| Football at thePan American Games | |
|---|---|
| No. of events | 2 tournaments (men and women) |
Football at the Pan American Games is anassociation football competition organized byPanam Sports in the continentalmulti-sport event of thePan American Games. The men's tournament has been played since 1951, it has restricted the participation of elite players in various ways.The women's tournament has been played since 1999, it is for senior national teams.
The tournament was played in a league format from 1951 to 1963, neither the final nor bronze medal match was hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in a group format in the early stages, but played in a league format for the final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams playing in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.
| Year | Host city | Gold | Results | Silver | Bronze | Results | Fourth place | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior teams | |||||||||
| 1999 | 1–0 | 1–1 (4–3p) | 5 | ||||||
| 2003 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 4–1 | 6 | ||||||
| 2007 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 10 | ||||||
| 2011 | 1–1 (4–3p) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 8 | ||||||
| 2015 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8 | ||||||
| 2019 | 1–1 (7–6p) | 1–0 | 8 | ||||||
| 2023 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 8 | ||||||
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1971,1995, 2003, 2019) | 2 (1963, 2011) | 3 (1975, 1979, 1987) | 12 | |
| 5 (1963, 1975*, 1979, 1987, 2023) | 3 (1959, 1983, 2003) | 1 (2015) | 9 | |
| 4 (1967,1975*, 1999,2011) | 4 (1955, 1991, 1995, 2015) | 4 (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023) | 12 | |
| 2 (1983, 2015) | – | 1 (2011) | 3 | |
| 1 (1991) | – | 2 (1959, 1999) | 3 | |
| 1 (2007) | – | – | 1 | |
| – | 2 (1987,2023) | 2 (1951, 1963) | 4 | |
| – | 2 (1999, 2019) | – | 2 | |
| – | 1 (1979) | 2 (1971,1991) | 3 | |
| – | 1 (1971) | 1 (1995) | 2 | |
| – | 1 (1951) | – | 1 | |
| – | 1 (1967) | – | 1 | |
| – | 1 (2007) | – | 1 | |
| – | – | 1 (1967) | 1 | |
| – | – | 1 (1955) | 1 | |
| – | – | 1 (1983) | 1 |
Italic — Hosts
* shared title
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (2003,2007, 2015) | 1 (2011) | – | 4 | |
| 1 (2023) | 1 (1999) | 3 (2003,2011, 2015) | 5 | |
U-20/U-19/U-18 | 1 (1999) | 1 (2007) | 1 (2023) | 3 |
| 1 (2011) | 1 (2003) | 1 (2007) | 3 | |
| 1 (2019) | 1 (2015) | – | 2 | |
| – | 1 (2019) | – | 1 | |
| – | 1 (2023) | – | 1 | |
| – | – | 2 (1999, 2019) | 2 |
Italic — Hosts
National teams participated with their Olympic teams represented by amateur players and Olympic teams represented by under-22 and under-23 players with 3 overage players. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including overage players).[1]
| Nation | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nations | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Nation | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 8 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | |||||
U-20/U-19/U-18 | 3 | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | |||||||
| Nations | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (17 entries) | 27 | 25 | 26 | 78 | |