The Pan American U20 Athletics Championships are a biennial sports event for track and field organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) open for junior (U20) athletes from member and associate member associations. They were first held in 1980. Before the 2017 edition, the event was known as Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
Editions # Year City Country Events Date Venue1 1980 Sudbury 38 29–31 August 2 1982 Barquisimeto 38 30 July – 1 August 3 1984 Nassau 38 23–25 August 4 1986 Winter Park 38 4–6 July 5 1989 Santa Fe 40 23–25 June Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti6 1991 Kingston 41 18–20 July 7 1993 Winnipeg 41 15–17 July 8 1995 Santiago 42 1–3 September 9 1997 Havana 43 18–20 July 10 1999 Tampa 43 9–11 July 11 2001 Santa Fe 43 18–20 October Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti12 2003 Bridgetown 43 18–20 July Barbados National Stadium13 2005 Windsor 44 29–31 July University of Windsor Stadium 14 2007 São Paulo 44 6–8 July Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo15 2009 Port of Spain 44 31 July – 2 August Hasely Crawford Stadium16 2011 Miramar 44 22–24 July Ansin Sports Complex17 2013 Medellín 44 23–25 August Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex18 2015 Edmonton 44 31 July–2 August Foote Field19 2017 Trujillo 4421–23 July Mansiche Sports Complex20 2019 San José 44 19–21 July Estadio Nacional21 2023 Mayagüez 44 4–6 August Mayagüez Athletics Stadium22 2025 Bogotá 44 3–5 October Estadio de Atletismo El Salitre
Medals (1980-2019) Source:
Championships records Men EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace100 m10.03 Marcus Rowland20092009 ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago200 m20.13 Usain BoltJuly 20032003 ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados400 m44.99Jamal Walton21 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru800 m1:46.41Ryan Sánchez22 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru1500 m3:43.16Eric van der Els23 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru5000 m14:12.11Mohammed Ahmed20092009 ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10,000 m29:28.6Alejandro VillanuevaJune 19891989 ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)13.08 WJRWayne Davis20092009 ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago400 m hurdles48.49 Alison Santos21 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica3000 m steeplechase8:43.96José Alberto SánchezJuly 20052005 ChampionshipsWindsor, CanadaHigh jump2.27 mJavier SotomayorJuly 19861986 ChampionshipsWinter Park, United StatesPole vault5.50 mLawrence JohnsonJuly 19931993 ChampionshipsWinnipeg, CanadaLong jump8.16 mDion BentleyJune 19891989 ChampionshipsSanta Fe, ArgentinaTriple jump16.93 m David GiraltJuly 20032003 ChampionshipsBridgetown, BarbadosShot put (6 kg)22.02 mJordan Geist23 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, PeruDiscus throw (1.75 kg)66.58 mTravis SmikleJuly 20112011 ChampionshipsMiramar, United StatesHammer throw (6 kg)80.21 mHumberto Mansilla2 August 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, CanadaJavelin throw76.95 m Tzuriel Pedigo20 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa RicaDecathlon8037 ptsHarrison Williams31 July – 1 August 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada5000 m walk (track)20:42.31 Iván Oña3 October 20252025 ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia10,000 m walk (track)39:50.73Jefferson PérezJuly 19931993 ChampionshipsWinnipeg, Canada4 × 100 m relay38.62 WU20RArian SmithJustin OfotanMarcellus MooreMatthew Boling20 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica4 × 400 m relay2:59.30 WU20RFrederick LewisMatthew BolingMatthew MoorerJustin Robinson21 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica
Women EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace100 m11.22 Chalonda Goodman20092009 ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago200 m22.35 Shawnti Jackson6 August 20232023 ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico400 m51.46Roxana Gomez21 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru800 m2:03.70Mairelín FuentesJuly 19971997 ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba1500 m4:16.07 Fabiana Da SilvaJuly 19971997 ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba3000 m9:05.78Ellie Shea6 August 20232023 ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico5000 m16:23.35Rachael Reddy1 August 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada100 m hurdles13.01 Tia Jones21 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru400 m hurdles55.94 Jessica de Oliveira21 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica3000 m steeplechase10:04.71Sabine HeitlingJuly 20052005 ChampionshipsWindsor, CanadaHigh jump1.96 m =WYBVashti Cunningham1 August 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, CanadaPole vault4.41 mRachel Baxter21 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, PeruLong jump6.46 m Yudelkis FernándezJuly 20032003 ChampionshipsBridgetown, BarbadosTriple jump14.08 m Liadagmis Povea2 August 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, CanadaShot put18.27 mRaven Saunders31 July 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, CanadaDiscus throw59.53 m Melany del Pilar Matheus20 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa RicaHammer throw64.80 mArasay TondikeJuly 20052005 ChampionshipsWindsor, CanadaJavelin throw63.86 m WJRYuleimis Aguilar2 August 20152015 ChampionshipsEdmonton, CanadaHeptathlon5847 pts Anna Hall20–21 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica5000 m walk (track)23:40.16 Ruby Segura3 October 20252025 ChampionshipsBogotá, Colombia10,000 m walk (track)44:43.89Alegna González23 July 20172017 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru4 × 100 m relay42.88Kaila JacksonCamryn DicksonAvery LewisShawnti Jackson5 August 20232023 ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico4 × 400 m relay3:24.04 Alexis HolmesKimberly HarrisZiyah HolmanKayla Davis21 July 20192019 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica
Mixed EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace4 × 400 m relay3:18.07George GarciaMadison WhyteMax De AngeloJaMeesia Ford4 August 20232023 ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico
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