brazil

Canada got blanked in 8 power play attempts as Tony Azevedo’s hat trick led the USA to a 7-3 win. The United States men’s team duplicated the gold medal feat of their female counterparts. Brazil took the bronze medal.

 

Field Hockey Men’s Tournament

 Argentina

 Canada

 Chile

The Argentina men’s field hockey team made sure that they will not imitate what happened to their women’s team as they rallied past Canada in the second half of their gold medal match against Canada. Ignacio Bergner, Pedro Ibarra and Lucas Vila scored for Argentines. The win avenged Argentina’s loss in the finals of the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil.

 

Judo Men’s -60kg

 KITADAI Felipe

 CASTILLO Nabor

 POSTIGOS Juan Miguel

 KUNIHIRO Aaron N.

Kitadai secured another gold medal for Brazil in Judo. He beat Mexico’s Nabor Castillo in the finals in the extra lightweight division of the 2011 Pan American Judo competitions. Brazil won 6 golds and 5 silvers in this year’s Pan American Judo competitions.

Judo Women’s -48kg

 PARETO Paula Belen

 MESTRE Dayaris Rosa

 WOOSLEY Angela E.

 MENEZES Sarah

Argentina’s Paula Pareto prevented another gold for Cuba in Judo as she denied Dayaris Mestre in the finals. Cuba sent 11 judokas in the finals and only 3 failed to get a gold medal.

Judo Women’s -52kg

 BERMOY Yanet

 MIRANDA Erika

 DELGADO Angelica

 SANCHEZ Yulieth

Yanet Bermoy became one of the 5 Cuban women who captured a gold medal in Judo. She beat Brazil’s Erika Miranda in a match that has some implication in the race for 2nd in the gold medal standings.

Karate Men’s -75kg

 GUSTAVO Dionisio

 SCOTT Thomas A

 ZAMORA Lester J

 DUBO David I

Dominican Republics Dionisio Gustavo got his country’s 7th gold in the games as he beat Scott Thomas of the USA in the finals of the -75kg division of Karate.

Karate Men’s -67kg

 VIVEROS Daniel A

 NOVO Dennis

 CARRILLO Daniel

 PEÑA Jean Carlos

Daniel Viveros of Ecuador beat Cuba’s Dennis Novo to capture Ecuador’s 6th gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games.

 

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