Pan American Gymnastics Championships

The Pan American Gymnastics Union organizes Pan American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics. The Pan American Gymnastics Championships are considered by the International Gymnastics Federation to be the official continental championships for the Americas (comprising North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean). Pan American Championships have also been organized for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.^[1]

History[]

Artistic gymnastics competitions have been contested in the Americas since 1946, at the fifth edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. In 1951 , the sport was contested at the inaugural edition of the Pan American Games, and in 1957 the first edition of the South American championships in artistic gymnastics was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1964, the North American Championships in artistic gymnastics was contested for the first time. The meet would be staged until 1968, and in 1969 the competition changed its name to Copa de las Americas (Cup of the Americas) to allow South American nations to compete.^[2] At least one South American nation, Brazil, intended to compete, but eventually the event was attended only by North American nations.^[3]

Only in 1987, with the development and growth of gymnastics around the world, a tournament for junior gymnasts from the Americas was established with competitions in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics.^[4] The event was originally scheduled to take place in 1986, but was ultimately held from February 20 to 28, 1987, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. It was the first international tournament held on a continental level in the Americas outside of the gymnastics events at the Pan American Games, and the first of its kind for junior gymnasts.^[5][6] A tournament for senior artistic and rhythmic gymnasts took place for the first time in 1989, named the Pan American Cup.^[7][8] A second edition of the tournament was scheduled for four years later, in December 1993, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, with events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics.^{[9][10][11][12]}

In 1997, the title Pan American Cup was dropped in favor of Pan American Gymnastics Championships. The title Pan American Cup would then be used to represent tournaments between clubs, instead of tournaments between national representatives. The 1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships was held in Medellín, Colombia, and was attended by artistic and rhythmic gymnasts.^[13][14] In 1995, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) recognized aerobic gymnastics (then sport aerobics) as a new competitive gymnastics discipline. The first edition of the Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships was held in Mérida, Venezuela, in 1999.

The FIG recognized two new gymnastics disciplines, acrobatic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling, in 1999. In 2004, the Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships was organized for the first time in Tampa, United States. The first edition of the Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships was organized in 2015. In 2018, parkour was introduced by the FIG as a gymnastics discipline. To date, no Pan American Championships in parkour have been held.

Pan American championships also exist for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics, a discipline not recognized by the FIG, organized, instead, by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG).^[1] The first edition of the tournament was organized in 2017, in Mérida, Mexico.^[15]

Senior editions[]

Artistic gymnastics[]

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
1997	1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Medellín	[16]
2001	2001 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Cancún	[17]
2004	2004 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Maracaibo	[18]
2005	2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Rio de Janeiro	[19]
2008	2008 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Rosario	[20][21]
2010	2010 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Guadalajara	[22]
2012	2012 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Medellín	[23]
2013	2013 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships	San Juan	[24]
2014	2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Mississauga	[25]
2016	2016 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Sucre	[26]
2017	2017 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima	[27]
2018	2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Lima	[27]
2021	2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Rio de Janeiro	[28]

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
1997	1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Medellín	[16]
2001	2001 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Cancún	[17]
2005	2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Vitória	[19]
2010	2010 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Guadalajara	[22]
2014	2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Mississauga	[25]
2016	2016 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Merida	[29]
2017	2017 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Daytona Beach	[30]
2018	2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Lima	[27]
2021	2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	Rio de Janeiro	[28]

Trampoline and tumbling[]

Year	Event	Edition	Location	Ref.
2004	2004 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	I	Tampa	[31]
2006	2006 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	II	Monterrey	[32]
2008	2008 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	III	Buenos Aires	[20]
2010	2010 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	IV	Daytona Beach	[22]
2012	2012 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	V	Querétaro	[33]
2014	2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	VI	Mississauga	[25]
2016	2016 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	VII	Bogotá	[34]
2018	2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	VIII	Lima	[27]
2021	2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships	IX	Rio de Janeiro	[28]

Aerobic gymnastics[]

Year	Event	Edition	Location	Ref.
1999	1999 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	I	Mérida	[35]
2001	2001 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	II	Santiago	[35]
2005	2005 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	III	Mexico City	[35]
2006	2006 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	IV	San Cristobal	[35]
2007	2007 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	V	Morelos	[35]
2009	2009 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	VI	Morelos	[35]
2010	2010 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	VII	Balneário Camboriú	[22]
2011	2011 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	VIII	Yaracuy	[36]
2012	2012 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	IX	Acapulco	[33]
2013	2013 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	X	Santiago	[35]
2015	2015 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	XI	Morelos	[37]
2016	2016 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	XII	Lima	[38]
2017	2017 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	XIII	Bogotá	[39]
2018	2018 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	XIV	Lima	[40]
2019	2019 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	XV	Buenos Aires	[41]

Acrobatic gymnastics[]

