Football at the Pan American Games

Football at the Pan American Games is an association football competition organized by Panam Sports in the continental multi-sport event of the Pan American Games. The men's tournament has been played since 1951, it has restricted the participation of elite players in various ways. The women's tournament has been played since 1999, it is for senior national teams.

The tournament was played in a league format from 1951 to 1963, neither the final nor bronze medal match was hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in a group format in the early stages, but played in a league format for the final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams playing in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.

Results

Men's tournament

19 editions of the tournament were held.

Year	Host city	Gold	Results	Silver	Bronze	Results	Fourth place	Teams
Olympic teams (amateur)
1951	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	Argentina	Robin-Round	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Costa Rica	flag alias = Flag of Costa Rica.svg	flag alias-1839 = Flag of Costa Rica (1839-1848).svg	flag alias-1848 = Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	flag alias-naval = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	flag alias-navy = Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg	Costa Rican Coast Guard	Costa Rican Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||Chile||rowspan=4|Robin-Round||{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Venezuela	flag alias = Flag of Venezuela.svg	flag alias-1810 = Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela.svg	flag alias-1813 = Bandera de la Guerra a Muerte.svg	flag alias-1817 = Bandera de Angostura (20 de noviembre de 1817).svg	flag alias-1830 = Flag of Venezuela (1830-1836).svg	flag alias-1836 = Flag of Venezuela (1836–1859).svg	flag alias-1859 = Flag of Venezuela (1859–1863).svg	flag alias-1863 = Flag of Venezuela (1863–1905).svg	flag alias-1905 = Flag of Venezuela (1905–1930).svg	flag alias-1930 = Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg	flag alias-1954 = Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg	flag alias-army=Flag of the Bolivarian Army (Venezuela).svg	link alias-army= Venezuelan Army	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Venezuelan Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Venezuelan Air Force	flag alias-naval = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	link alias-naval = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela.svg	link alias-navy = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela	flag alias-football = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	flag alias-beach soccer = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	flag alias-futsal = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = 1930 }}||5
1955	Template:Flagicon Mexico City	Argentina		Mexico	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Netherlands Antilles	flag alias = Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1959 }}||{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Venezuela	flag alias = Flag of Venezuela.svg	flag alias-1810 = Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela.svg	flag alias-1813 = Bandera de la Guerra a Muerte.svg	flag alias-1817 = Bandera de Angostura (20 de noviembre de 1817).svg	flag alias-1830 = Flag of Venezuela (1830-1836).svg	flag alias-1836 = Flag of Venezuela (1836–1859).svg	flag alias-1859 = Flag of Venezuela (1859–1863).svg	flag alias-1863 = Flag of Venezuela (1863–1905).svg	flag alias-1905 = Flag of Venezuela (1905–1930).svg	flag alias-1930 = Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg	flag alias-1954 = Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg	flag alias-army=Flag of the Bolivarian Army (Venezuela).svg	link alias-army= Venezuelan Army	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Venezuelan Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Venezuelan Air Force	flag alias-naval = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	link alias-naval = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela.svg	link alias-navy = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela	flag alias-football = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	flag alias-beach soccer = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	flag alias-futsal = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	flag alias-state = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = 1954 }}||4
