Basketball at the Pan American Games

Basketball at the Pan American Games began at the inaugural edition in Buenos Aires, Argentina for men only. The women competition began at the 1959 edition in Chicago, United States, and did not held in 1995 edition in Mar del Plata.

Men's tournament

Pan American Games
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place
1951 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina	United States	Argentina	Brazil	Cuba
1955 Details	Mexico City, Mexico	United States	Argentina	Brazil	Mexico
1959 Details	Chicago, United States	United States	Puerto Rico	Brazil	Mexico
1963 Details	São Paulo, Brazil	United States	Brazil	Puerto Rico	Uruguay
1967 Details	Winnipeg, Canada	United States	Mexico	Panama	Cuba
1971 Details	Cali, Colombia	Brazil	Puerto Rico	Cuba	Mexico
1975 Details	Mexico City, Mexico	United States	Puerto Rico	Brazil	Mexico
1979 Details	San Juan, Puerto Rico	United States	Puerto Rico	Brazil	Cuba
1983 Details	Caracas, Venezuela	United States	Brazil	Mexico	Canada
1987 Details	Indianapolis, United States	Brazil	United States	Puerto Rico	Mexico
1991 Details	Havana, Cuba	Puerto Rico	Mexico	United States	Cuba
1995 Details	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Argentina	United States	Brazil	Uruguay
1999 Details	Winnipeg, Canada	Brazil	United States	Puerto Rico	Argentina
2003 Details	Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep	Brazil	Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico	United States
2007 Details	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	Puerto Rico	Uruguay	Argentina
2011 Details	Guadalajara, Mexico	Puerto Rico	Mexico	United States	Dominican Republic
2015 Details	Toronto, Canada	Brazil	Canada	United States	Dominican Republic
2019 Details	Lima, Peru	Argentina	Puerto Rico	United States	Dominican Republic

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	8	3	4	15
2	Brazil	6	2	6	14
3	Puerto Rico	2	6	4	12
4	Argentina	2	2	0	4
5	Mexico	0	3	1	4
6	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
8	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		18	18	18	54

Participation details

Team

1951

1955

1959

1963

1967

1971

1975

1979

1983

1987

1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015

2019

Total

Argentina

–

–

6th

5th

7th

6th

5th

9th

7th

4th

6th

4th

7th

5th

16

Bahamas

–

–

–

–

–

–

9th

–

–

–

9th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Brazil

7th

5th

5th

–

17

Canada

–

–

5th

6th

9th

8th

6th

5th

4th

5th

10th

–

5th

7th

7th

6th

–

14

Chile

5th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Colombia

10th

–

–

–

10th

10th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

Cuba

4th

5th

6th

–

4th

5th

4th

7th

–

4th

–

7th

–

–

–

–

–

8

Dominican Republic

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9th

9th

–

–

–

6th

–

4th

4th

4th

7

Ecuador

9th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

El Salvador

–

–

7th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Haiti

–

–

–

–

–

12th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Mexico

8th

4th

4th

7th

4th

4th

8th

4th

5th

–

5th

–

8th

7th

16

Panama

6th

–

–

–

6th

–

7th

–

6th

–

–

–

–

6th

–

–

–

7

Paraguay

7th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Peru

–

–

–

5th

8th

9th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

Puerto Rico

–

–

5th

6th

6th

6th

16

Suriname

–

–

–

–

–

13th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

United States

7th

4th

5th

18

Uruguay

–

–

–

4th

–

–

–

–

–

7th

8th

4th

8th

8th

8th

–

6th

9

Venezuela

–

6th

–

–

–

–

8th

–

8th

8th

6th

–

–

–

–

–

7th

5th

7

Virgin Islands

–

–

–

–

–

11th

10th

10th

–

10th

–

–

–

–

8th

–

–

8th

6

Nations

10

6

7

7

10

13

10

10

9

10

10

6

8

8

8

8

8

8

Women's tournament

Pan American Games
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place
1951 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina	No women's competition
1955 Details	Mexico City, Mexico	United States	Chile	Brazil	Mexico
1959 Details	Chicago, United States	United States	Brazil	Chile	Canada
1963 Details	São Paulo, Brazil	United States	Brazil	Chile	Canada
1967 Details	Winnipeg, Canada	Brazil	United States	Canada	Mexico
1971 Details	Cali, Colombia	Brazil	United States	Cuba	Mexico
1975 Details	Mexico City, Mexico	United States	Mexico	Cuba	Brazil
1979 Details	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Cuba	United States	Canada	Brazil
1983 Details	Caracas, Venezuela	United States	Cuba	Brazil	Canada
1987 Details	Indianapolis, United States	United States	Brazil	Canada	Cuba
1991 Details	Havana, Cuba	Brazil	Cuba	United States	Canada
1995 Details	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Competition cancelled
1999 Details	Winnipeg, Canada	Cuba	Canada	United States	Brazil
2003 Details	Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep	Cuba	United States	Brazil	Canada
2007 Details	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	United States	Brazil	Cuba	Canada
2011 Details	Guadalajara, Mexico	Puerto Rico	Mexico	Brazil	Colombia
2015 Details	Toronto, Canada	Canada	United States	Cuba	Brazil
2019 Details	Lima, Peru	Brazil	United States	Puerto Rico	Colombia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	6	2	15
2	Brazil	4	4	4	12
3	Cuba	3	2	4	9
4	Canada	1	1	3	5
5	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
6	Mexico	0	2	0	2
7	Chile	0	1	2	3
Totals (7 nations)		16	16	16	48

Participation details

Team	1955	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	Total
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	5th	5th	6th	5th	5th	5th	7
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Brazil	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	16
Canada	5th	4th	4th	3rd	5th	5th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	6th	1st	6th	16
Chile	2nd	3rd	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Colombia	-	-	-	-	7th	6th	-	-	7th	-	-	-	5th	4th	-	4th	6
Cuba	-	-	-	5th	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	-	3rd	-	11
Dominican Republic	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	6th	6th	-	-	8th	-	4
Ecuador	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
El Salvador	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Jamaica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	8th	-	-	2
Mexico	4th	5th	-	4th	4th	2nd	5th	-	5th	-	-	-	7th	2nd	-	-	9
Paraguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	1
Peru	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Puerto Rico	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th	-	-	-	-	-	1st	6th	3rd	5
United States	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	7th	2nd	2nd	16
Venezuela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	2
Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	1

External links

• Brazil's History of Men's Tournament
• Brazil's History of Women's Tournament
• Caribbean Basketball Confederation...Since 1981