| Event: | Water polo |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Scotiabank Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | October 23 - October 29 |
| Competitors: | 208 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games was held from October 23 to October 29, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico. Each men's and women's team consisted of 13 athletes. Therefore, a total of 208 athletes competed in water polo at these games. The winner of each tournament (the United States) qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, while the second through fourth-place finishers in each tournament qualified for the last chance qualifying tournament.[1]
See main article: Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament. The following nations qualified for the men's tournament:
| width=17% | North America ! | width=17% | South America ! | width=17% | Automatic qualifiers |
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See main article: Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament. The following nations qualified for the women's tournament:
| width=17% | North America ! | width=17% | South America ! | width=17% | Automatic qualifiers |
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The competition will be spread out across seven days.[2]
| bgcolor=#3399ff align=center | Preliminary round | bgcolor=#00FFFF align=center | Semifinals | bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center | M | Event finals |
| October | 23rd Sun | 24th Mon | 25th Tue | 26th Wed | 27th Thu | 28th Fri | 29th Sat | Gold medals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | M | 1 | |||||||
| Women | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | M | 1 |