Chile at the Pan American Games

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Chile at the
Pan American Games
IOC codeCHI
NOCComité Olímpico de Chile
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
69
Silver
141
Bronze
205
Total
415
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Chile is one of participating countries in the Pan American Games, the largest multi-sport event in the Americas. The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH) is the National Olympic Committee for the country and the main organizer for its participation at the Pan American Games.

Chile is one of the six countries that has participated in every edition of the Pan American Games since the 1951 edition, even considering the only Winter edition held in 1990.[n 1]

After several failed attempts to organize the Games, Santiago hosted the 2023 Pan American Games. At those Games, Chile won 79 medals, being its most successful participation. The largest amount of gold medals was reached in the 2019 Pan American Games, when Chilean athletes received a total of 13 gold medals.

Hosted Games

Chile has hosted the Pan American Games once:

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
2023 Pan American Games Santiago October 20 -
November 5
41 6,909 425

Before 2023, Santiago was expected to host the Pan American Games on different occasions but the events were eventually cancelled:

  • 1975 Pan American Games: Santiago was elected unanimously as the host city in 1969. The Games were cancelled in December 1973 by the military junta due to the economic crisis in the country and the turmoil after the coup d'etat. The Games were moved to São Paulo initially, and later to Mexico City.[1][2]
  • 1987 Pan American Games: Santiago was elected by the members of PASO as the host city in 1981. The Games were cancelled later in 1983 by the military junta, due to a severe economic crisis. Quito, the runner-up city, was chosen initially as its replacement, but it cancelled too a few months later. Eventually, Indianapolis was elected as the definitive host city.[3]
  • 1993 Winter Pan American Games: The second edition of the Winter Pan American Games was expected to be held in Santiago. However, the first edition of the Games was not successful and the potential absence of the United States in future editions led to the suspension of the Games.

Medal count

  Hosting edition

Summer

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold medals Total medals
Argentina 1951 Buenos Aires 8 19 12 39 3 3 [4]
Mexico 1955 Mexico City 4 8 13 25 4 4 [5]
United States 1959 Chicago 5 2 6 13 6 8 [6]
Brazil 1963 São Paulo 2 1 6 9 9 9 [7]
Canada 1967 Winnipeg 1 1 3 5 11 11 [8]
Colombia 1971 Cali 0 3 4 7 16 12 [9]
Mexico 1975 Mexico City 0 0 2 2 18 16 [10]
Puerto Rico 1979 San Juan 1 4 6 11 8 9 [11]
Venezuela 1983 Caracas 1 3 9 13 10 10 [12]
United States 1987 Indianapolis 1 2 4 7 13 14 [13]
Cuba 1991 Havana 2 1 7 10 10 10 [14]
Argentina 1995 Mar del Plata 2 6 11 19 9 10 [15]
Canada 1999 Winnipeg 1 4 7 12 12 10 [16]
Dominican Republic 2003 Santo Domingo 2 10 10 22 13 10 [17]
Brazil 2007 Rio de Janeiro 6 5 9 20 10 11 [18]
Mexico 2011 Guadalajara 3 16 24 43 13 9 [19]
Canada 2015 Toronto 5 6 18 29 11 10 [20]
Peru 2019 Lima 13 19 18 50 8 8
Chile 2023 Santiago 12 31 36 79 8 6
Total 69 141 205 415 9 9

Winter

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold medals Total medals
Argentina 1990 Las Leñas 0 0 0 0 [21]

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics16142151
Rowing10121436
Equestrian761326
Cycling6141636
Roller sports5101227
Karate551020
Tennis313723
Shooting37919
Sailing35917
Boxing29920
Water skiing261119
Weightlifting24410
Judo1337
Gymnastics1326
Swimming1326
Triathlon1102
Beach volleyball1012
Fencing06511
Canoeing0516
Football0325
Basketball0235
Archery0213
Table tennis011213
Taekwondo0178
Field hockey0167
Wrestling0156
Handball0134
Modern pentathlon0123
Rugby sevens0101
Surfing0101
Basque pelota0066
Racquetball0033
Golf0022
Squash0022
Bodybuilding0011
Breaking0011
Totals (36 entries)69141205415
Best results in non-medaling sports
Summer
Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year
Artistic swimming 5th Chile mixed team Team in 2023
Badminton 5th Cristián Araya and Esteban Mujica Men's doubles in 2011
Ashley Montre and Constanza Naranjo Women's doubles in 2019
Alonso Medel and Vania Díaz Mixed doubles in 2023
Baseball 8th Chile men's team Men's tournament in 2023
Bowling 7th Verónica Valdebenito and María José Caro Women's doubles in 2023
Diving 5th Wendy Espina and Paula Sotomayor Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard in 2011
Futsal did not participate
Polo did not participate
Sambo did not participate
Softball 8th Chile women's team Women's tournament in 2023
Volleyball 4th Chile men's team Men's tournament in 2019
Water polo 5th Chile men's team Men's tournament in 1951
Winter
Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year
Alpine skiing > 10th details not available (1990)

Notes

  1. ^ The other countries that have participated in all Summer and Winter Pan American Games are Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and United States.

References

  1. ^ Muñoz Machín, Jesús (14 July 2015). "VII Juegos Panamericanos (México, 1975): Cuba se ratifica en el segundo lugar" [VII Pan-American Games (Mexico, 1975): Cuba is ratified in second place]. RadioCOCO (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Regresaron a México los Juegos Panamericanos en 1975" [The Pan American Games returned to Mexico in 1975]. Mexican Olympic Committee (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ Howell, Chase (28 June 2013). "Sports turn Hoosier capitol into "India-SHOW-place"". The Statehouse File. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ Buenos Aires, 1951 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Mexico City, 1955 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Chicago, 1959 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  7. ^ São Paulo, 1963 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved October 30, 2011.
  8. ^ Winnipeg, 1967 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  9. ^ Cali, 1971 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  10. ^ Mexico City, 1975 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  11. ^ San Juan, 1979 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  12. ^ Caracas, 1983 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  13. ^ Indianapolis, 1987 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  14. ^ Havana, 1991 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  15. ^ Mar del Plata, 1995 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  16. ^ Winnipeg, 1999 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  17. ^ Santo Domingo, 2003 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  18. ^ Official Results of the XV Pan American Games (PDF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2007 Organizing Committee, archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2012, retrieved November 9, 2009.
  19. ^ Guadalajara, 2011 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  20. ^ Guadalajara, 2011 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.
  21. ^ Las Leñas, 1990 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Brazil: Universo Online, retrieved November 1, 2011.

See also