Year	Event	Edition	Location	Ref.
2015	2015 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships	I	Caguas	[42]
2017	2017 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships	II	Daytona Beach	[30]
2019	2019 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships	III	Monterrey	[43]

All-time medal table[]

Artistic gymnastics[]

1997–2021; Senior events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	47	37	18	102
2	Brazil (BRA)	30	29	37	96
3	Cuba (CUB)	20	21	12	53
4	Mexico (MEX)	12	9	9	30
5	Colombia (COL)	10	17	13	40
6	Venezuela (VEN)	10	13	8	31
7	Puerto Rico (PUR)	6	12	13	31
8	Canada (CAN)	6	9	9	24
9	Argentina (ARG)	5	11	20	36
10	Guatemala (GUA)	5	1	2	8
11	Chile (CHI)	3	3	5	11
12	Dominican Republic (DOM)	3	0	1	4
13	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	1	3
	Peru (PER)	1	1	1	3
15	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	1	0	2
16	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
17	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	2	2
Totals (17 nations)		160	166	151	477

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

1997–2021; Senior events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	27	20	19	66
2	United States (USA)	26	22	15	63
3	Mexico (MEX)	16	21	19	56
4	Canada (CAN)	5	4	6	15
5	Cuba (CUB)	4	6	6	16
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	5	6	12
7	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	4	4
8	Chile (CHI)	0	0	3	3
Totals (8 nations)		79	78	78	235

Best results by event and nation[]

Artistic gymnastics[]

Event		ARG	BRA	CAN	CHI	COL	CRC	CUB	DOM	ECU	GUA	MEX	PAN	PER	PUR	USA	URU	VEN
M A G
	Team
	Individual all-around
	Floor exercise
	Pommel horse
	Still rings
	Vault
	Parallel bars
	Horizontal bar
W A G
	Team
	Individual all-around
	Vault
	Uneven bars
	Balance beam
	Floor exercise

Junior editions[]

The first edition of the Pan American Championships for youth and junior gymnasts was originally scheduled to take place in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in 1986, but was ultimately postponed to February 1987.^{[4][5][44][45]}

Artistic gymnastics[]

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
1987	1987 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Barquisimeto	[4]
1988	1988 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Ponce	[7]
1990	1990 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Tallahassee	[46]
1992	1992 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	São Paulo	[47][48]
1994	1994 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Monterrey	[47][49]
1996	1996 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Guatemala City	[50]
1998	1998 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Houston	[51]
2000	2000 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Curitiba	[52]
2002	2002 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Santo Domingo	[53]
2004	2004 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	San Salvador	[54]
2006	2006 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Québec	[55]
2007	2007 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Guatemala City	[56]
2009	2009 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Aracaju	[57]
2012	2012 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Medellín	[23]
2014	2014 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Aracaju	[25]
2016	2016 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Sucre	[26]
2018	2018 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Buenos Aires	[27]
2021	2021 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Guadalajara	[58]

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
1987	1987 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Barquisimeto	[4]
1988	1988 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Salinas	[7]
1990	1990 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Tallahassee	[59]
1992	1992 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	São Paulo	[60]
1994	1994 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Monterrey	[49][60]
1996	1996 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Guatemala City	[50][60]
1998	1998 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Houston	[61][60]
2000	2000 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	San Felipe	[62]
2002	2002 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Santo Domingo	[63][64]
2004	2004 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	San Salvador	[54]
2006	2006 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Toronto	[65]
2007	2007 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	San Cristóbal	[66]
2009	2009 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Havana	[57]
2012	2012 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Córdoba	[67]
2014	2014 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Daytona Beach	[25]
2016	2016 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Merida	[26]
2017	2017 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Daytona Beach	[30][68]
2018	2018 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Medellin	[69]
2019	2019 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Monterrey	[70]
2021	2021 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Guatemala City	[71]

Other disciplines[]

Year	Event	Location	Discipline(s) competed	Ref.
2006	2006 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships	Monterrey	Trampoline	[72]
2012	2012 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Acapulco	Aerobic gymnastics	[33]
2014	2014 Pan American Trampoline Championships	Daytona Beach	Trampoline and tumbling	[25]
2015	2015 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships	Caguas	Acrobatic gymnastics	[42]
2017	2017 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships	Daytona Beach	Acrobatic gymnastics	[30][68]
2018	2018 Pan American Trampoline Championships	Cochabamba	Trampoline and tumbling	[27]
2019	2019 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships	Monterrey	Acrobatic gymnastics	[73]

Aesthetic group gymnastics[]

Senior

Year	Event	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2017	2017 Pan American Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Mérida	Brazil Marrie Cotia	Mexico Charlottes	Canada Rhythmic Expressions	[15]
2018	2018 Pan American Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Santos	Canada Rhythmic Expressions	Brazil Cuba Team	None awarded	[74][75]
2020	2020 Pan American Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Toronto	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada			[76]

See also[]

• Gymnastics at the Pan American Games
• South American Gymnastics Championships

References[]