Pan American Sports Organization

The Pan American Sports Organization (acronym: PASO; Spanish: Organización Deportiva Panamericana, Portuguese: Organização Desportiva Pan-Americana ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the North American and South American continents. It is the Continental Association of the Americas. It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated bodies, including ANOC, the Association of National Olympic Committees.

Presidents

No.	Name	Origin	Date of birth/death	Took office	Left office	Notes
1	Avery Brundage	United States	September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975	1940	1951
2	Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores	Mexico	1908 – 1971	1951	1955
3	Doug Roby	United States	March 24, 1898 – March 31, 1992	1955	1959
4	Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores	Mexico	1908 – 1971	1959	1971
5	Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha	Brazil	1909 – 2002	1971	1971
6	Jose Beracasa Amran	Venezuela	1909 – 2002	1971	1975
7	Mario Vázquez Raña	Mexico	June 7, 1932 –	1975		Longest serving president.

^1 Served as acting president for two months as his predecessor died in office.

Flag

The flag of the Pan American Sports Organization.

Just like the International Olympic Committee, the Pan American Sports Organization has its own flag. The flag has the four words, "América", "Espírito", "Sports" and "Fraternité", each respectively in one of the four official languages of the organization, namely Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. Also, on the flag is a torch along with the Olympic Rings and five circles with the official colours of the Olympics on a white background. Finally, the words PASO and ODEPA are written to indicate the organization the flag represents.

Member countries

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	Created	Ref.
Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association	1966/1976	[1]
Argentina	ARG	Comité Olímpico Argentino	1923	[2]
Aruba	ARU	Comité Olímpico Arubano	1985/1986	[3]
Bahamas	BAH	Bahamas Olympic Association	1952	[4]
Barbados	BAR	Barbados Olympic Association	1955	[5]
Belize	BIZ	Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association	1967	[6]
Bermuda	BER	Bermuda Olympic Association	1935/1936	[7]
Bolivia	BOL	Comité Olímpico Boliviano	1932/1936	[8]
Brazil	BRA	Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro	1914/1935	[9]
British Virgin Islands	IVB	British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee	1980/1982	[10]
Canada	CAN	Canadian Olympic Committee / Comité Olympique Canadien	1904/1907	[11]
Cayman Islands	CAY	Cayman Islands Olympic Committee	1973/1976	[12]
Chile	CHI	Comité Olímpico de Chile	1934	[13]
Colombia	COL	Comité Olímpico Colombiano	1936/1948	[14]
Costa Rica	CRC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica	1953/1954	[15]
Cuba	CUB	Comité Olímpico Cubano	1926/1954	[16]
Dominica	DMA	Dominica Olympic Committee	1987/1993	[17]
Dominican Republic	DOM	Comité Olímpico Dominicano	1946/1962	[18]
Ecuador	ECU	Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano	1948/1959	[19]
El Salvador	ESA	Comité Olímpico de El Salvador	1949/1962	[20]
Grenada	GRN	The Grenada Olympic Committee	1984	[21]
Guatemala	GUA	Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco	1947	[22]
Guyana	GUY	Guyana Olympic Association	1935/1948	[23]
Haiti	HAI	Comité Olympique Haïtien	1914/1924	[24]
Honduras	HON	Comité Olímpico Hondureño	1956	[25]
Jamaica	JAM	Jamaica Olympic Association	1936	[26]
Mexico	MEX	Comité Olímpico Mexicano	1923	[27]
Nicaragua	NCA	Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense	1959	[28]
Panama	PAN	Comité Olímpico Nacional De Panamá	1934/1947	[29]
Paraguay	PAR	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo	1970	[30]
Peru	PER	Comité Olímpico Peruano	1924/1936	[31]
Puerto Rico	PUR	Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico	1948	[32]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	SKN	St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee	1986/1993	[33]
Saint Lucia	LCA	St. Lucia Olympic Committee	1987/1993	[34]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee	1982/1987	[35]
Suriname	SUR	Surinaams Olympisch Comité	1959	[36]
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee	1946/1948	[37]
United States	USA	United States Olympic Committee	1894	[38]
Uruguay	URU	Comité Olímpico Uruguayo	1923	[39]
Venezuela	VEN	Comité Olímpico Venezolano	1935	[40]
Virgin Islands	ISV	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee	1967	[41]

Former member: Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee

Events

• Pan American Games
• Parapan American Games

See also

• Americas Paralympic Committee

External links

• ODEPA/PASO Official Website
• Americas Paralympic Committee Official Website