Junior Pan American Games

Junior Pan American Games
First event	2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia
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 in the Americas

Junior Pan American Games
Junior Pan American Games
Games
	2021; 2025;

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]

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]

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

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	41	TBD	28	334	^[9]

Sports

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, golf and rugby sevens.

Sport	Years
3x3 basketball	Since 2021
Archery	Since 2021
Artistic swimming	Since 2021
Athletics	Since 2021
Badminton	Since 2021
Baseball	2021
Basketball	Since 2025
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

Sport	Years
Karate	Since 2021
Modern pentathlon	2021
Open water swimming	Since 2025
Roller sports	Since 2021
Rowing	Since 2021
Rugby sevens	Since 2025
Sailing	Since 2021
Shooting	Since 2021
Softball	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


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

References

^ "PANAM SPORTS BEGINS IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN". Pan American Sports Organization. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
^ Asunción 2025 celebrates 500 days to go to the II Junior Pan American Games
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Asunción selected to host 2025 Junior Pan American Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-11-28. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
^ "Com 164 medalhas, Time Brasil é campeão dos Jogos Pan-americanos Júnior Cali 2021". Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese).
^ After the good performance hosting the 2022 South American Games, Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

[panamjuniorsodepa-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

[mexicannocjunior-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.

[radiocentrodeportesjunoir-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.

[ATR-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.

[7] "Asunción selected to host 2025 Junior Pan American Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-11-28. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-17.

[8] "Com 164 medalhas, Time Brasil é campeão dos Jogos Pan-americanos Júnior Cali 2021". Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese).

[9] After the good performance hosting the 2022 South American Games, Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games

[10] "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.

[11] 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.

[12] "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.

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Pan American Games
Sports Panam Sports (formerly PASO) Medal tables Medalists NOCs Broadcasters
Pan American Games	1951 Buenos Aires 1955 Mexico City 1959 Chicago 1963 São Paulo 1967 Winnipeg 1971 Cali 1975 Mexico City 1979 San Juan 1983 Caracas 1987 Indianapolis 1991 Havana 1995 Mar del Plata 1999 Winnipeg 2003 Santo Domingo 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2011 Guadalajara 2015 Toronto 2019 Lima 2023 Santiago 2027 Lima 2031 TBD
Winter	1990 Las Leñas
	2021 Cali–Valle 2025 Asunción
Parapan American Games

Panam Sports
National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela
Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)
Associated competitions	Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival
Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games