Pan American Gymnastics Championships

The Pan American Gymnastics Union organizes Pan American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics. The Pan American Gymnastics Championships are considered by the International Gymnastics Federation to be the official continental championships for the Americas (comprising North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean). Pan American Championships have also been organized for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.[1]

History

Artistic gymnastics competitions have been contested in the Americas since 1946, at the fifth edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. In 1951 , the sport was contested at the inaugural edition of the Pan American Games, and in 1957 the first edition of the South American championships in artistic gymnastics was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1964, the North American Championships in artistic gymnastics was contested for the first time. The meet would be staged until 1968, and in 1969 the competition changed its name to Copa de las Americas (Cup of the Americas) to allow South American nations to compete.[2] At least one South American nation, Brazil, intended to compete, but eventually the event was attended only by North American nations.[3]

Only in 1987, with the development and growth of gymnastics around the world, a tournament for junior gymnasts from the Americas was established with competitions in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics.[4] The event was originally scheduled to take place in 1986, but was ultimately held from February 20 to 28, 1987, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. It was the first international tournament held on a continental level in the Americas outside of the gymnastics events at the Pan American Games, and the first of its kind for junior gymnasts.[5][6] A tournament for senior artistic and rhythmic gymnasts took place for the first time in 1989, named the Pan American Cup.[7] A second edition of the tournament was held four years later, in December 1993, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, with events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics.[8][9]

In 1997, the title Pan American Cup was dropped in favor of Pan American Gymnastics Championships. The title Pan American Cup would then be used to represent tournaments between clubs, instead of tournaments between national representatives. The 1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships was held in Medellín, Colombia, and was attended by artistic and rhythmic gymnasts.[10][11] In 1995, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) recognized aerobic gymnastics (then sport aerobics) as a new competitive gymnastics discipline. The first edition of the Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships was held in Mérida, Venezuela, in 1999.

The FIG recognized two new gymnastics disciplines, acrobatic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling, in 1999. In 2004, the Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships was organized for the first time in Tampa, United States. The first edition of the Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships was organized in 2015. In 2018, parkour was introduced by the FIG as a gymnastics discipline. To date, no Pan American Championships in parkour have been held.

Pan American championships also exist for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics, a discipline not recognized by the FIG, organized, instead, by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG).[1] The first edition of the tournament was organized in 2017, in Mérida, Mexico.[12]

Senior events

Artistic gymnastics
Year Event Location Ref.
1989 1989 Pan American Gymnastics Cup Victoria [13]
1993 1993 Pan American Gymnastics Cup Maracaibo [14][15]
1997 1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Medellín [16]
2001 2001 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Cancún [17]
2004 2004 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships Maracaibo [18]
2005 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Rio de Janeiro [19]
2008 2008 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships Rosario [20][21]
2010 2010 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Guadalajara [22]
2012 2012 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships Medellín [23]
2013 2013 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships San Juan [24]
2014 2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Mississauga [25]
2016 2016 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sucre [26]
2017 2017 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships Lima [27]
2018 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Lima [27]

Rhythmic gymnastics
Year Event Location Ref.
1989 1989 Pan American Gymnastics Cup Victoria [13]
1997 1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Medellín [16]
2001 2001 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Cancún [17]
2005 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Vitória [19]
2010 2010 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Guadalajara [22]
2014 2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Mississauga [25]
2016 2016 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Merida [28]
2017 2017 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Daytona Beach [29]
2018 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships Lima [27]

Trampoline and tumbling
Year Event Edition Location Ref.
2004 2004 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships I Tampa [30]
2006 2006 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships II Monterrey [31]
2008 2008 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships III Buenos Aires [20]
2010 2010 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships IV Daytona Beach [22]
2012 2012 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships V Querétaro [32]
2014 2014 Pan American Gymnastics Championships VI Mississauga [25]
2016 2016 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships VII Bogotá [33]
2018 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships VIII Lima [27]

Aerobic gymnastics
Year Event Edition Location Ref.
1999 1999 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships I Mérida [34]
2001 2001 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships II Santiago [34]
2005 2005 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships III Mexico City [34]
2006 2006 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships IV San Cristobal [34]
2007 2007 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships V Morelos [34]
2009 2009 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships VI Morelos [34]
2010 2010 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships VII Balneário Camboriú [22]
2011 2011 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships VIII Yaracuy [35]
2012 2012 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships IX Acapulco [32]
2013 2013 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships X Santiago [34]
2015 2015 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships XI Morelos [36]
2016 2016 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships XII Lima [37]
2017 2017 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships XIII Bogotá [38]
2018 2018 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships XIV Lima [39]
2019 2019 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships XV Buenos Aires [40]

Acrobatic gymnastics
Year Event Edition Location Ref.
2015 2015 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships I Caguas [41]
2017 2017 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships II Daytona Beach [29]
2019 2019 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships III Monterrey [42]

All-time medal table

Artistic gymnastics
1997–2018; Senior events
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)473518100
2 Brazil (BRA)21263279
3 Cuba (CUB)20211253
4 Mexico (MEX)116926
5 Venezuela (VEN)1013831
6 Colombia (COL)9141134
7 Puerto Rico (PUR)6121331
8 Canada (CAN)69924
9 Guatemala (GUA)5128
10 Argentina (ARG)4101428
11 Chile (CHI)33511
12 Dominican Republic (DOM)3014
13 Peru (PER)1113
14 Ecuador (ECU)0101
15 Uruguay (URU)0022
Totals (15 nations)146152137435

