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All-time haul

1,141 medals

376 gold 373 silver 392 bronze

1 medal withdrawn for doping is not counted. Relays count once.

On the podium

52 of 54 editions since 1919 · every one since 1956

First medal

1920 Santiago · Enrique Thompson, 800m gold

First gold

1920 Santiago · Enrique Thompson, 800m

Best edition

Montevideo 1933 39 medals, 12 of them gold

All-time table

2nd of 14 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1919–2025

Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a year
  1. 1919
  2. 1920
  3. 1924
  4. 1926
  5. 1927
  6. 1929
  7. 1931
  8. 1933
  9. 1935
  10. 1937
  11. 1939
  12. 1941
  13. 1943
  14. 1945
  15. 1947
  16. 1949
  17. 1952
  18. 1954
  19. 1956
  20. 1958
  21. 1961
  22. 1963
  23. 1965
  24. 1967
  25. 1969
  26. 1971
  27. 1974
  28. 1975
  29. 1977
  30. 1979
  31. 1981
  32. 1983
  33. 1985
  34. 1987
  35. 1989
  36. 1991
  37. 1993
  38. 1995
  39. 1997
  40. 1999
  41. 2001
  42. 2003
  43. 2005
  44. 2006
  45. 2007
  46. 2009
  47. 2011
  48. 2013
  49. 2015
  50. 2017
  51. 2019
  52. 2021
  53. 2023
  54. 2025

Edition by edition

YearEditionMedalsGSBTotalMedallists
2025Mar del Plata 54th edition34512
2023Sao Paulo 53rd edition64414
2021Guayaquil 52nd edition14611
2019Lima 51st edition231116
2017Asunción 50th edition63514
2015Lima 49th edition25512
2013Cartagena, Colombia 48th edition36312
2011Buenos Aires 47th edition58720
2009Lima 46th edition361019
2007São Paulo 45th edition45413
2006Tunja ↗ 44th edition53513
2005Cali 43rd edition46818
2003Barquisimeto 42nd edition33410
2001Manaus 41st edition54817
1999Bogotá ↗ 40th edition54514
1997Mar del Plata 39th edition891734
1995Manaus 38th edition581225
1993Lima 37th edition69621
1991Manaus 36th edition13610
1989Medellín 35th edition3328
1987São Paulo 34th edition87924
1985Santiago 33rd edition77418
1983Santa Fé 32nd edition361019
1981La Paz ↗ 31st edition13812
1979Bucaramanga 30th edition74718
1977Montevideo 29th edition66618
1975Rio de Janeiro 28th edition691025
1974Santiago 27th edition48618
1971Lima 26th edition86822
1969Quito ↗ 25th edition610824
1967Buenos Aires 24th edition5101025
1965Rio de Janeiro 23rd edition108725
1963Cali 22nd edition97723
1961Lima 21st edition10121133
1958Montevideo 20th edition781631
1956Santiago 19th edition1011930
1954São Paulo 18th editionNo medal––––
1952Buenos Aires 17th edition1211629
1949Lima 16th edition14101135
1947Rio de Janeiro 15th edition1811837
1945Montevideo 14th edition139931
1943Santiago 13th edition11121235
1941Buenos Aires 12th edition1212933
1939Lima 11th edition7101128
1937São Paulo 10th edition910726
1935Santiago 9th edition3216
1933Montevideo 8th edition12141339
1931Buenos Aires 7th edition1610632
1929Lima 6th edition13121035
1927Santiago 5th edition147223
1926Montevideo 4th edition179834
1924Buenos Aires 3rd edition1310730
1920Santiago 2nd edition52310
1919Montevideo 1st editionNo medal––––
Total52 of 54 editions on the podium3763733921141
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