| Junior Pan American Games | |
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| Games | |
| First event | 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia |
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| Occur every | Four years |
| Last event | 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia |
| Next event | 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for youth athletes on the Americas |
The Junior Pan American Games is 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 who are under 21 years of age, with fewer requirements on infrastructure and cost than the Pan American Games. [1]
The last games were held in Cali-Valle, Colombia from November 25 to December 5, 2021 and the next games will be held in Asunción, Paraguay in 2025. [2]
On 16 January 2019 PASO announced the creation of the Junior Pan American Games. [3] [4]
For the first edition of the games, Panam Sports accepted candidate cities 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 as the 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.
| Edition | Year | Host city | Host nation | Opened by | Start date | End date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top placed team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 2021 | Cali-Valle |  Colombia | President Iván Duque | 25 November | 5 December | 41 | 2,540 | 28 | 302 |  Brazil (BRA) | [8] |
| II | 2025 | Asunción |  Paraguay | TBA | 9 August | 23 August | Future event | [9] | ||||
In the first edition of the games a total of 28 sports were contested, encompassing a total of 40 disciplines. [10] [11] After originally being included, basketball (5x5), BMX freestyle and field hockey were not included on the final list. [12] Other Olympic events and disciplines not contested yet includes open water swimming, water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, football and rugby sevens.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 59 | 49 | 56 | 164 |
| 2 |  Colombia | 48 | 34 | 63 | 145 |
| 3 |  United States | 47 | 29 | 38 | 114 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 46 | 78 | 48 | 172 |
| 5 |  Cuba | 29 | 19 | 22 | 70 |
| 6 |  Argentina | 19 | 22 | 32 | 73 |
| 7 |  Ecuador | 15 | 14 | 24 | 53 |
| 8 |  Chile | 12 | 15 | 31 | 58 |
| 9 |  Puerto Rico | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 |  Uruguay | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 |  Venezuela | 7 | 8 | 21 | 36 |
| 12 |  Peru | 6 | 15 | 14 | 35 |
| 13 |  Dominican Republic | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 14 |  Canada | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 |  Paraguay | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 |  Costa Rica | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 |  Aruba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 |  Guatemala | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 19 |  Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 |  El Salvador | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 |  Bermuda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Panama | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 28 |  Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (31 entries) | 321 | 322 | 411 | 1,054 | |
The Pan American Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games. It is the second oldest continental games in the world. The only Winter Pan American Games were held in 1990. In 2021, the Junior Pan American Games was held for the first time specifically for young athletes. The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.
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Colombia competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Ecuador competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Uruguay competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
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The 2021 Junior Pan American Games was the first edition of the Junior Pan American Games, an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports. It was held in Cali and Valle, Colombia between November 25 to December 5, 2021.
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Wrestling competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held between November 1 and 4, 2023 at the Olympic Training Center in Ñuñoa.
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The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.
The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.
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Colombia is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Colombia's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 1951.
Gymnastics competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, are scheduled to take place between October 21 and November 4, 2023, at the Training Center for Collective Sport in the National Stadium Cluster.
