Athletics at the Pan American Games
No. of events	48 (men: 24; women: 24)

Since its first edition held in 1951, athletics events have been competed at the Pan American Games. The events list follows the Olympic model as the Games are an IOC sanctioned competition.

Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	307	263	194	764
2	Cuba	144	128	114	386
3	Brazil	71	66	74	211
4	Canada	59	74	90	223
5	Mexico	54	53	40	147
6	Jamaica	29	33	41	103
7	Argentina	18	20	30	68
8	Chile	16	14	21	51
9	Colombia	14	20	35	69
10	Ecuador	12	10	5	27
11	Venezuela	8	13	13	34
12	Peru	7	5	9	21
13	Bahamas	6	15	13	34
14	Dominican Republic	6	6	12	24
15	Trinidad and Tobago	3	13	14	30
16	Guatemala	3	5	8	16
17	Costa Rica	3	1	1	5
18	British West Indies	2	3	5	10
19	Panama	2	3	4	9
20	Saint Lucia	2	0	3	5
21	Puerto Rico	1	8	11	20
22	Guyana	1	4	4	9
23	Grenada	1	3	2	6
24	Barbados	1	2	8	11
25	Antigua and Barbuda	1	2	4	7
26	Suriname	1	1	2	4
27	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	1	2
28	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
30	Uruguay	0	3	7	10
31	Dominica	0	2	2	4
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2	2	4
33	Cayman Islands	0	2	0	2
34	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	2	2
	Virgin Islands	0	0	2	2
37	Independent Athletes Team	0	0	1	1
Totals (37 entries)		775	775	774	2324

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• List of Pan American Games records in athletics
• List of Pan American Games medalists in athletics (men)
• List of Pan American Games medalists in athletics (women)

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