The 1951 Pan American Games, officially known as I Pan American Games and commonly known as Buenos Aires 1951, were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 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 of an Olympic-style regional athletic competition for the athletes of the Americas.
The 1963 Pan American Games, officially known as the IV Pan American Games and commonly known as São Paulo 1963, were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil.
The Old Dominion Monarchs are composed of 18 intercollegiate athletic teams representing Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, Virginia. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, sailing, soccer, swimming, and tennis. Women's sports include basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, golf, sailing, soccer, swimming, tennis, rowing, and volleyball. The Monarchs compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and are members of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC); the university joined the conference on July 1, 2022.
Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games will take place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Canoe and Kayak and Water Skiing events. Although the initial intention of the Organizing Committee was to have the whole Olympic Program at the Pan American Games, the Women's Eight was not held due to lack of participants.
Beau Hoopman is an American rower.
Melanie Kok [pronounced "Cook"] is a Canadian rower and neuroscientist. Kok won a bronze team medal in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Tracy Cameron.
The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the club's name was changed to Vesper Boat Club in 1870.
The Mercyhurst Lakers, representing Mercyhurst University which is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, are composed of 24 teams in intercollegiate athletics. The Lakers compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference for all sports except ice hockey. Bowling, a sport in which the NCAA holds a single all-divisions national championship, which competes in the East Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams are members of Atlantic Hockey America, formed shortly after the 2023–24 season by the merger of the men's former home of the Atlantic Hockey Association and the women's former home of College Hockey America. The men's and women's water polo teams play in the Western Water Polo Association.
Canada, which is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), has competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. The Canadian team was made up of 492 athletes, the most ever for a non-home Games. On the team all ten provinces and the Northwest Territories are represented. Some sports such as wrestling have sent their strongest team, however sports which offer the most medals have sent for the most part a developmental team. Table Tennis player Anqi Luo was Canada's youngest athlete at the Games while Equestrian athlete Ian Millar was Canada's eldest athlete competing in Guadalajara. Canada has competed in 35 out of the 36 sports on the program. On October 4, 2011, women's football star Christine Sinclair was selected to carry the flag during the opening ceremony. The chef de mission was Jacques Cardyn and the assistant chef de mission was Curt Harnett.
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 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.
Paraguay competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Gerardo Paniagua was the Chef de mission. Ben Hockin, a swimmer who won multiple medals at the 2010 South American Games, was selected to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies. Paraguay's delegation consisted of 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.
The women's K-4 500 metres canoeing event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 26 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion is Darisleydis Amador, Yulitza Meneses, Lianet Álvarez and Dayexi Gandarela of Cuba.
The women's single sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held from October 16–18 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion is Mayra González of Cuba.
The women's double sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 15–17 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion is Sarah Trowbridge & Margaret Matia of the United States.
The women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held October 15–18 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion was Yaima Velázquez & Ismaray Marerro of Cuba.
The women's quadruple sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 16–19 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion is Cristin McCarty, Peggy Hyslop, Zoe Hoskins and Nathalie Maurer of Canada.
The women's coxless pair rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 15–17 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. The defending Pan American Games champion is María José Orellana & Soraya Jadue of Chile.
The women's lightweight single sculls rowing event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held from October 16–19 at the Canoe & Rowing Course in Ciudad Guzman. This event was not held at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The United States competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 14 to October 30, 2011.
Rowing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 11 to 15 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines. A total of fourteen rowing events were contested at the Games. A total of fourteen rowing events were held: eight for men and six for women.
