Pan-American Para Table Tennis Championships is a quadrennial sports event for para table tennis players who represent a North, Central or South American country. It started in 1995, there was a six year break then in 2001, it became a biennial event, after 2005, it became a quadrennial event. This event occurs one year before the Parapan American Games as a qualifying tournament.
Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Competitors | Countries | Top medalists | Ref |
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- | 1995 | Mar del Plata | 7 November | 63 | 9 | [1] | |
1 | 2001 | Buenos Aires | 1 - 9 November | 106 | 8 | Mexico | [2] |
2 | 2003 | Brasilia | 14 - 22 November | 107 | 9 | Mexico | [3] |
3 | 2005 | Mar del Plata | 16 - 23 July | 115 | 9 | Brazil | [4] |
4 | 2009 | Margarita Island | 27 September - 4 October | 102 | 10 | Brazil | [5] |
5 | 2013 | San Jose | 9 - 15 December | 109 | 11 | Brazil | [6] |
6 | 2017 | San Jose | 28 November - 4 December | 119 | 13 | Brazil | [7] |
As of 2001.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil (BRA) | 47 | 55 | 53 | 155 |
2 | Mexico (MEX) | 30 | 17 | 15 | 62 |
3 | Argentina (ARG) | 20 | 25 | 34 | 79 |
4 | United States (USA) | 19 | 17 | 22 | 58 |
5 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
7 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
8 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
9 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
10 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
11 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 nations) | 133 | 132 | 174 | 439 |
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