Pan-American Para Table Tennis Championships is a quadrennial sports event for para table tennis players who represent a North, Central or South American country. It started in 1995, there was a six year break then in 2001, it became a biennial event, after 2005, it became a quadrennial event. This event occurs one year before the Parapan American Games as a qualifying tournament.
Locations
edit| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Competitors | Countries | Top medalists | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1995 |  Mar del Plata |
7 November | 63 | 9 | [1] | |
| 1 | 2001 | Buenos Aires |
1 - 9 November | 106 | 8 |  Mexico |
[2] |
| 2 | 2003 |  Brasilia |
14 - 22 November | 107 | 9 | Mexico |
[3] |
| 3 | 2005 | Mar del Plata |
16 - 23 July | 115 | 9 | Brazil |
[4] |
| 4 | 2009 |  Margarita Island |
27 September - 4 October | 102 | 10 | Brazil |
[5] |
| 5 | 2013 |  San Jose |
9 - 15 December | 109 | 11 | Brazil |
[6] |
| 6 | 2017 | San Jose |
28 November - 4 December | 119 | 13 | Brazil |
[7] |
All-time medal count
editAs of 2001.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 47 | 55 | 53 | 155 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 30 | 17 | 15 | 62 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 20 | 25 | 34 | 79 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 19 | 17 | 22 | 58 |
| 5 |  Chile (CHI) | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 7 |  Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 |  Colombia (COL) | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 11 |  Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 133 | 132 | 174 | 439 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pan-American Championships 1995". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships 2001". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships 2003". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships 2005". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships 2009". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships 2013". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships 2017". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.