Colombia at the Pan American Games
IOC code	COL
NOC	Comité Olímpico Colombiano
Website	www.coc.org.co
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 135 Silver 171 Bronze 260 Total 566
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

1971 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony, in Cali.

Colombia has participated in all editions of the Pan American games since its inception in 1951,^[1] except in 1959 and 1963. Hurdler Jaime Aparicio Rodewaldt won the country's first medal at the inaugural edition of the games in Buenos Aires 1951, a gold medal at the 400 m hurdles.^[2] The country is ranked seventh in the all-time Pan American games medal table. Cali, the capital of the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca, held the 1971 Pan American Games, and to date, the only time Colombia hosted the games. Its best performance was at the 2019 Edition in Lima, where it earned 28 golden medals, however, their best rank was at Toronto 2015 ranking fifth.^[3] The nation has won a total of 136 golden medals, and 568 overall, with weightlifting, roller skating, and cycling as the most successful sports.

Medal Count

Summer

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1951 Buenos Aires	–	1	0	0	1	9
1955 Mexico City	–	2	3	1	6	8
1959 Chicago	did not participate
1963 São Paulo	did not participate
1967 Winnipeg	–	1	2	5	8	9
1971 Cali	–	5	9	14	28[4]	7
1975 Mexico City	–	2	4	4	10	7
1979 San Juan	–	0	1	8	9	14
1983 Caracas	–	1	7	13	21	9
1987 Indianapolis	–	3	8	13	24	8
1991 Havana	–	5	15	21	41	7
1995 Mar del Plata	–	5	15	28	48	8
1999 Winnipeg	168	7	17	18	42	7
2003 Santo Domingo	–	11	7	25	43	8
2007 Rio de Janeiro	307	14	20	13	47	6
2011 Guadalajara	284	24	25	35	84	6
2015 Toronto	294	27	14	31	72	5
2019 Lima	349	27	24	31	82	7
2023 Santiago	future event
Total		135	171	260	564	7

Winter

Year	Ref.	Edition	Host city	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1990	I	Las Leñas	—	0	0	0	0
Total				—	0	0	0	0

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting	34	29	23	86
Roller speed skating	21	20	15	56
Track cycling	19	16	16	51
Athletics	11	18	33	62
Road cycling	8	4	5	17
Squash	5	4	8	17
Artistic gymnastics	4	8	9	21
Bowling	4	3	8	15
Boxing	3	10	14	27
Tennis	3	4	1	8
Archery	3	2	5	10
Golf	3	0	1	4
BMX racing	2	0	1	3
Surfing	2	0	0	2
Taekwondo	1	2	12	15
Football	1	2	1	4
Diving	1	1	6	8
Mountain biking	1	0	0	1
Water skiing	0	2	1	3
Artistic roller skating	0	1	5	6
Racquetball	0	1	3	4
Bodybuilding	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Baseball	0	0	1	1
Roller hockey	0	0	1	1
Rugby	0	0	1	1
Trampoline gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)	126	129	171	426

Parapan American Games Medal Count

Colombia had participated in all editions of the Parapan American Games, since 1999. As of the 2015 edition, it ranks in the eighth place of the all-time medal table of the competition. The country has won 51 golden medals, and 193 overall.^[5]

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1999 Mexico City	–	2	6	4	12	13
2003 Mar del Plata	–	5	6	9	20	7
2007 Rio de Janeiro	66[6]	2	6	9	17	9
2011 Guadalajara	107	18	23	13	54	6
2015 Toronto	140	24	36	30	90	5
2019 Lima	191	47	36	50	133	4
2023 Santiago	future event
Total		98	113	115	326	7

See also

• Colombia at the Olympics
• Colombia at the Paralympics
• Colombia at the Youth Olympics

References

External links

• COC - Comité Olímpico Colombiano Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Official site.