The Junior Pan American Games is a multi-sport event held every four years among youth athletes from all over the American continent. The Games have been organized by Panam Sports. This event, inspired by the Youth Olympic Games, is exclusively for athletes who are under 21 years of age, with fewer requirements on infrastructure and cost than the Pan American Games.[1]
| Junior Pan American Games | |
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| Games | |
| First event | 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia |
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| Occur every | Four years |
| Last event | 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia |
| Next event | 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for youth athletes on the Americas |
The last games were held in Cali-Valle, Colombia from November 25 to December 5, 2021 and the next games will be held in Asunción, Paraguay in 2025.[2]
History
editOn 16 January 2019 PASO announced the creation of the Junior Pan American Games.[3][4]
For the first edition of the games, Panam Sports accepted candidate cities until 31 January. Cali, Colombia; Santa Ana, El Salvador; and Monterrey, Mexico were accepted as candidate cities.[5] Cali was chosen as the host city at the Executive Committee in San José, Costa Rica on 27 March 2019.[6]
Panam Sports chose Asunción, Paraguay as the host for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games.[7] Asunción received 32 out of 48 votes, while Santa Marta, Colombia received the remaining 16 votes.
List of Junior Pan American Games editions
edit| Edition | Year | Host city | Host nation | Opened by | Start date | End date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top placed team | Ref. |
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| I | 2021 | Cali-Valle |  Colombia
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President Iván Duque | 25 November | 5 December | 41 | 2,540 | 28 | 302 |  Brazil (BRA)
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| II | 2025 | Asunción |  Paraguay
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TBA | 9 August | 23 August | Future event | [9] | ||||
Sports
editIn the first edition of the games a total of 28 sports were contested, encompassing a total of 40 disciplines.[10][11] After originally being included, basketball (5x5), BMX freestyle and field hockey were not included on the final list.[12] Other Olympic events and disciplines not contested yet includes open water swimming, water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, football and rugby sevens.
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Medal count
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Brazil | 59 | 49 | 56 | 164 |
| 2 |  Colombia | 48 | 34 | 63 | 145 |
| 3 |  United States | 47 | 29 | 38 | 114 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 46 | 78 | 48 | 172 |
| 5 |  Cuba | 29 | 19 | 22 | 70 |
| 6 |  Argentina | 19 | 22 | 32 | 73 |
| 7 |  Ecuador | 15 | 14 | 24 | 53 |
| 8 |  Chile | 12 | 15 | 31 | 58 |
| 9 |  Puerto Rico | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 |  Uruguay | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 |  Venezuela | 7 | 8 | 21 | 36 |
| 12 |  Peru | 6 | 15 | 14 | 35 |
| 13 |  Dominican Republic | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 14 |  Canada | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 |  Paraguay | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 |  Costa Rica | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 |  Aruba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 |  Guatemala | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 19 |  Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 |  El Salvador | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 |  Bermuda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Panama | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 28 |  Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (31 entries) | 321 | 322 | 411 | 1,054 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PANAM SPORTS BEGINS IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN". Pan American Sports Organization. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Asunción 2025 celebrates 500 days to go to the II Junior Pan American Games
- ^ "México muestra interés para Panamericanos Junior 2021" (in Spanish). Mexican Olympic Committee. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "Monterrey busca sede para Juegos Panamericanos Jr" (in Spanish). Radio Centro Deportes. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "I Junior Pan Am Games: Cali, Monterrey and Santa Ana the Candidates". Around the Rings. February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ "Panam Sports organizará Panamericanos Júnior y sopesa Panamericanos de Playa" [Panam Sports will organize Pan American Juniors and weigh Pan American Beach]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ "Asunción selected to host 2025 Junior Pan American Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-11-28. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Com 164 medalhas, Time Brasil é campeão dos Jogos Pan-americanos Júnior Cali 2021". Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese).
- ^ After the good performance hosting the 2022 South American Games, Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games
- ^ "Colombian Government and Panam Sports Confirm First Junior Pan American Games in Cali for September 2021". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. August 31, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (September 1, 2020). "Panam Sports confirms September dates for Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ "Panam Sports Defines Sport Program for First Junior Pan American Games of Cali 2021". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. March 12, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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