The Junior Pan American Games is a multi-sport event held every four years among youth athletes from all over the American continent. The Games have been organized by Panam Sports. This event, inspired by the Youth Olympic Games, is exclusively for athletes who are under 21 years of age, with fewer requirements on infrastructure and cost than the Pan American Games.^[1]

The last games were held in Cali-Valle, Colombia from November 25 to December 5, 2021 and the next games will be held in Asunción, Paraguay in 2025.^[2]

On 16 January 2019 PASO announced the creation of the Junior Pan American Games.^[3][4]

For the first edition of the games, Panam Sports accepted candidate cities until 31 January. Cali, Colombia; Santa Ana, El Salvador; and Monterrey, Mexico were accepted as candidate cities.^[5] Cali was chosen as the host city at the Executive Committee in San José, Costa Rica on 27 March 2019.^[6]

Panam Sports chose Asunción, Paraguay as the host for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games.^[7] Asunción received 32 out of 48 votes, while Santa Marta, Colombia received the remaining 16 votes.

Edition	Year	Host city	Host nation	Opened by	Start date	End date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top placed team	Ref.
I	2021	Cali-Valle	Colombia	President Iván Duque	25 November	5 December	41	2,540	28	302	Brazil (BRA)	[8]
II	2025	Asunción	Paraguay	TBA	9 August	23 August	Future event					[9]

In the first edition of the games a total of 28 sports were contested, encompassing a total of 40 disciplines.^[10][11] After originally being included, basketball (5x5), BMX freestyle and field hockey were not included on the final list.^[12] Other Olympic events and disciplines not contested yet includes open water swimming, water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, football and rugby sevens.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	59	49	56	164
2	Colombia	48	34	63	145
3	United States	47	29	38	114
4	Mexico	46	78	48	172
5	Cuba	29	19	22	70
6	Argentina	19	22	32	73
7	Ecuador	15	14	24	53
8	Chile	12	15	31	58
9	Puerto Rico	8	4	8	20
10	Uruguay	8	3	3	14
11	Venezuela	7	8	21	36
12	Peru	6	15	14	35
13	Dominican Republic	5	8	10	23
14	Canada	4	1	5	10
15	Paraguay	2	4	4	10
16	Costa Rica	2	3	5	10
17	Aruba	2	1	0	3
18	Guatemala	1	5	10	16
19	Bolivia	1	1	2	4
20	El Salvador	0	3	5	8
21	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
22	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Grenada	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	Nicaragua	0	1	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1	0	1
27	Panama	0	0	5	5
28	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Honduras	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		321	322	411	1,054

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