Pan American Gymnastics Championships: Every Edition and Host

From the Pan American Cup to the championships

Gymnasts of the Americas met at the Central American and Caribbean Games from 1946, at the Pan American Games from 1951 and at the South American Championships from 1957, but a continental event of their own came late. The first, for juniors in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, was held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, from 20 to 28 February 1987. Seniors followed with the Pan American Cup in 1989; a second edition was scheduled for Maracaibo in December 1993.

In 1997 the senior event took the name Pan American Gymnastics Championships, in Medellín; "Pan American Cup" was kept for competitions between clubs. New disciplines got their own championships as the FIG recognised them: aerobic gymnastics in 1999 (Mérida, Venezuela), trampoline and tumbling in 2004 (Tampa, United States) and acrobatic gymnastics in 2015 (Caguas, Puerto Rico).

Artistic gymnastics

Men's and women's artistic gymnastics have been at every senior edition since 1997. The 2014 edition was also the qualifier for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games: see Mississauga 2014.

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics shared its first championships with artistic in Medellín in 1997. Brazil leads the all-time table, ahead of the United States and Mexico.

Trampoline and tumbling

The trampoline and tumbling championships cover individual and synchronised trampoline, double mini-trampoline and tumbling. Canada leads the all-time table. The fifth edition, in Querétaro, has its own page: the 2012 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships.

Aerobic gymnastics

The aerobic championships are the oldest of the newer disciplines, held 20 times since 1999. The ninth edition, in Acapulco in 2012, is one of the events the union's old site announced.

Acrobatic gymnastics

Acrobatic gymnastics — pairs and groups — has held 6 championships since 2015. Parkour, recognised by the FIG in 2018, has had no Pan American Championships yet according to the same source.

Junior championships

Junior championships came first: 21 editions in artistic gymnastics and 25 in rhythmic gymnastics from 1987 (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) to 2026. Junior events in trampoline, aerobic and acrobatic gymnastics have been held alongside some senior championships.

The 2014 junior artistic championships, in Aracaju, Brazil, from 26 to 30 March, also decided the Americas' places at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games: see the Aracaju 2014 page for team scores and medals by nation.

Mississauga 2014: the Toronto qualifier

The 2014 championships, held in Mississauga, Ontario, from 20 August to 1 September, brought artistic, rhythmic and trampoline and tumbling together and decided the gymnastics places at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. How those places were shared out is set out in Toronto 2015 gymnastics qualification.

What this domain published about the championships

From about 2011 until the mid-2010s the union's site on this domain posted calls, programmes and results for its championships — among them the 2012 artistic championships for juniors and adults, the 2012 aerobic championships, the 2012 trampoline and tumbling call and the 2014 results. Those old addresses now lead to this page or to the page for the event.