United States at the Pan American Games

The United States of America (USA) has sent athletes to every celebration of the Pan American Games. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

United States at the Pan American Games
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 2,064 Silver 1,542 Bronze 1,107 Total 4,713
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

American athletes have won a total of 4696/4759 medals at the Pan American Games and another 11 at the Pan American Winter Games (which have been staged only once).[1]

Hosted Games

The United States has hosted the Pan American Games on two occasions:

Games	Host city	Dates
1959 Pan American Games	Chicago, Illinois	August 27 – September 7
1987 Pan American Games	Indianapolis, Indiana	August 8 – August 23

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold medals	Total medals
1951 Buenos Aires	46	34	21	101	2	2
1955 Mexico City	81/88	58	38	177/184	1	1
1959 Chicago	115/122	69/73	52/54	236/249	1	1
1963 São Paolo	106/109	56	37/36	199/201	1	1
1967 Winnipeg	120/128	63/69	42/47	225/244	1	1
1971 Cali	105	73/74	40/39	218	1	1
1975 Mexico City	117	82	47/48	246/247	1	1
1979 San Juan	126	95	45	266	1	1
1983 Caracas	137/148	92/101	56/53	285/302	1	1
1987 Indianapolis	168/169	118/120	83/81	369/370	1	1
1991 Havana	130	125	97	352	2	1
1995 Mar del Plata	170	144/145	110	424/425	1	1
1999 Winnipeg	106	110/119	80/79	296/304	1	1
2003 Santo Domingo	117	80	73	270	1	1
2007 Rio de Janeiro	97	88	52	237	1	1
2011 Guadalajara	92	79	66	237	1	1
2015 Toronto	103	82	80	265	1	1
2019 Lima	120	88	85	293	1	1
Total	2056/2093	1536/1562	1104	4696/4759	1	1

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold medals	Total medals
1990 Las Leñas	4	2	5	11	1	1
Total	4	2	5	11	1	1

Medals by summer sport

As of the conclusion of the 2019 Pan American Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	345	255	141	741
Athletics	299	257	182	738
Shooting	158	105	49	312
Gymnastics	149	140	111	400
Wrestling	105	51	42	198
Fencing	80	55	41	176
Cycling	57	35	23	115
Rowing	55	58	30	143
Archery	55	39	11	105
Equestrian	51	32	18	101
Weightlifting	50	29	25	104
Diving	40	40	38	118
Boxing	34	36	46	116
Judo	32	31	52	115
Roller sports	32	26	17	75
Water skiing	29	19	13	61
Canoeing	28	18	12	58
Tennis	27	14	22	63
Artistic swimming	27	8	5	40
Bowling	24	9	8	41
Table tennis	23	16	18	57
Sailing	22	19	15	56
Taekwondo	20	12	23	55
Water polo	18	5	1	24
Basketball	17	9	6	32
Racquetball	15	12	10	37
Modern pentathlon	13	9	6	28
Karate	12	7	13	32
Squash	11	9	9	29
Badminton	10	8	17	35
Softball	9	10	0	19
Sambo	8	8	0	16
Volleyball	6	9	5	20
Triathlon	5	5	2	12
Handball	3	0	2	5
Baseball	2	11	3	16
Field hockey	2	5	7	14
Golf	2	2	0	4
Football	2	1	2	5
Beach volleyball	1	2	0	3
Surfing	1	1	2	4
Basque pelota	0	3	1	4
Rugby sevens	0	2	3	5
Totals (43 sports)	1879	1422	1031	4332

Medals by winter sport

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	4	2	5	11
Totals (1 sports)	4	2	5	11

See also

• United States at the Parapan Games
• United States at the team sports international competitions

References

1. https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/Team-USA/Making-The-Team/2019-Pan-American-Games