# Junior Pan American Games

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.
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.

## History

On 16 January 2019 PASO announced the creation of the Junior Pan American Games.
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. Cali was chosen as the host city at the Executive Committee in San José, Costa Rica on 27 March 2019.
Panam Sports chose Asunción, Paraguay as the host for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. Asunción received 32 out of 48 votes, while Santa Marta, Colombia received the remaining 16 votes.

## List of Junior Pan American Games editions

| Edition | Year | Host city | Host nation | Opened by | Start date | End date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top placed team | Ref. |
| I | 2021 | Cali-Valle | Colombia | President Iván Duque | 25 November | 5 December | 41 | 2,540 | 28 | 302 | Brazil (BRA) | |
| II | 2025 | Asunción | Paraguay | TBA | 9 August | 23 August | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | |

## Sports

In the first edition of the games a total of 28 sports were contested, encompassing a total of 40 disciplines. After originally being included, basketball (5x5), BMX freestyle and field hockey were not included on the final list. Other Olympic events and disciplines not contested yet includes open water swimming, water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, football, golf and rugby sevens.
| Sport | Years |
| 3x3 basketball | Since 2021 |
| Archery | Since 2021 |
| Artistic swimming | Since 2021 |
| Athletics | Since 2021 |
| Badminton | Since 2021 |
| Baseball | 2021 |
| Basketball | Since 2025 |
| Beach volleyball | Since 2021 |
| Bowling | 2021 |
| Boxing | 2021 |
| Canoeing | Since 2021 |
| Cycling | Since 2021 |
| Diving | Since 2021 |
| Fencing | Since 2021 |
| Field hockey | Since 2025 |
| Golf | Since 2025 |
| Gymnastics | Since 2021 |
| Handball | Since 2021 |
| Judo | Since 2021 |
| Sport | Years |
| Karate | Since 2021 |
| Modern pentathlon | 2021 |
| Open water swimming | Since 2025 |
| Roller sports | Since 2021 |
| Rowing | Since 2021 |
| Rugby sevens | Since 2025 |
| Sailing | Since 2021 |
| Shooting | Since 2021 |
| Softball | 2021 |
| Squash | Since 2021 |
| Swimming | Since 2021 |
| Table tennis | Since 2021 |
| Taekwondo | Since 2021 |
| Tennis | Since 2021 |
| Triathlon | Since 2021 |
| Volleyball | Since 2021 |
| Water skiing | Since 2025 |
| Weightlifting | Since 2021 |
| Wrestling | Since 2021 |

## Medal count

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 |
| 22 | Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 28 | Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 321 | 322 | 411 | 1,054 |