Cycling at the Pan American Games

Cycling at the Pan American Games
Cycling at the Pan American Games
No. of events	22 (men: 11; women: 11)

Cycling has been contested at the Pan American Games since the inaugural games in, 1951, without ever leaving the program.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The next edition of the games will take place in 2019 in Lima, Peru. 22 medal events are scheduled to be contested, four in BMX, two in mountain biking and four in road cycling and 12 in track cycling. A total of 250 cyclists will qualify to compete at the games.^[4]

In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Included in this was the addition of BMX freestyle events for the first time to the Pan American Games sports program. Also added was the addition of the Madison event in track cycling event for men and women.^[5]^[6]

Current events[]

Road cycling[]

Men's road race[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 1951.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Buenos Aires 1951	Argentina	Oscar Pezoa Argentina	Argentina
Mexico City 1955	Ramón Hoyos Colombia	Colombia	Alberto Velázquez Uruguay
Chicago 1959	Ricardo Senn Argentina	Francisco Lozano Mexico	René Deceja Uruguay
São Paulo 1963	Venezuela	Wilde Baridon Uruguay	Delmo Delmastro Argentina
Winnipeg 1967	Marcel Roy Canada	Argentina	Heriberto Díaz Mexico
Cali 1971	John Howard United States	Brazil	Jaime Galeano Colombia
Mexico City 1971	Aldo Arencibia Cuba	Colombia	Carlos Cardet Cuba
San Juan 1979	Carlos Cardet Cuba	Mexico	Colombia
Caracas 1983	Luis Rosendo Ramos Mexico	Carlos Jaramillo Colombia	Venezuela
Indianapolis 1987	Luis Rosendo Ramos Mexico	Marcos Mazzaron Brazil	Enrique Campos Venezuela
Havana 1991	Robinson Merchán Venezuela	Heriberto Rodríguez Cuba	Wanderley Magalhães Brazil
Mar de Plata 1995	Brian Walton Canada	Mariano Friedick United States	Fred Rodriguez United States
Winnipeg 1999	Brian Walton Canada	Gordon Fraser Canada	Pedro Pablo Pérez Cuba
Santo Domingo 2003	Milton Wynants Uruguay	Pedro Pablo Pérez Cuba	José Medina Chile
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Wendy Cruz Dominican Republic	Emile Abraham Trinidad and Tobago	Luciano Pagliarini Brazil
Guadalajara 2011	Marc de Maar Netherlands Antilles	Miguel Ubeto Venezuela	Arnold Alcolea Cuba
Toronto 2015	Miguel Ubeto Venezuela	Eric Marcotte United States	Guillaume Boivin Canada
Lima 2019	Maximiliano Richeze Argentina	Ignacio Prado Mexico	Bryan Gomez Colombia

Women's road race[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 1987.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Indianapolis 1987	Rebecca Twigg United States	Inga Thompson-Benedict United States	Sara Neil Canada
Havana 1991	Jeanne Golay United States	Cuba	Janice Bolland United States
Mar de Plata 1995	Jeanne Golay United States	Clara Hughes Canada	Cuba
Winnipeg 1999	Karen Dunne United States	Yoanka González Cuba	Janildes Fernandes Brazil
Santo Domingo 2003	Yoanka González Cuba	Janildes Fernandes Brazil	Cuba
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Yumari González Cuba	Belem Guerrero Mexico	Danielys García Venezuela
Guadalajara 2011	Arlenis Sierra Cuba	Yumari González Cuba	Yudelmis Domínguez Cuba
Toronto 2015	Jasmin Glaesser Canada	Marlies Mejias Cuba	Allison Beveridge Canada
Lima 2019	Arlenis Sierra Cuba	Teniel Campbell Trinidad and Tobago	Lizbeth Salazar Mexico

