Junior Pan American Games

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Junior Pan American Games
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Junior Pan American Games
First event 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia
Occur everyFour years
Last event 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay
Next event 2029 Junior Pan American Games in TBD
Purpose Multi-sport event for youth athletes in the Americas

The Junior Pan American Games are a multi-sport event held every four years among youth athletes from all over the American continent. The Games have been organized by Panam Sports. This event, inspired by the Youth Olympic Games, is exclusively for athletes under 21 years of age, with fewer infrastructure requirements and costs than the Pan American Games. [1]

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The last games were held in Asunción, Paraguay, in 2025, [2] and the next games are yet to be announced.

History

On 16 January 2019, PASO announced the creation of the Junior Pan American Games. [3] [4]

Panam Sports accepted candidate cities for the first edition of the games until 31 January. Cali, Colombia; Santa Ana, El Salvador; and Monterrey, Mexico, were accepted as candidate cities. [5] Cali was chosen as the host city at the Executive Committee in San José, Costa Rica, on 27 March 2019. [6]

Panam Sports chose Asunción, Paraguay to host for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. [7] Asunción received 32 out of 48 votes, while Santa Marta, Colombia, received the remaining 16 votes.

List of Junior Pan American Games editions

EditionYearHost cityHost nationOpened byStart dateEnd dateNationsCompetitorsSportsEventsTop placed teamRef.
I 2021 Cali-Valle Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia President Iván Duque 25 November5 December412,54028321 [8] Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) [9]
II 2025 Asunción Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay President Santiago Peña 9 August23 August413,97528336 [10] Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) [11]

Sports

In the first edition of the games a total of 28 sports were contested, encompassing a total of 40 disciplines. [12] [13] [14] In the second edition, BMX freestyle, field hockey, golf, open water swimming and rugby sevens were included on the games. Other Olympic events and disciplines not contested yet includes basketball (5x5), water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, sport climbing, surfing and football.

SportYears
3x3 basketball Since 2021
Archery Since 2021
Artistic skating Since 2021
Artistic swimming Since 2021
Athletics Since 2021
Badminton Since 2021
Baseball 2021
Beach volleyball Since 2021
Bowling 2021
Boxing 2021
Canoeing Since 2021
Cycling Since 2021
Diving Since 2021
Fencing Since 2021
Field hockey Since 2025
Golf Since 2025
Gymnastics Since 2021
Handball Since 2021
Judo Since 2021
Karate Since 2021
SportYears
Modern pentathlon 2021
Open water swimming Since 2025
Rowing Since 2021
Rugby sevens Since 2025
Sailing Since 2021
Shooting Since 2021
Skateboarding Since 2021
Softball 2021
Speed skating Since 2021
Squash Since 2021
Swimming Since 2021
Table tennis Since 2021
Taekwondo Since 2021
Tennis Since 2021
Triathlon Since 2021
Volleyball Since 2021
Water skiing Since 2025
Weightlifting Since 2021
Wrestling Since 2021

Medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12999111339
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1017283256
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 9661103260
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 75123103301
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 483237117
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 466062168
7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 303459123
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23222873
9Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 21273886
10Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 19234082
11Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 15112147
12Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 9202958
13Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 99927
14Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 881430
15Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 6101531
16Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 5101833
17Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45615
18Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 3205
19Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 23611
20Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 22610
21Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 13913
22Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1225
23Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1203
24Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1179
25Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1135
26Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 1012
27Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 1001
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1001
29Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 05611
30Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 0314
31Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 0213
32Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0134
33Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 0112
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 0112
35Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0101
36Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 0011
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 0011
38Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 0000
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 0000
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0000
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 0000
Totals (41 entries)6596568252,140

See also

References

  1. "PANAM SPORTS BEGINS IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN". Pan American Sports Organization. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. Asunción 2025 celebrates 500 days to go to the II Junior Pan American Games
  3. "México muestra interés para Panamericanos Junior 2021" (in Spanish). Mexican Olympic Committee. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  4. "Monterrey busca sede para Juegos Panamericanos Jr" (in Spanish). Radio Centro Deportes. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. "I Junior Pan Am Games: Cali, Monterrey and Santa Ana the Candidates". Around the Rings. February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  6. "Panam Sports organizará Panamericanos Júnior y sopesa Panamericanos de Playa" [Panam Sports will organize Pan American Juniors and weigh Pan American Beach]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
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  8. "¡Arrancan los 1ros. Juegos Panamericanos Junior y están en ESPN3!". ESPN-DO (in Spanish). 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  9. "Com 164 medalhas, Time Brasil é campeão dos Jogos Pan-americanos Júnior Cali 2021". Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese).
  10. José Inocencio, Aguirre Willars. "Camino a Valinor". Capital Coahuila (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  11. After the good performance hosting the 2022 South American Games, Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games
  12. "Colombian Government and Panam Sports Confirm First Junior Pan American Games in Cali for September 2021". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. August 31, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  13. Pavitt, Michael (September 1, 2020). "Panam Sports confirms September dates for Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  14. "Panam Sports Defines Sport Program for First Junior Pan American Games of Cali 2021". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. March 12, 2020. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.