Chile at the Pan American Games

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 at the Pan American Games
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Chile
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 69 Silver 141 Bronze 205 Total 415
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

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.

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  Logo of the cancelled 1975 Pan American Games
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  Logo of the 2023 Pan American Games

Medal count

Hosting edition

Summer

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold medals	Total medals
1951 Buenos Aires	8	19	12	39	3	3	^[4]
1955 Mexico City	4	8	13	25	4	4	^[5]
1959 Chicago	5	2	6	13	6	8	^[6]
1963 São Paulo	2	1	6	9	9	9	^[7]
1967 Winnipeg	1	1	3	5	11	11	^[8]
1971 Cali	0	3	4	7	16	12	^[9]
1975 Mexico City	0	0	2	2	18	16	^[10]
1979 San Juan	1	4	6	11	8	9	^[11]
1983 Caracas	1	3	9	13	10	10	^[12]
1987 Indianapolis	1	2	4	7	13	14	^[13]
1991 Havana	2	1	7	10	10	10	^[14]
1995 Mar del Plata	2	6	11	19	9	10	^[15]
1999 Winnipeg	1	4	7	12	12	10	^[16]
2003 Santo Domingo	2	10	10	22	13	10	^[17]
2007 Rio de Janeiro	6	5	9	20	10	11	^[18]
2011 Guadalajara	3	16	24	43	13	9	^[19]
2015 Toronto	5	6	18	29	11	10	^[20]
2019 Lima	13	19	18	50	8	8
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
1990 Las Leñas	0	0	0	0	–	–	^[21]

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	16	14	21	51
Rowing	10	12	14	36
Equestrian	7	6	13	26
Cycling	6	14	16	36
Roller sports	5	10	12	27
Karate	5	5	10	20
Tennis	3	13	7	23
Shooting	3	7	9	19
Sailing	3	5	9	17
Boxing	2	9	9	20
Water skiing	2	6	11	19
Weightlifting	2	4	4	10
Judo	1	3	3	7
Gymnastics	1	3	2	6
Swimming	1	3	2	6
Triathlon	1	1	0	2
Beach volleyball	1	0	1	2
Fencing	0	6	5	11
Canoeing	0	5	1	6
Football	0	3	2	5
Basketball	0	2	3	5
Archery	0	2	1	3
Table tennis	0	1	12	13
Taekwondo	0	1	7	8
Field hockey	0	1	6	7
Wrestling	0	1	5	6
Handball	0	1	3	4
Modern pentathlon	0	1	2	3
Rugby sevens	0	1	0	1
Surfing	0	1	0	1
Basque pelota	0	0	6	6
Racquetball	0	0	3	3
Golf	0	0	2	2
Squash	0	0	2	2
Bodybuilding	0	0	1	1
Breaking	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 entries)	69	141	205	415

Best results in non-medaling sports

Summer
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Artistic swimming	5^th	Chile mixed team	Team in 2023
Badminton	5^th	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	8^th	Chile men's team	Men's tournament in 2023
Bowling	7^th	Verónica Valdebenito and María José Caro	Women's doubles in 2023
Diving	5^th	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	8^th	Chile women's team	Women's tournament in 2023
Volleyball	4^th	Chile men's team	Men's tournament in 2019
Water polo	5^th	Chile men's team	Men's tournament in 1951
Winter
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Alpine skiing	> 10^th	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

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2. [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.
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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. (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