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.

Results

Year	Host
1951	Buenos Aires, Argentina
1955	Mexico City, Mexico
1959	Chicago, United States
1963	São Paulo, Brazil
1967	Winnipeg, Canada
1971	Cali, Colombia
1975	Mexico City, Mexico
1979	San Juan, Puerto Rico
1983	Caracas, Venezuela
1987	Indianapolis, United States
1991	Havana, Cuba
1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina
1999	Winnipeg, Canada
2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011	Guadalajara, Mexico
2015	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019	Lima, Peru
2023	Santiago, Chile

Medal table

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