Pan American Taekwondo Championships
| Current event or competition: 2024 Pan American Taekwondo Championships | |
| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Taekwondo |
| Type | kyourugui, biennial |
| Organiser | Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) |
| History | |
| First edition | 1978 in Mexico City, Mexico |
| Editions | 20 (2018) |
Pan American Taekwondo Championships or simply Pan Am Taekwondo Championships are the American taekwondo senior championships, first held in 1978 in Mexico City.[1] The event is held every two years by the Pan American Taekwondo Union and it's considered by the World Taekwondo as the continental tournament and a Grade 4 tournament for the world and olympic rankings.[2]
The championships should not be confused with:
- the Pan American Games taekwondo competitions, which form part of a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition.
- the ITF Pan American Taekwondo Championships, a championships organised by the International Taekwondo Federation.[3]
List of tournaments
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 88 | 57 | 82 | 227 |
| 2 | Mexico | 80 | 54 | 66 | 200 |
| 3 | Canada | 49 | 32 | 86 | 167 |
| 4 | Brazil | 33 | 44 | 71 | 148 |
| 5 | Cuba | 20 | 8 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 18 | 13 | 41 | 72 |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 12 | 28 | 34 | 74 |
| 8 | Colombia | 11 | 28 | 42 | 81 |
| 9 | Argentina | 11 | 15 | 35 | 61 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 7 | 20 | 55 | 82 |
| 11 | Ecuador | 5 | 8 | 32 | 45 |
| 12 | Chile | 4 | 8 | 26 | 38 |
| 13 | Peru | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 14 | Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | Guatemala | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 16 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 17 | Panama | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 1 | 12 | 15 | 28 |
| 19 | Suriname | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 25 | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 28 | Aruba | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 29 | Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Grenada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guadeloupe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (32 entries) | 354 | 354 | 686 | 1,394 | |
References
- ^ "Pan American Taekwondo Union History". Pan Am Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ "New Competition Grading to Obtain Ranking Points - en.mastkd.com". en.mastkd.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ ITF is a smaller international federation unaffiliated to either WTF or IOC, and competing under slightly modified rules including the wearing of padded gloves and footwear.
- ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-08-14.