Pan American Sports Organization
Organización Deportiva Panamericana | |
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Formation | August 8, 1948 |
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Type | Continental Sports Organization |
Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
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Coordinates | 19°26′14″N 99°09′30″W / 19.43722°N 99.15833°W |
Membership | 41 National Olympic Committees |
Official language | English, Spanish |
Neven Ilic | |
Website | PanamSports.org |
Panam Sports (officially English: Pan American Sports Organization and Spanish: Organización Deportiva Panamericana; Portuguese: Organização Desportiva Pan-Americana; French: Organisation sportive panaméricaine)[1][2] is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the American continent.
It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated bodies, including ANOC, the Association of National Olympic Committees, and serves as the continental association of the American Continent.
The organization's flagship event is the quadrennial Pan American Games, held since 1951. The Parapan American Games were inaugurated in 1999 for disabled athletes and are held alongside the able-bodied Pan American Games. The Pan American Winter Games, for winter sports, were held only once in 1990. The Pan American Sports Festival was inaugurated in 2014 as a developmental event for the region's athletes.
Affiliated organizations
There are four regional entities affiliated with Panam Sports, they are:
- CACSO (ODECABE) – organizers of the Central American and Caribbean Games
- ODEBO – organizers of the Bolivarian Games
- ODESUR – organizers of the South American Games
- ORDECA – organizers of the Central American Games
Official Languages
The organization's official languages are English and Spanish.[3][4]
Flag
Just like the International Olympic Committee, Panam Sports has its own flag. In 2017, Panam Sports underwent a complete rebranding of the organization, including changes to its commercial name (now Panam Sports), brand and flag. The modern design emphasizes the unity of Panam Sports' 41 member nations, displaying the entire continent within a seal that features the new commercial name 'Panam Sports' at the top and 'Organization' at the bottom. The Olympic Rings reside below the seal, symbolizing the continental organization's close relationship with the IOC and the Olympic Games. The seal and accompanying rings are centered on the white background of the flag.
The original flag of PASO-ODEPA contained organization's motto[3][4] "AMÉRICA, ESPÍRITO, SPORT, FRATERNITÉ", each respectively in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. The original flag also displayed a torch along with the Olympic Rings and five circles with the official colors of the Olympics on a white background. Finally, the words PASO and ODEPA were written to indicate the organization the flag represents.
Member nations
In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.
Nation | Code | National Olympic Committee | President | Created/Recognised | IOC member | Subregion |
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ANT | Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee | E.P. Chet Greene | 1966/1976 | Yes | Caribbean |
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ARG | Argentine Olympic Committee | Mario Moccia | 1923 | Yes | South America |
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ARU | Aruban Olympic Committee | Wanda Broeksema | 1985/1986 | Yes | Caribbean/South America[note 1] |
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BAH | Bahamas Olympic Committee | Romell Knowles | 1952 | Yes | Caribbean |
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BAR | Barbados Olympic Association | Sandra Osborne | 1955 | Yes | Caribbean |
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BIZ | Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association | Hilberto Martínez | 1967 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean |
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BER | Bermuda Olympic Association | Peter Dunne | 1935/1936 | Yes | Northern America[note 2] |
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BOL | Bolivian Olympic Committee | Marco Antonio Arze Mendoza | 1932/1936 | Yes | South America/Bolivarian |
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BRA | Brazilian Olympic Committee | Paulo Wanderley Teixeira | 1914/1935 | Yes | South America |
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IVB | British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee | Ephraim Penn | 1980/1982 | Yes | Caribbean |
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CAN | Canadian Olympic Committee | Tricia Smith | 1904/1907 | Yes | Northern America[note 3] |
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CAY | Cayman Islands Olympic Committee | Lorette Powell (acting) | 1973/1976 | Yes | Caribbean |
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CHI | Chilean Olympic Committee | Miguel Ángel Mujica | 1934 | Yes | South America/Bolivarian |
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COL | Colombian Olympic Committee | Ciro Solano Hurtado | 1936/1948 | Yes | South America/Caribbean/Bolivarian |
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CRC | Costa Rican Olympic Committee | Alexánder Zamora Gomez | 1953/1954 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean |
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CUB | Cuban Olympic Committee | Roberto León Richards Aguiar | 1926/1954 | Yes | Caribbean |
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DMA | Dominica Olympic Committee | Billy Doctrove | 1987/1993 | Yes | Caribbean |
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DOM | Dominican Republic Olympic Committee | Antonio Acosta Corletto | 1946/1962 | Yes | Caribbean/Bolivarian |
