Athletics at the Pan American Games

Since its first edition held in 1951, athletics events have been competed at the Pan American Games. The events list follows the Olympic model as the Games are an IOC sanctioned competition.

Athletics at the Pan American Games
No. of events	48 (men: 24; women: 24)

Events

Men

Event	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23	Years
Current program
100 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
400 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
800 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
1500 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
5000 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
10,000 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Marathon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
110 metres hurdles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
400 metres hurdles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
3000 metres steeplechase	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
4 × 100 metres relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
4 × 400 metres relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
20 kilometres race walk				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
High jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Pole vault	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Long jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Triple jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Shot put	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Discus throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Hammer throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Javelin throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Decathlon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Past events
10 km walk	X																			1
50 km walk	X				X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		14
Events	24	22	22	23	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	451

Women

Event	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23	Years
Current program
100 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 metres	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
400 metres						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
800 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
1500 metres							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
5000 metres												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
10,000 metres										X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Marathon										X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
100 metres hurdles						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
400 metres hurdles									X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
3000 metres steeplechase															X	X	X	X	X	5
4 × 100 metres relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
4 × 400 metres relay						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
20 kilometres race walk													X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
High jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Pole vault													X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Long jump	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
Triple jump												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Shot put	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
Discus throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Hammer throw												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Javelin throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Heptathlon									X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Past events
80 metres hurdles	X	X	X	X	X															5
3000 metres								X	X	X	X									4
10 km walk										X	X	X								3
50 km walk																		X		1
Pentathlon					X	X	X	X												4
Events	9	6	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	19	19	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	23	322

Mixed

Event	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23	Years
Current program
4 × 400 metres relay																			X	1
Race walk mixed team																			X	1

Medal table

Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	307	263	194	764
2	Cuba	144	128	114	386
3	Brazil	71	66	74	211
4	Canada	59	74	90	223
5	Mexico	54	53	40	147
6	Jamaica	29	33	41	103
7	Argentina	18	20	30	68
8	Chile	16	14	21	51
9	Colombia	14	20	35	69
10	Ecuador	12	10	5	27
11	Venezuela	8	13	13	34
12	Peru	7	5	9	21
13	Bahamas	6	15	13	34
14	Dominican Republic	6	6	12	24
15	Trinidad and Tobago	3	13	14	30
16	Guatemala	3	5	8	16
17	Costa Rica	3	1	1	5
18	British West Indies	2	3	5	10
19	Panama	2	3	4	9
20	Saint Lucia	2	0	3	5
21	Puerto Rico	1	8	11	20
22	Guyana	1	4	4	9
23	Grenada	1	3	2	6
24	Barbados	1	2	8	11
25	Antigua and Barbuda	1	2	4	7
26	Suriname	1	1	2	4
27	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	1	2
28	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
30	Uruguay	0	3	7	10
31	Dominica	0	2	2	4
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2	2	4
33	Cayman Islands	0	2	0	2
34	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	2	2
	Virgin Islands	0	0	2	2
37	Independent Athletes Team	0	0	1	1
Totals (37 entries)		775	775	774	2,324

See also

• International athletics championships and games
• List of Pan American Games records in athletics
• List of Pan American Games medalists in athletics (men)
• List of Pan American Games medalists in athletics (women)

External links

• Official Games site Archived 2009-03-09 at the Wayback Machine