1959	Template:Flagicon Chicago	Argentina		Brazil	United States	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Haiti	flag alias = Flag of Haiti.svg	flag alias-1791 = Flag of Haiti (1791-1789).svg	flag alias-1798 = Flag of France (1794-1815).svg	flag alias-1803 = Flag of Haiti (1803-1804).svg	flag alias-1806 = Flag of Haiti (1806-1811).svg	flag alias-1811 = Flag of Haiti (1811–1814).png	flag alias-1814 = Flag of Haiti (1814–1820).svg	flag alias-1849 = Flag of Haiti (1849-1859).png	flag alias-1859 = Flag of Haiti (1820–1849, 1859–1964).svg	flag alias-1964 = Flag of Haiti (1964–1986).svg	flag alias-2013 = Flag of Haiti (WFB 2013).gif	flag alias-civil = Flag of Haiti (civil).svg	flag alias-civil-1964 = Flag of Haiti 1964 (civil).svg	flag alias-coast guard = Flag of Haiti (1859–1964, 3-2).svg	link alias-coast guard = Haitian Coast Guard	link alias-army = Haitian Army	link alias-military = Armed Forces of Haiti	Haitian Navy	link alias-air force = Haitian Aviation Corps	Haitian Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1859 }}||7
1963	Template:Flagicon São Paulo	Brazil		Argentina	Chile	Uruguay	5
1967	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg	Mexico	4–0 Template:Aet	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Bermuda	flag alias = Flag of Bermuda.svg	flag alias-1875 = Flag of Bermuda (1875–1910).svg	flag alias-1910 = Flag of Bermuda 1910.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||Trinidad and Tobago||4–1||Canada||8
1971	Template:Flagicon Cali	Argentina	Robin-Round	Colombia	Cuba	Robin-Round	Trinidad and Tobago	12
1975	Template:Flagicon Mexico City	Mexico Brazil Template:Refn	1–1 Template:Aet	–	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	13
1979	Template:Flagicon San Juan	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	12
1983	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Uruguay	1–0	Brazil	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Guatemala	flag alias = Flag of Guatemala.svg	flag alias-1825 = Flag of Guatemala (1825-1838).svg	flag alias-1839 = Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg	flag alias-1843 = Flag of Guatemala (1843-1851).svg	flag alias-1851 = Flag of Guatemala (1851-1858).svg	flag alias-1858 = Flag of Guatemala (1858–1871).svg	flag alias-1871 = Flag of Guatemala (1871-1968).svg	flag alias-1968 = Flag of Guatemala (1968-1997).svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Guatemala.svg	link alias-naval = Guatemalan Navy	link alias-air force = Guatemalan Air Force	link alias-army = Guatemalan Army	link alias-navy = Guatemalan Navy	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team }}||Template:Refn||Template:Refn||10
1987	Template:Flagicon Indianapolis	Brazil	2–0 Template:Aet	Chile	Argentina	0–0 Template:Pso	Mexico	12
Olympic teams (U-22/U-23)
1991	Template:Flagicon Havana	United States	2–1 Template:Aet	Mexico	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Cuba	flag alias = Flag of Cuba.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Cuba.svg	link alias-naval = Cuban Revolutionary Navy	flag alias-1902 = Flag of Cuba (sky blue).svg	link alias-army = Cuban Revolutionary Army	flag alias-navy = Naval Jack of Cuba.svg	link alias-navy = Cuban Revolutionary Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant= }}||1–0||Honduras||8
1995	Template:Flagicon Mar del Plata	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Argentina	flag alias = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-alt = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1812 = Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg	flag alias-1816 = Flag of Argentina (civil).svg	flag alias-1818 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1819 = Flag of Argentina (1818).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Argentina.svg	flag alias-1829 = Flag of Liga Federal.svg	flag alias-1835 = Flag of Argentina (1840).svg	flag alias-1850 = Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg	flag alias-1861 = Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg	link alias-naval = Argentine Navy	link alias-coast guard = Argentine Naval Prefecture	flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of Argentina.svg	link alias-marines = Argentine Naval Infantry Command	link alias-air force = Argentine Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of Argentina (3-2).svg	link alias-army = Argentine Army	flag alias-navy = Flag of Argentina.svg	link alias-navy = Argentine Navy	empty = Argentina XV national rugby union team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||0–0 Template:Pso||Mexico||Colombia||3–0||Honduras||12
1999	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg	Mexico	3–1	Honduras	United States	2–1	Canada	10
Olympic teams (U-22)/U-20 teams
2003	Template:Flagicon Santo Domingo	Argentina	1–0	Brazil	Mexico	0–0 Template:Pso	Colombia	8
U-20 teams/U-17 teams (plus 3 overage players)
2007	Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	2–1	Jamaica	Mexico	1–0	Bolivia	12
Olympic teams (U-22/U-23)
2011	Template:Flagicon Guadalajara	Mexico	1–0	Argentina	Uruguay	2–1	Costa Rica	8
2015	Template:Flagicon Toronto	Uruguay	1–0	Mexico	Brazil	3–1 Template:Aet	Panama	8
2019	Template:Flagicon Lima	Argentina	4–1	Honduras	Mexico	1–0	Uruguay	8
2023	Template:Flagicon Santiago	Brazil	1–1 Template:Pso	Chile	Mexico	4–1	United States	8