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ECU | Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee | Cap. Jorge Delgado Panchana | 1948/1959 | Yes | South America/Bolivarian |
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ESA | El Salvador Olympic Committee | Jose Armando Bruni Ochoa | 1949/1962 | Yes | Central America/Bolivarian |
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GRN | Grenada Olympic Committee | Cheney Joseph | 1984 | Yes | Caribbean |
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GUA | Guatemalan Olympic Committee | Gerardo Aguirre | 1947 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean/Bolivarian |
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GUY | Guyana Olympic Association | Kalam Azad Juman-Yassin | 1935/1948 | Yes | South America[note 4] |
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HAI | Haitian Olympic Committee | Hans Larsen | 1914/1924 | Yes | Caribbean |
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HON | Honduran Olympic Committee | Salvador Jiménez Cáceres | 1956 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean |
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JAM | Jamaica Olympic Association | Christopher Samuda | 1936 | Yes | Caribbean |
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MEX | Mexican Olympic Committee | María José Alcalá | 1923 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean[note 5] |
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NCA | Nicaraguan Olympic Committee | Emmett Lang Salmerón | 1959 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean |
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PAN | Panama Olympic Committee | Camilo Amado | 1934/1947 | Yes | Central America/Caribbean/South America/Bolivarian |
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PAR | Paraguayan Olympic Committee | Camilo Pérez López Moreira | 1970 | Yes | South America/Bolivarian |
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PER | Peruvian Olympic Committee | Renzo Manyari | 1924/1936 | Yes | South America/Bolivarian |
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PUR | Puerto Rico Olympic Committee | Sara Rosario | 1948 | Yes | Caribbean |
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SKN | St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee | Alphonso Bridgewater | 1986/1993 | Yes | Caribbean |
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LCA | Saint Lucia Olympic Committee | Alfred Emmanuel | 1987/1993 | Yes | Caribbean |
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VIN | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee | George Trevor Bailey | 1982/1987 | Yes | Caribbean |
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SUR | Suriname Olympic Committee | Ramon Tjon-A-Fat | 1959 | Yes | South America[note 6] |
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TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee | Diane Henderson | 1946/1948 | Yes | Caribbean[note 7] |
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USA | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee | Gene Sykes | 1894 | Yes | Northern America[note 8] |
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URU | Uruguayan Olympic Committee | Julio César Maglione | 1923 | Yes | South America |
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VEN | Venezuelan Olympic Committee | Eduardo Álvarez Camacho | 1935 | Yes | South America/Caribbean/Bolivarian |
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ISV | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee | Angel L. Morales | 1967 | Yes | Caribbean |
Former member: Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee
There are some nations which are not members of the Panam Sports because they are not independent countries:
- Anguilla, the Falkland Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands are British Overseas Territories without internal autonomy and so failed to create their own National Olympic Committees and therefore are not members of the Panam Sports.
- Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten are parts of the Dutch Caribbean since 2010. With the Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles later in that year, the athletes from these territories were allowed to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games with the older denomination. This also happened with these athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but they were parts of the Independent Olympic Athletes team. Since 2013, athletes from these five territories have been representing Aruba instead.[5]
- French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon are not members of the Panam Sports as they are overseas departments and collectivities of France. Nevertheless, French Guiana participated in the 1951 Pan American Games.[6] Guadeloupe and Martinique also competed in the 2003 Pan American Games as guests in the shooting events.[7]
- Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and geopolitically associated with Europe. Greenland is the only Northern American nation which is not a member of Panam Sports.
Presidents
S. No. | Name | Country | Tenure |
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1. | Avery Brundage | ![]() |
1948–1951[8][9] |
2. | José de Jesús Clark Flores | ![]() |
1951–1955 |
3. | Doug Roby | ![]() |
1955–1959 |
4. | José de Jesús Clark Flores | ![]() |
1959–1971 |
5. | Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha1 | ![]() |
1971–1971 |
6. | José Beracasa | ![]() |
1971–1975 |
7. | Mario Vázquez Raña | ![]() |
1975–2015 |
8. | Ivar Sisniega | ![]() |
2015–2015 |
9. | Julio César Maglione | ![]() |
2015–2017 |
10. | Neven Ilic | ![]() |
2017–present |
^1 Served as acting president for two months until new election.
