Bolivia at the Pan American Games

Bolivia has competed at every edition of the Pan American Games since the fifth edition of the multi-sport event in 1967. The first Bolivian medal was a silver in the 1991 taekwondo tournament. Since then the country has won one gold medal, three silver medals, and eight bronze medals between 2003 and 2019. Aside from two silver medals in taekwondo and tennis, and a bronze in cycling, all the other medals came from racquetball.^[1][2] As of the last Pan American Games in 2023, Bolivia is twenty-third on the all time medals list.^[3] Bolivia competed in the first ever Pan American Winter Games in 1990, however it failed to medal.

Bolivia at the Pan American Games
IOC code	BOL
NOC	Comité Olímpico Boliviano
Website	www.cobol.org.bo
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 10 Total 18
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

The country won its first ever gold medal in 2019, and also had its best performance with a total of five medals won.^[4][5]

Pan American Games

Medals by games

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Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951	[6]	I	Buenos Aires	Did not participate
1955	[7]	II	Mexico City	Did not participate
1959	[8]	III	Chicago	Did not participate
1963	[9]	IV	São Paulo	Did not participate
1967	[10]	V	Winnipeg	—	0	0	0	0
1971	[11]	VI	Cali	—	0	0	0	0
1975	[12]	VII	Mexico City	—	0	0	0	0
1979	[13]	VIII	San Juan	—	0	0	0	0
1983	[14]	IX	Caracas	—	0	0	0	0
1987	[15]	X	Indianapolis	—	0	0	0	0
1991	[16]	XI	Havana	20th	0	1	0	1
1995	[17]	XII	Mar del Plata	—	0	0	0	0
1999	[18]	XIII	Winnipeg	—	0	0	0	0
2003	[19]	XIV	Santo Domingo	25th	0	0	2	2
2007	[20]	XV	Rio de Janeiro	—	0	0	0	0
2011	[21]	XVI	Guadalajara	24th	0	0	2	2
2015	[22]	XVII	Toronto	22nd	0	1	2	3
2019	[23]	XVIII	Lima	19th	1	2	2	5
2023		XIX	Santiago	17th	2	1	2	5
Total				28th	3	5	10	18

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Racquetball	3	3	9	15
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Tennis	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)	3	5	10	18

Winter Pan American Games

Medals by games

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1990	[24]	I	Las Leñas	—	0	0	0	0
Total				—	0	0	0	0

Junior Pan American Games

Medals by games

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2021	[25]	I	Cali-Valle	19th	1	1	2	4
2025	[26]	II	Asunción	Future event
Total				19th	1	1	2	4