Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's cross-country

{{Infobox Pan American Games event

|event = Women's cross-country

|games = 2011

|image = Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg

|image_size = 80

|caption =

|venue = Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit

|competitors = 13

|nations = 11

|win_value =

|win_label = Winning score

|gold = Heather Irmiger

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Laura Morfin

|silverNOC = MEX

|bronze = Amanda Sin

|bronzeNOC = CAN

|prev = 2007

|next = 2015

|date=15 October 2011}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}{{CyclingAt2011PanAmericanGames}}

The women's cross-country competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on 15 October 2011 at the Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa.[http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf Guadalajara 2011 sessions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626223053/http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf |date=June 26, 2011 }} The defending Pan American Games champion is Catharine Pendrel of the Canada, while the defending Pan American Championship, champion is Angela Carolina Parra Sierra of Colombia.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/pan-american-mountain-bike-continental-championships-cc-1/elite-and-under-23-cross-country/results Paez defeats Bishop and Wells for Pan Am cross country title] The race became the first event completed at the 2011 Pan American Games.

Heather Irmiger of the United States won the gold medal, thus becoming the first champion at these games.{{cite web |url=http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM194A_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_country=USA_medal=1.htm |title=All Sports NOC Medallist by Sport - United States of America |website=info.guadalajara2011.org.mx |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018203139/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM194A_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_country=USA_medal=1.htm |archive-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}