Athlete Commission
In 2011, a new Panam Sports Athlete Commission was formed. Former Canadian rhythmic gymnast and three-time Pan American Games gold medalist Alexandra Orlando was selected the president of the commission. The commission will be made up of seven athletes (five current and two former) with two being reserved for non-Olympic sports.[10][11]
Member | Country | Since | Pan American Games Participation |
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Alexandra Orlando | ![]() |
2011 | 2003–2007 |
Mijaín López | ![]() |
2011 | 2003–2019 |
Samyr Lainé | ![]() |
2011 | 2003–2011 |
Andrea Estrada | ![]() |
2011 | 2011 |
Guillermo Perez | ![]() |
2011 | 2011 |
Pedro Causil | ![]() |
2011 | 2011 |
Shannon Nishi | ![]() |
2011 | 2011 |
Debut of countries per Games
Exclusion of indigenous sports
Despite criticisms that Ulama, the Mesoamerican Ballgame and Lacrosse[12][13] are not included in the program of the Pan American Games, the number of countries practicing the sport is too small for the sports to be added to the program. As of 2023, there are 19 national federations in the Americas affiliated with World Lacrosse with a minimum number of Panam Sports recognition being 14 (Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and the United States Virgin Islands). However, the Iroquois nation is not recognized as a National Olympic Committee by Panam Sports or the IOC.[14] Thus, there are at this time 14 regional member nations of World Lacrosse, enough for the sport to be included in the Pan Am Games as early as 2027.Lacrosse is recognized by the Global Association of International Sports Federations and by the International Olympic Committee and will be played in a six-a-side format at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but the number of National Federations have to grown to sport to be added at the Pan-An Games program. However, this is not the case with ulama, which inhibits its participation in the Pan American Games. It is a possibility that lacrosse will be included in the program of the Games in the future.
See also
Notes
- ^ Represented by athletes from all six Dutch Caribbean territories instead.
- ^ Northern America does not have a regional multi-sport event, Bermuda competes in the Central American and Caribbean Games instead.
- ^ Northern America does not have a regional multi-sport event, Canada only competes in the Pan American Games.
- ^ Geographically a part of South America, Guyana also competes in the Central American and Caribbean Games.
- ^ Mexico does not compete in the Central American Games, the country only competes in the Central American and Caribbean Games.
- ^ Geographically a part of South America, Suriname also competes in the Central American and Caribbean Games.
- ^ Geographically near South America, Trinidad and Tobago only competes in the Central American and Caribbean Games.
- ^ Northern America does not have a regional multi-sport event, the United States only competes in the Pan American Games.
References
- ^ "Constitution of the Pan American Sports Organization" (PDF). Pan American Sports Organization. 2020. pp. 2 f. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Estatuto de la Organización Deportiva Panamericana" (PDF). Organización Deportiva Panamericana (in Spanish). 2020. pp. 2 f. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b "Constitution of the Pan American Sports Organization" (PDF). Pan American Sports Organization. 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b "Estatuto de la Organización Deportiva Panamericana" (PDF). Organización Deportiva Panamericana (in Spanish). 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Curtain comes down on 123rd IOC Session". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Buenos Aires 1951". QuadrodeMedalhas.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ "Santo Domingo 2003". QuadrodeMedalhas.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "75 years Promoting, developing and uniting Sports in the Americas : ANOC". Association of National Olympic Committees. 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "History". Panam Sports. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Alexandra Orlando elected president of PASO Athletes' Commission". March 8, 2012. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ^ "Athlete's commission". Archived from the original on 2020-07-17.
- ^ Nahwegahbow, Barb (2014). "Aboriginal pavilion will tell "our story" our way". AMMSA. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ Windle, Jim (February 4, 2015). "Six Nations announces participation in Pan-Am Games". The Two Rows Times. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ "Haiti Voted in as FIL's 55th Member". filacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.