Rhythmic gymnastics
1997–2018; Senior events
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2621956
2 Brazil (BRA)20171855
3 Mexico (MEX)14171849
4 Canada (CAN)54615
5 Cuba (CUB)46616
6 Argentina (ARG)14510
7 Venezuela (VEN)0044
8 Chile (CHI)0033
Totals (8 nations)706969208

Junior events

The first edition of the Pan American Championships for youth and junior gymnasts was originally scheduled to take place in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in 1986, but was ultimately postponed to February 1987.[4][5][43][44]

Artistic gymnastics
Year Event Location Ref.
1987 1987 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Barquisimeto [4]
1988 1988 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Ponce [7]
1990 1990 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Tallahassee [45]
1992 1992 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships São Paulo [46][47]
1994 1994 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Monterrey [46][48]
1996 1996 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Guatemala City [49]
1998 1998 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Houston [50]
2000 2000 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Curitiba [51]
2002 2002 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Santo Domingo [52]
2004 2004 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships San Salvador [53]
2006 2006 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Québec [54]
2007 2007 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Guatemala City [55]
2009 2009 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Aracaju [56]
2012 2012 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Medellín [23]
2014 2014 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Aracaju [25]
2016 2016 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sucre [26]
2018 2018 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Buenos Aires [27]

Rhythmic gymnastics
Year Event Location Ref.
1987 1987 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Barquisimeto [4]
1988 1988 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Salinas [7]
1990 1990 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Tallahassee [57]
1992 1992 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships São Paulo [58]
1994 1994 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Monterrey [48][58]
1996 1996 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Guatemala City [49][58]
1998 1998 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Houston [59][58]
2000 2000 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships San Felipe [60]
2002 2002 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Santo Domingo [61][62]
2004 2004 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships San Salvador [53]
2006 2006 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Toronto [63]
2007 2007 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships San Cristóbal [64]
2009 2009 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Havana [56]
2012 2012 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Córdoba [65]
2014 2014 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Daytona Beach [25]
2016 2016 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Merida [26]
2017 2017 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Daytona Beach [29][66]
2018 2018 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Medellin [67]
2019 2019 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Monterrey [68]

Other disciplines
Year Event Location Discipline(s) competed Ref.
2006 2006 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships Monterrey Trampoline [69]
2012 2012 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships Acapulco Aerobic gymnastics [32]
2014 2014 Pan American Trampoline Championships Daytona Beach Trampoline and tumbling [25]
2015 2015 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships Caguas Acrobatic gymnastics [41]
2017 2017 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships Daytona Beach Acrobatic gymnastics [29][66]
2018 2018 Pan American Trampoline Championships Cochabamba Trampoline and tumbling [27]
2019 2019 Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships Monterrey Acrobatic gymnastics [70]

Aesthetic group gymnastics
Senior
Year Event Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2017 2017 Pan American Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships Mérida  Brazil
Marrie Cotia		  Mexico
Charlottes		  Canada
Rhythmic Expressions		 [12]
2018 2018 Pan American Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships Santos  Canada
Rhythmic Expressions		  Brazil
Cuba Team		 None awarded [71][72]
2020 2020 Pan American Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships Toronto Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada [73]

See also

References
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  2. Reet Nurmberg - A history of competitive gymnastics in Canada (1970)
  3. Jornal dos Sports May 2, 1969 (in Portuguese).
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  6. Technique Magazine 1986
  7. USA Gymnastics 1988
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  9. USA Gymnastics - November/December 1993
  10. Technique magazine - July 1997
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  12. Portal Viva (in Portuguese)
  13. EF Deportes (in Spanish)
  14. The Orlando Sentinel Saturday, January 1, 1994 - Page 63
  15. Sagreras - Sergio Alvariño
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  17. USA Gym archived events 2001
  18. USA Gym archived events 2004
  19. USA Gym archived events 2005
  20. USA Gym archived events 2008
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  23. Sagreras - Federico Molinari
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  25. USA Gym archived events 2014
  26. 2016 FEDCOLFGIM schedule
  27. Brazilian Gymnastics Federation - Schedules (in Portuguese)
  28. Yucatán.mx
  29. FIG - 2017 Pan American Championships
  30. USA Gymnastics Nov/Dec 2004
  31. USA Gymnastics 2006 events
  32. USA Gym archived events 2012
  33. FIG event status
  34. FIG website
  35. USA Gym archived events 2011
  36. Zocalo Deportes
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  42. FIG 2019 Acro
  43. Technique Magazine 1986
  44. The Morning Call Tuesday, December 22, 1992 - Page 37
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  46. USA Gymnastics - Mike Dutka
  47. Gymn Forum
  48. Instituto Ananda
  49. Ritmica Argentina 1996 (in Spanish)
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  51. Federico Molinari's official website
  52. USA Gym archived events 2002
  53. "Grace Click". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  54. Coach Marcos Goto
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  57. Ginásticas (in Portuguese)
  58. Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG)
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  60. Ritmica Argentina 2000 (in Spanish)
  61. USA Gym archived events 2002
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  63. USA Gymnastics 2006 Rhythmic results
  64. 2007 Junior Rhythmic Pan Ams
  65. Slideshare
  66. USA Gymnastics 2017
  67. Colombian Gymnastics Federation
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  69. USA Gymnastics 2006 Artistic results
  70. FIG - 2019 Acro Pan Ams
  71. Globo (In Portuguese)
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  73. IFAGG 2020
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