2015 Sports Program
Since the inaugural Pan American Games in 1951, the number of sports has doubled in size from 18 to 39. Generally, the Pan American Games program is modeled after the upcoming Olympic Games. The host city and the International Sports Federations make suggestions to the Pan American Sports Organization on additional disciplines to add to the program, and then the PASO Executive Committee and member countries vote on these recommendations.
The entire Olympic program will be contested at the Pan Am Games for the first time in 2015. In addition to the Olympic sports, the XVII Pan Am Games will also feature eight Pan Am-only sports that are not part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games program, including baseball, bowling, karate, racquetball, roller sports, softball, squash and water skiing.
Toronto 2015 will feature the Pan Am Games debut of golf, canoe slalom, women’s baseball and women’s rugby sevens, while men’s softball returns after a 12-year absence.
Aquatics – Diving, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo
Archery
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Boxing
Canoe/Kayak – Slalom, Sprint
Cycling – BMX, Mountain, Road, Track
Equestrian – Dressage, Jumping, Eventing
Fencing
Field Hockey
Golf
Gymnastics – Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline
Judo
Karate
Modern Pentathlon
Racquetball
Roller Sports – Figure, Speed
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Team Handball
Tennis
Track and Field
Triathlon
Volleyball – Beach, Indoor
Water Skiing/Wakeboard
Weightlifting
Wrestling – Freestyle, Greco-Roman
Aquatics
Diving (M, W): 1951-2015
Swimming (M, W): 1951-2015
Synchronized Swimming (W): 1955, 1959*, 1963, 1967*, 1971-2015
Water Polo (M): 1951-2015
Water Polo (W): 2003-15
Archery
(M, W): 1979-2015
Badminton
(M, W): 1995-2015
Baseball
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 2015
Basketball
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 1955-2015
Basque Pelota
(M, W): 1995, 2003, 2011
Bowling
(M, W): 1991-2015
Boxing
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 2011-15
Canoe/Kayak
(M, W): 1987-2015
Cycling
BMX (M, W): 2007-15
Mountain (M, W): 1999-2015
Road, Track (M): 1951-2015
Road, Track (W): 1987-2015
Equestrian
(Mixed): 1951-2015
Fencing
(M, W): 1951-2015
Field Hockey
(M): 1967-2015
(W): 1987-2015
Golf
(M, W): 2015
Gymnastics
Artistic (M): 1951-2015
Artistic (W): 1959-2015
Rhythmic (W): 1987-2015
Trampoline (M, W): 2007-15
Judo
(M): 1963-67, 1975-2015
(W): 1983-2015
Karate
(M, W): 1995-2015
Modern Pentathlon
(M): 1951-63, 1987, 1999-2015
Polo
(M): 1951
Racquetball
(M, W): 1995-2015
Roller Sports
Figure (M, W): 1979, 1987-2015
Figure (Mixed): 1979, 1987-1999
Hockey (M): 1979, 1987-2003
Speed (M, W): 1979, 1987-2015
Rowing
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 1983-2015
Rugby Sevens
(M): 2011-15
(W): 2015
Sailing
(M, W, Mixed): 1951, 1959-2015
Shooting
(M, W): 1951-2015
Soccer
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 1999-2015
Futsal (M): 2007
Softball
(M): 1979-2003, 2015
(W): 1979-2015
Squash
(M, W): 1995-2015
Table Tennis
(M, W): 1979-2015
Taekwondo
(M): 1987-2015
(W): 1995-2015
Team Handball
(M): 1987-2015
(W): 1987, 1995-2015
Tennis
(M, W): 1951-67, 1975-2015
(Mixed): 1951-67, 1975-95
Track and Field
(M, W): 1951-2015
Triathlon
(M, W): 1995-2015
Volleyball
Beach (M, W): 2003-15
Indoor (M, W): 1955-2015
Water Polo
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 1999-2015
Water Skiing/Wakeboard
(M, W): 1995-2015
Weightlifting
(M): 1951-2015
(W): 1999-2015
Wrestling
Freestyle (M): 1951-2015
Freestyle (W): 2003-15
Greco-Roman (M): 1975-2015
*Demonstration