Notes

Women's tournament

7 editions of the tournament were held.

Year	Host city	Gold	Results	Silver	Bronze	Results	Fourth place	Teams
Senior teams
1999	Template:Flagicon Winnipeg	Template:Fbwu	1–0			1–1 Template:Pso		5
2003	Template:Flagicon Santo Domingo		2–1 Template:Aet			4–1		6
2007	Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro		5–0	Template:Fbwu		2–1		10
2011	Template:Flagicon Guadalajara		1–1 Template:Pso			1–0 Template:Aet		8
2015	Template:Flagicon Toronto		4–0			2–1		8
2019	Template:Flagicon Lima		1–1 Template:Pso			1–0		8
2023	Template:Flagicon Santiago		1–0		Template:Fbwu	2–0		8

Performances

Men's medals

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Argentina	7 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003, 2019)	2 (1963, 2011)	3 (1975, 1979, 1987)	12
Brazil	5 (1963, 1975s, 1979, 1987, 2023)	3 (1959, 1983, 2003)	1 (2015)	9
Mexico	4 (1967, 1975s, 1999, 2011)	4 (1955, 1991, 1995, 2015)	4 (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)	12
Uruguay	2 (1983, 2015)	–	1 (2011)	3
United States	1 (1991)	–	2 (1959, 1999)	3
Ecuador	1 (2007)	–	–	1
Chile	–	2 (1987, 2023)	2 (1951, 1963)	4
Honduras	–	2 (1999, 2019)	–	2
Cuba	–	1 (1979)	2 (1971, 1991)	3
Colombia	–	1 (1971)	1 (1995)	2
Costa Rica	–	1 (1951)	–	1
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Bermuda	flag alias = Flag of Bermuda.svg	flag alias-1875 = Flag of Bermuda (1875–1910).svg	flag alias-1910 = Flag of Bermuda 1910.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	–	1 (1967)	–	1
Jamaica	–	1 (2007)	–	1
Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	1 (1967)	1
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Netherlands Antilles	flag alias = Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	–	–	1 (1955)	1
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Guatemala	flag alias = Flag of Guatemala.svg	flag alias-1825 = Flag of Guatemala (1825-1838).svg	flag alias-1839 = Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg	flag alias-1843 = Flag of Guatemala (1843-1851).svg	flag alias-1851 = Flag of Guatemala (1851-1858).svg	flag alias-1858 = Flag of Guatemala (1858–1871).svg	flag alias-1871 = Flag of Guatemala (1871-1968).svg	flag alias-1968 = Flag of Guatemala (1968-1997).svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Guatemala.svg	link alias-naval = Guatemalan Navy	link alias-air force = Guatemalan Air Force	link alias-army = Guatemalan Army	link alias-navy = Guatemalan Navy	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team }}	–	–	1 (1983)	1

Notes

Italic — Hosts

^s shared title

Women's medals

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	3 (2003, 2007, 2015)	1 (2011)	–	4
	1 (2023)	1 (1999)	3 (2003, 2011, 2015)	5
U-20/U-19/U-18	1 (1999)	1 (2007)	1 (2023)	3
	1 (2011)	1 (2003)	1 (2007)	3
	1 (2019)	1 (2015)	–	2
	–	1 (2019)	–	1
	–	1 (2023)	–	1
	–	–	2 (1999, 2019)	2

Notes

Italic — Hosts

Participating teams

National teams participated with their Olympic teams represented by amateur players and Olympic teams represented by under-22 and under-23 players with 3 overage players. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including overage players).

Men's tournament

Nation	Template:Flagicon 1951	Template:Flagicon 1955	Template:Flagicon 1959	Template:Flagicon 1963	Template:Flagicon 1967	Template:Flagicon 1971	Template:Flagicon 1975	Template:Flagicon 1979	Template:Flagicon 1983	Template:Flagicon 1987	Template:Flagicon 1991	Template:Flagicon 1995	Template:Flagicon 1999	Template:Flagicon 2003	Template:Flagicon 2007	Template:Flagicon 2011	Template:Flagicon 2015	Template:Flagicon 2019	Template:Flagicon 2023	Years
Argentina					5				9						9					15
Bahamas						9														1
Bermuda						10		8	8			11								5
Bolivia							6								4					2
Brazil												5			5	6				12
Canada					4	5	7			11	7		4				7			7
Chile									4			8								6
Colombia					8					10				4	6				6	7
Costa Rica			5				4	4				6	6		10	4				8
Cuba			7		7		5		7	8			8	6		8				11
Dominican Republic						12		9						8					8	4
Ecuador												9				7		8		4
El Salvador							9			7										2
Guatemala								7		5			7	7						5
Haiti			4			8					5				11					4
Honduras											4	4			7				7	6
Jamaica						11	12						5					6		5
Mexico			6			7			5	4										16
Netherlands Antilles																				1
Nicaragua							13				8									2
Panama																	4	5		2
Paraguay	5									9		7		5			5			5
Peru																	6	7		2
Puerto Rico								5												1
Suriname											6									1
Trinidad and Tobago						4	8			12		10	9			5	8			8
United States				5	6	6	11	6	10	6		12			8				4	13
Uruguay				4			10						10					4	5	8
Venezuela	4	4							6						12					4
Nations	5	4	7	5	8	12	13	9	10	12	8	12	10	8	12	8	8	8	8

Women's tournament

Nation	Template:Flagicon 1999	Template:Flagicon 2003	Template:Flagicon 2007	Template:Flagicon 2011	Template:Flagicon 2015	Template:Flagicon 2019	Template:Flagicon 2023	Years
		4	5	7	8		4	6
							7	1
								4
	4				4			5
				5				2
				4				3
		5		6	5		6	6
			7		6			2
		6						1
			6			7	8	3
			4			5		7
			8			6		2
			10			4	5	3
						8		1
	5			8	7			3
U-20/U-19/U-18								3
			9					1
Nations	5	6	10	8	8	8	8

See also

• Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games
• Football at the Central American Games
• Football at the South American Games
• Football at the Bolivarian Games

External links

• Panamerican Games overview at the RSSSF

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