Argentina at the Pan American Games

Argentina has competed at every edition of the Pan American Games since the first edition of the multi-sport event in 1951, in which it hosted.^[1] Argentina competed in the first ever Pan American Winter Games in 1990; however, it failed to get medals.

Argentina at the Pan American Games
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 343 Silver 391 Bronze 501 Total 1,235
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Pan American Games

Medals by games

1	Hosting edition

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Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 a	[2]	I	Buenos Aires 1	1st	68	47	37	152
1955 b	[3]	II	Mexico City	2nd	27	33	20	80
1959 c	[4]	III	Chicago	2nd	9	22	12	43
1963 d	[5]	IV	São Paulo	4th	8	15	19	42
1967 e	[6]	V	Winnipeg	4th	8	13	11	32
1971	[7]	VI	Cali	6th	6	4	12	22
1975	[8]	VII	Mexico City	6th	3	5	7	15
1979	[9]	VIII	San Juan	4th	12	7	17	36
1983	[10]	IX	Caracas	7th	3	10	23	36
1987	[11]	X	Indianapolis	5th	12	14	22	48
1991	[12]	XI	Havana	6th	11	15	29	55
1995	[13]	XII	Mar del Plata 1	4th	40	45	74	159
1999	[14]	XIII	Winnipeg	5th	25	19	28	72
2003	[15]	XIV	Santo Domingo	7th	16	20	27	63
2007	[16]	XV	Rio de Janeiro	8th	11	16	33	60
2011	[17]	XVI	Guadalajara	7th	21	19	34	74
2015	[18]	XVII	Toronto	7th	15	29	30	74
2019	[19]	XVIII	Lima	5th	33	33	34	100
2023	[20]	XIX	Santiago	7th	17	25	33	75
Total f				5th	328	366	469	1,163

Notes

• ^a Some sources appoint 47 silver medals and 39 bronze medals, instead of 44 and 38, respectively. This would result in a total of 154 medals earned during the 1951 Games, instead of 150.^[21][22]
• ^b Some sources appoint 33 silver medals and 20 bronze medals, instead of 31 and 15, respectively. This would result in a total of 80 medals earned during the 1955 Games, instead of 73.^[22][23]
• ^c Some sources appoint 22 silver medals and 12 bronze medals, instead of 19 and 11, respectively. This would result in a total of 43 medals earned during the 1959 Games, instead of 39.^[22][24]
• ^d Some sources appoint 20 bronze medals, instead of 16. This would result in a total of 43 medals earned during the 1963 Games, instead of 39.^[22][25]
• ^e Some sources appoint 13 silver medals and 11 bronze medals, instead of 14 and 12, respectively. This would result in a total of 32 medals earned during the 1967 Games, instead of 34.^[22][26]
• ^f According to those sources, the historical medal table for Argentina counts 305 silver medals and 408 bronze medals, instead of 298 and 398, respectively. This would result in a total number of 992 Pan American medals.

Medals by sport

Argentines have won medals in most of the current Pan American sports. The exceptions are artistic swimming, badminton, baseball and sport climbing.

As of the conclusion of the 2023 Pan American Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Rowing	46	31	30	107
Roller speed skating	26	24	29	79
Shooting	23	37	41	101
Boxing	23	16	28	67
Athletics	17	18	29	64
Field hockey	17	6	0	23
Tennis	16	13	14	43
Sailing	15	15	25	55
Track cycling	14	15	14	43
Basque pelota	13	5	9	27
Swimming	12	22	22	56
Fencing	12	16	27	55
Canoe sprint	12	14	22	48
Wrestling	8	13	10	31
Road cycling	8	5	7	20
Artistic gymnastics	7	9	17	33
Artistic roller skating	7	8	6	21
Football	7	3	3	13
Judo	5	10	29	44
Karate	5	3	7	15
Taekwondo	4	5	16	25
Roller hockey	4	1	0	5
Water skiing	3	2	13	18
Volleyball	3	0	5	8
Equestrian	2	12	2	16
Handball	2	7	3	12
Sambo	2	3	4	9
Basketball	2	2	0	4
Water polo	2	1	1	4
Weightlifting	1	19	9	29
Table tennis	1	8	2	11
Mountain biking	1	2	4	7
Rugby	1	2	0	3
Rhythmic gymnastics	1	1	5	7
Beach volleyball	1	1	2	4
Archery	1	1	1	3
BMX freestyle	1	1	1	3
Marathon swimming	1	1	1	3
BMX racing	1	0	3	4
Softball	1	0	2	3
Polo	1	0	0	1
Racquetball	0	4	3	7
Squash	0	3	7	10
Slalom canoeing	0	3	0	3
Triathlon	0	1	3	4
Diving	0	1	1	2
Golf	0	1	1	2
Surfing	0	1	1	2
3x3 basketball	0	1	0	1
Futsal	0	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	0	0	4	4
Trampoline gymnastics	0	0	2	2
Bowling	0	0	1	1
Totals (53 entries)	329	368	466	1,163

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Summer
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Artistic swimming	5th	Etel Sánchez Sofía Sánchez Camila Maria Arregui Lucia Paula Diaz Sofia Eliceche Ana Victoria Fernandez Sofia Ana Boasso Brenda Moller Lucina Soledad Simon	Women's team in 2015
Badminton	5th	Nicolas Oliva & Santiago Otero	Men's doubles in 2023
		Nicolas Oliva & Ailen Oliva	Mixed doubles in 2023
Baseball	6th	Argentina men's team	Men's tournament in 1995
Sport climbing	6th	Valentina Aguada	Women's boulder & lead

Winter Pan American Games

Medals by games

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1990	[27]	I	Las Leñas 1	—	0	0	0	0
Total				—	0	0	0	0

Junior Pan American Games

Medals by games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold medals	Total medals
2021 Cali-Valle	19	22	32	73	6th	5th
2025 Asunción	Future event
Total	19	22	32	73	6th	5th

References

1. Pan American Games history
2. Buenos Aires, 1951 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
3. Mexico City, 1955 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
4. Chicago, 1959 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
5. São Paulo, 1963 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved October 30, 2011.
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7. Cali, 1971 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
8. Mexico City, 1975 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
9. San Juan, 1979 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
10. Caracas, 1983 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
11. Indianapolis, 1987 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
12. Havana, 1991 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
13. Mar del Plata, 1995 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
14. Winnipeg, 1999 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
15. Santo Domingo, 2003 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
16. Official Results of the XV Pan American Games (PDF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2007 Organizing Committee, retrieved November 9, 2009.
17. Guadalajara, 2011 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
18. Toronto, 2015 (in Portuguese), San Pablo, Brasil: Universo Online, archived from the original on 11 July 2015, retrieved 6 October 2014.
19. Lima 2019 (in Spanish), Lima, Peru: Lima 2019, retrieved November 6, 2019.
20. Santiago 2023, Santiago, Chile: Santiago 2023, retrieved 5 November 2023.
21. Buenos Aires - 1951 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Folha de S.Paulo, retrieved November 1, 2011.
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23. Mexico City - 1955 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Folha de S.Paulo, retrieved November 1, 2011.
24. Chicago - 1959 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Folha de S.Paulo, retrieved November 1, 2011.
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27. Las Leñas, 1990 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.

External links

• COA - Comité Olimpico Argentino Official site.