Men's time trial[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 1951.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Buenos Aires 1951	Clodomiro Cortoni Argentina	Chile	Jorge Sobrevila Argentina
Mexico City 1955	Venezuela	Colombia	Luis Serra Uruguay
Chicago 1959	Anésio Argenton Brazil	United States	Ricardo Senn Argentina
São Paulo 1963	Argentina	Roger Gibbon Trinidad and Tobago	Anésio Argenton Brazil
Winnipeg 1967	Roger Gibbon Trinidad and Tobago	Jack Simes United States	Argentina
Cali 1971	Jocelyn Lovell Canada	Leslie King Trinidad and Tobago	United States
Mexico City 1971	Jocelyn Lovell Canada	David Weller Jamaica	Steve Woznick United States
San Juan 1979	Gordon Singleton Canada	David Weller Jamaica	Chile
Caracas 1983	Rory O'Reilly United States	Marcelo Alexandre Argentina	David Weller Jamaica
Indianapolis 1987	Curtis Harnett Canada	Gene Samuel Trinidad and Tobago	Leonard Nitz United States
Havana 1991	Gene Samuel Trinidad and Tobago	Erin Hartwell United States	Argentina
Mar de Plata 1995	Gil Cordovés Cuba	Erin Hartwell United States	Gene Samuel Trinidad and Tobago
Winnipeg 1999	Eric Wohlberg Canada	Levi Leipheimer United States	Marcio May Brazil
Santo Domingo 2003	José Serpa Colombia	Chris Baldwin United States	Franklin Chacón Venezuela
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Santiago Botero Colombia	Matías Médici Argentina	Dominique Rollin Canada
Guadalajara 2011	Marlon Pérez Colombia	Matías Médici Argentina	Carlos Oyarzún Chile
Toronto 2015	Hugo Houle Canada	Ignacio Prado Mexico	Sean MacKinnon Canada
Lima 2019	Daniel Martinez Colombia	Magno Nazaret Brazil	José Rodríguez Chile

Women’s Time trial[]

The individual time trial was introduced in 1995, and has been run ever since.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mar de Plata 1995	Dede Barry United States	Cuba	Clara Hughes Canada
Winnipeg 1999	United States	Lyne Bessette Canada	Mari Holden United States
Santo Domingo 2003	Kimberly Bruckner United States	Clara Hughes Canada	Kristin Armstrong United States
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Anne Samplonius Canada	Giuseppina Grassi Mexico	Clemilda Fernandes Brazil
Guadalajara 2011	María Luisa Calle Colombia	Evelyn García El Salvador	Laura Brown Canada
Toronto 2015	Kelly Catlin United States	Jasmin Glaesser Canada	Evelyn García El Salvador
Lima 2019	Chloe Dygert United States	Teniel Campbell Trinidad and Tobago	Laurie Jussaume Canada

Track cycling[]

Men's Keirin[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 1999.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Winnipeg 1999	Marty Nothstein United States	Jhon González Colombia	Mario Joseph Trinidad and Tobago
Santo Domingo 2003	Barry Forde Barbados	Giddeon Massie United States	Venezuela
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Leonardo Narváez Colombia	Canada	Leandro Bottasso Argentina
Guadalajara 2011	Fabián Puerta Colombia	Hersony Canelón Venezuela	Leandro Bottasso Argentina
Toronto 2015	Fabian Puerta Colombia	Hersony Canelón Venezuela	Hugo Barrette Canada
Lima 2019	Kevin Quintero Colombia	Hersony Canelón Venezuela	Leandro Bottasso Argentina

Women's Keirin[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 2003.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Santo Domingo 2003	Tanya Lindenmuth United States	Daniela Larreal Venezuela	Yumari González Cuba
Guadalajara 2011	Daniela Larreal Venezuela	Luz Daniela Gaxiola Mexico	United States
Toronto 2015	Monique Sullivan Canada	Lisandra Guerra Cuba	Juliana Gaviria Colombia
Lima 2019	Martha Bayona Colombia	Lisandra Guerra Cuba	Yuli Verdugo Mexico

Men's omnium[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 2011.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Guadalajara 2011	Juan Esteban Arango Colombia	Luis Mansilla Chile	Walter Pérez Argentina
Toronto 2015	Fernando Gaviria Colombia	Ignacio Prado Mexico	Gideoni Monteiro Brazil
Lima 2019	Daniel Holloway United States	Ignacio Prado Mexico	Chile

Women's omnium[]

The individual road race has been run every time since 2011.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Guadalajara 2011	Angie González Venezuela	Sofia Arreola Mexico	Marlies Mejias Cuba
Toronto 2015	Sarah Hammer United States	Jasmin Glaesser Canada	Marlies Mejias Cuba
Lima 2019	Jennifer Valente United States	Lizbeth Salazar Mexico	Arlenis Sierra Cuba

BMX[]

