Football at the Pan American Games

A men's football tournament is held at every Pan American Games since the first edition of the multi-sports event in 1951. A women's tournament was introduced in 1999.

Men's tournament

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match				Participants
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1951 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina		Argentina	RR	Costa Rica		Chile	RR	Paraguay		5
1955 Details	Mexico City, Mexico		Argentina	RR	Mexico		Netherlands Antilles	RR	Venezuela		4
1959 Details	Chicago, United States		Argentina	RR	Brazil		United States	RR	Haiti		7
1963 Details	São Paulo, Brazil		Brazil	RR	Argentina		Chile	RR	Uruguay		5
1967 Details	Winnipeg, Canada		Mexico	4–0 after extra time	Bermuda		Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	Canada		8
1971 Details	Cali, Colombia		Argentina	RR	Colombia		Cuba	RR	Trinidad and Tobago		12
1975 Details	Mexico City, Mexico		Mexico Brazil	1–1 after extra time (Title Shared)			Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica		13
1979 Details	San Juan, Puerto Rico		Brazil	3–0	Cuba		Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica		12
1983 Details	Caracas, Venezuela		Uruguay	1-0	Brazil		Guatemala		---		10
1987 Details	Indianapolis, United States		Brazil	2–0 after extra time	Chile		Argentina	0–0 (5–4) on penalties	Mexico		12
1991 Details	Havana, Cuba		United States	2–1 after extra time	Mexico		Cuba	1–0	Honduras		8
1995 Details	Mar del Plata, Argentina		Argentina	0–0 (5–4) on penalties	Mexico		Colombia	3–0	Honduras		12
1999 Details	Winnipeg, Canada		Mexico	3–1	Honduras		United States	2–1	Canada		10
2003 Details	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		Argentina	1–0	Brazil		Mexico	0–0 (5–4) on penalties	Colombia		8
2007 Details	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		Ecuador	2–1	Jamaica		Mexico	1–0	Bolivia		12
2011 Details	Guadalajara, Mexico		Mexico	1–0	Argentina		Uruguay	2–1	Costa Rica		8
2015 Details	Toronto, Canada		Uruguay	1–0	Mexico		Brazil	3–1 after extra time	Panama		8
2019 Details	Lima, Peru		Argentina	4–1	Honduras		Mexico	1–0	Uruguay		8

* Under-23 tournament since 1999.

The tournament was played in league format from 1951 to 1963, neither final nor bronze medal match hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in group format in early stages, but played in league format for final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams played in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team.

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth Place
Argentina	7 (1951*, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995*, 2003, 2019)	2 (1963, 2011)	3 (1975, 1979, 1987)
Mexico	4 (1967, 1975*, 1999, 2011*)	4 (1955*, 1991, 1995, 2015)	3 (2003, 2007, 2019)	1 (1987)
Brazil	4 (1963*, 1975, 1979, 1987)	2 (1959, 2003)	2 (1983, 2015)
Uruguay	2 (1983, 2015)		1 (2011)	1 (2019)
United States	1 (1991)		2 (1959*, 1999)	1 (1963)
Ecuador	1 (2007)
Honduras		2 (1999, 2019)		2 (1991, 1995)
Chile		1 (1987)	2 (1951, 1963)
Cuba		1 (1979)	2 (1971, 1991*)
Colombia		1 (1971*)	1 (1995)	1 (2003)
Costa Rica		1 (1951)		3 (1975, 1979, 2011)
Bermuda		1 (1967)
Guatemala		1 (1983)
Jamaica		1 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago			1 (1967)	1 (1971)
Netherlands Antilles			1 (1955)
Canada				2 (1967*, 1999*)
Paraguay				1 (1951)
Venezuela				1 (1955)
Haiti				1 (1959)
Bolivia				1 (2007)
Panama				1 (2015)

* = host

Participating nations

Teams participate with their U-22 squads. In some cases such as in 1951 (for Venezuela and Costa Rica) some countries sent their full squad (including players over the age of 22).

Nation	1951	1955	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	Years
Argentina					5				9						9				15
Bahamas						9													1
Bermuda						10		8	8			11							5
Bolivia							6								4				2
Brazil												5			5	6			11
Canada					4	5	7			11	7		4				7		7
Chile									4			8							5
Colombia					8					10				4	6				6
Costa Rica			5				4	4				6	6		10	4			8
Cuba			7		7		5		7	8			8	6		8			11
Dominican Republic						12		9						8					3
Ecuador												9				7		8	4
El Salvador							9			7									2
Guatemala								7		5			7	7					5
Haiti			4			8					5				11				4
Honduras											4	4			7				5
Jamaica						11	12						5					6	5
Mexico			6			7			5	4									15
Nicaragua							13				8								2
Netherlands Antilles																			1
Panama																	4	5	2
Paraguay	4									9		7		5			5		5
Peru																	6	7	2
Puerto Rico								5											1
Suriname											6								1
Trinidad and Tobago						4	8			12		10	9			5	8		8
United States				5	6	6	11	6	10	6		12			8				12
Uruguay				4			10						10					4	7
Venezuela	4	4							6						12				4
Nations	5	4	7	5	8	12	13	9	10	12	8	12	10	8	12	8	8	8

Women's tournament

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match				Participants
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1999 Details	Winnipeg, Canada		United States U18	1–0	Mexico		Costa Rica	1–1 (4–3) on penalties	Canada		5
2003 Details	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		Brazil	2–1 after extra time	Canada		Mexico	4–1	Argentina		6
2007 Details	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		Brazil	5–0	United States U20		Canada	2–1	Mexico		10
2011 Details	Guadalajara, Mexico		Canada	1–1 (4–3) on penalties	Brazil		Mexico	1–0 after extra time	Colombia		8
2015 Details	Toronto, Canada		Brazil	4–0	Colombia		Mexico	2–1	Canada		8
2019 Details	Lima, Peru		Colombia	1–1 (7–6) on penalties	Argentina		Costa Rica	1–0	Paraguay		8

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth Place
Brazil	3 (2003, 2007*, 2015)	1 (2011)
Canada	1 (2011)	1 (2003)	1 (2007)	2 (1999*, 2015)
Colombia	1 (2019)	1 (2015)		1 (2011)
United States U18/20	1 (1999)	1 (2007)
Mexico		1 (1999)	3 (2003, 2011*, 2015)	1 (2007)
Argentina		1 (2019)		1 (2003)
Costa Rica			2 (1999, 2019)
Paraguay				1 (2019)

* = host

Participating nations

Nation	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	Years
Argentina		4	5	7	8		5
Brazil							4
Canada	4				4		5
Chile				5			1
Colombia				4			3
Costa Rica		5		6	5		5
Ecuador			7		6		2
Haiti		6					1
Jamaica			6			7	2
Mexico			4			5	6
Panama			8			6	2
Paraguay			10			4	2
Peru						8	1
Trinidad and Tobago	5			8	7		3
United States U18/20							2
Uruguay			9				1
Nations	5	6	10	8	8	8

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