Pan American Games sports

The Pan American Games sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer Olympic Games.[1] In addition, traditional and popular sports throughout the Americas which are not contested at the Olympic Games are also contested such as bowling and baseball.[1] As of 2015, the Pan American Games included 36 sports with 51 disciplines and 364 events.[2] The number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Pan American Games to another.

The Racquetball competition held during the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, one of the non-Olympic sports played on the sports program.

Sports, disciplines, events

For purposes of Pan American Games competition, the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) makes a distinction between sports and disciplines. A sport, in Pan American Games terms, is a single or group of disciplines as represented by an international governing body, namely an International Federation. For example, aquatics, represented at the Olympic level by the International Swimming Federation, is a sport at the Pan American Games that includes the swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo disciplines.

Every Summer Olympic discipline is currently on the Pan American Games program. The last such discipline to be added was canoe slalom, which made its debut in 2015 in Toronto, Canada.[1] The discipline had been scheduled to be held at both the 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games, but had been dropped both times due to the small number of competing countries.[3] The Games also include some disciplines which have never been contested at a Summer Olympics. Examples can be found in baseball and softball, now considered a single Pan Am Games sport due to sharing a single international federation. Both were last contested in the Olympics in 2008 and will return in 2020, but baseball has been strictly for men and softball for women. In the Pan Am Games, men's softball has been on the program on several occasions, most recently in 2015; women's baseball made its debut in 2015.

Medals are awarded on a per-event basis; there can be one or more events per sport or discipline.[4] In fact, every current Pan American Games discipline has at least two events.

Changes
Futsal was dropped after being played at only one Games.

The Pan American Games charter establishes that they comprise the program of the Games, the 28 compulsory sports of the program of the Olympic Games plus seven sports recognized by the entity, due to its popularity in the American continent, if a new sport becomes Olympic it is automatically added to the program of the Pan American Games. This only happens, if the number of national federations in the Americas is sufficient.[5] In the same way that it happens in the Universiade, the Organizing Committee of the each edition can request the inclusion of new sports or disciplines, respecting the local demands.[6] An example of this is the removal of the Basque pelota in the program of the Games of 2007 and 2015 and its replacement respectively by futsal.[7] and the woman's baseball tournament.[8]

Until the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, just one olympic event was never held, the canoe slalom. The event was planned to be held in the 2007 and 2011 editions, but was eventually canceled due to the low number of entries. Thus, the event was held for the first time at the 2015 Games.[3]

Previous Pan American Games have included sports which are no longer present on the current program, like futsal and polo.[4]

The International Olympic Committee voted on October 9, 2009, during the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, to elevate both rugby sevens and golf as official Olympic sports and to include them in the Olympics, beginning with the 2016 Olympic Games.[9][10] With this development, rugby sevens made its debut at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara,[11] and golf was played at the 2015 Pan American Games before becoming an Olympic sport.[1] In 2015, as a result of a request from the organizing committee, PASO decided to include surfing in the 2019 Pan American Games program. The following year, a few days before the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, surfing was integrated to the 2020 Summer Olympics program.[12]

Current Pan American Games program

The following sports (or disciplines of a sport) make up the current Pan American Games official program and are listed alphabetically according to the name used by PASO. The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport/discipline was scheduled to be competed, but was dropped due to a lack of entries.

Nine of the 39 sports (Aquatics, Basketball, Canoeing, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Equestrian and Wrestling) consist of multiple disciplines. Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same heading:

For equestrian and wrestling, the figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport, and not for each discipline separately.

Multiple new sports and events were added to the next edition of the games in 2023. The new sports are breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing.[13][14]

The following sports have been contested at the Pan American Games:[15]

Sport (Discipline) Body 51 55 59 63 67 71 75 79 83 87 91 95 99 03 07 11 15 19 23
 
Artistic swimming FINA 33333333332222222
Diving 444444444466488881010
Marathon swimming 22222
Swimming 21212121303030303032323232323232323436
Water polo 1111111111112222222
 
Basketball FIBA 1222222222222222222
3x3 basketball 22
 
Canoe/kayak (sprint) ICF 12131312121212131210
Canoe/kayak (slalom) ••566
 
Figure skating WS 34664222222
Speed skating 121213236446668
Skateboarding 4
 
Baseball WBSC 1111111111111111211
Softball 222222211221
 
BMX freestyle UCI 22
BMX racing 22222
Mountain biking 22222222
Road cycling 3222222223444444444
Track cycling 53334444577812121010101212
 
Artistic FIG 8121814141414141414141414141414141414
Rhythmic 5772688888
Trampoline 22224
 
Volleyball (beach) FIVB 2222222
Volleyball (indoor) 222222222222222222
 
Dressage FEI 6566666446466466666
Eventing
Jumping
 
Freestyle UWW 888881020202020202016181818181818
Greco-Roman
 
Archery WA 4124121244444810
Athletics IAAF 33293233353737394048434447464747474848
Badminton BWF 55555555
Basque pelotaFIPV 12610108
Bowling WTBA Demo[16]484444444
Boxing AIBA 8101010101111111212121212111113131513
BreakingWDSF 2
Fencing FIE 7788888888101010101012121212
Field hockey FIH 111112222222222
Football FIFA 1111111111112222222
Golf IGF 332
Handball IHF 2122222222
Judo IJF 46681616181814141414141415
Karate WKF 10119910101412
Modern pentathlon UIPM 22221112222255
Racquetball IRF 6446667
Rowing FISA 777777881015202114141314141413
Rugby sevens WR 1222
Sailing ISAF 27643458691110899101013
Shooting ISSF 14162112101014143222343615171515151515
Sport climbing IFSC 4
Squash WSF 44446677
Surfing ISA 88
Table tennis ITTF 777776644477
Taekwondo WTF 8816888881211
Tennis ITF 555555555664445555
Triathlon ITU 22222233
Water skiing IWWF 6667991010
Weightlifting IWF 5777799101010101015151515151410
 
Total events 140146166160169164190249249296331408330338331361364421417

Discontinued sports

The following sports were previously part of the Pan American Games program as official sports, but are no longer on the current program.

Sport Body 51 55 59 63 67 71 75 79 83 87 91 95 99 03 07 11 15 19 23
Inline hockey WS 11
Roller hockey 1111
 
Bodybuilding IFBB 2
Futsal FIFA 1
Polo FIP 1
Sambo FIAS 20
 
Total events 11201111112

Winter sports
Sport Body 90
Alpine skiing FIS 6
 
Total events 6

References
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  9. "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC. October 9, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  10. Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
  11. "Rugby Included in 2011 Pan American Games". Bahamas Rugby. November 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  12. "ISA Welcomes the Addition of Surfing to the 2019 Pan American Games Sports Programme". International Surfing Association. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
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  16. Grasso, John; Hartman, Eric R. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Bowling. Lanhan, MD USA: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-8108-8021-4. In 1951 the Pan American Games, a quadrennial multiple sports competition for Western Hemisphere countries, was inaugurated. Tenpin bowling was added to the official program in 1991. In 1983 it was contested as a demonstration sport.
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