Men's BMX[]

The BMX was introduced in 2007.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rio de Janeiro 2007	United States	Jonathan Suárez Venezuela	Venezuela
Guadalajara 2011	Connor Fields United States	Nicholas Long United States	Andrés Jiménez Caicedo Colombia
Toronto 2015	Tory Nyhaug Canada	Alfredo Campo Ecuador	Nicholas Long United States
Lima 2019	Alfredo Campo Ecuador	Anderson de Souza Brazil	Federico Villegas Argentina

Women's BMX[]

The BMX was introduced in 2007.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rio de Janeiro 2007	Gabriela Díaz Argentina	Brazil	Venezuela
Guadalajara 2011	Mariana Pajón Colombia	Arielle Martin United States	Gabriela Díaz Argentina
Toronto 2015	Felicia Stancil United States	Doménica Azuero Ecuador	Argentina
Lima 2019	Mariana Pajon Colombia	Paola Reis Brazil	Stefany Hernández Venezuela

All-time medal table[]

Road cycling[]

Men's and women's events (1951–2019)
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	15	9	7	31
2	Canada	10	5	10	25
3	Argentina	8	5	7	20
4	Colombia	8	4	5	17
5	Cuba	7	13	6	26
6	Mexico	3	9	4	16
7	Venezuela	3	1	6	10
8	Uruguay	2	2	4	8
9	Brazil	1	4	6	11
10	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
10	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	0	1
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	0	3
13	Chile	0	1	3	4
14	El Salvador	0	1	1	2
15	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		59	57	60	176

Track cycling[]

Men's and women's events (1951–2019)
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	31	25	13	69
2	Colombia	19	16	16	51
3	Canada	17	8	7	32
4	Argentina	14	15	14	43
5	Cuba	10	14	21	45
6	Venezuela	7	11	6	24
7	Trinidad and Tobago	7	5	3	15
8	Chile	6	8	8	22
9	Uruguay	3	4	3	10
10	Barbados	2	0	0	2
11	Mexico	1	13	14	28
12	Brazil	1	0	6	7
13	Jamaica	0	2	2	4
14	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
15	Peru	0	0	2	2
16	Bolivia	0	0	1	1
16	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		118	122	117	357

Mountain biking[]

Men's and women's events (1995–2019)
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	4	3	13
2	Canada	4	3	2	9
3	Mexico	2	1	1	4
4	Argentina	1	2	4	7
5	Colombia	1	0	0	1
6	Brazil	0	3	1	4
7	Costa Rica	0	1	1	2
8	Chile	0	0	2	2
Totals (8 nations)		14	14	14	42

BMX racing[]

Men's and women's events (2007–2019)
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	2	1	6
2	Colombia	2	0	1	3
3	Ecuador	1	2	0	3
4	Argentina	1	0	3	4
5	Canada	1	0	0	1
6	Brazil	0	3	0	3
7	Venezuela	0	1	3	4
Totals (7 nations)		8	8	8	24

BMX freestyle[]

Men's and women's events (2019)
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	1	0	1	2
2	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
3	Argentina	0	1	1	2
4	Chile	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Combined total[]

Updated until 2019 Pan American Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	59	36	23	118
2	Canada (CAN)	33	16	19	68
3	Colombia (COL)	30	20	23	73
4	Argentina (ARG)	24	23	32	79
5	Cuba (CUB)	18	26	27	71
6	Venezuela (VEN)	11	15	15	41
7	Mexico (MEX)	7	24	19	50
8	Chile (CHI)	6	10	13	29
9	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	6	7	3	16
10	Uruguay (URU)	5	6	7	18
11	Brazil (BRA)	1	10	12	23
12	Ecuador (ECU)	1	2	0	3
13	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
13	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	0	1
15	Jamaica (JAM)	0	2	2	4
16	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	1	1	2
	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	1	2
	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	1	2
19	Peru (PER)	0	0	3	3
20	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	1	1
20	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		203	200	203	606

References[]

^ "Pan American Games Medalists: Mountain Biking". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
^ "Pan American Games Cycling Medalists". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
^ "Pan American Games BMX Cycling". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
^ Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[1] "Pan American Games Medalists: Mountain Biking". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

[2] "Pan American Games Cycling Medalists". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

[3] "Pan American Games BMX Cycling". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

[manual-4] "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[5] "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[6] Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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