| Event: | Handball |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | San Rafael Gymnasium |
| Dates: | 15–24 October |
| Competitors: | 240 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
Handball competitions at the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games was held from October 15 to 24 at the San Rafael Gymnasium. Medals were awarded for both men and women's team events. Each NOC is permitted to enter one men's team and one women's team in the handball competitions. Each team will consist of 15 athletes. The winner of each event is qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[1]
An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 15 players and up to one women's team with 15 players. Mexico, as the host country qualify automatically, as do seven other countries through regional tournaments.[1]
Italicized teams qualified via the last chance tournaments.
See main article: Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament.
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See main article: Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.
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The competition was spread out across nine days, with the men and women competing on alternating dates.[2]
| bgcolor=#3399ff align=center | Preliminary round | bgcolor=#00FFFF align=center | Semifinals | bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center | M | Event finals |
| October | 15th Sat | 16th Sun | 17th Mon | 18th Tue | 19th Wed | 20th Thu | 21st Fri | 22nd Sat | 23rd Sun | 24th Mon | Gold medals | ||
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| Men | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | M | 1 | ||||||||||
| Women | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | M | 1 |