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The Pan American Gymnastics Union organizes Pan American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of
gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...
: men's and women's
artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
,
rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...
,
acrobatic gymnastics Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive gymnastic discipline where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform figures consisting of acrobatic moves, dance and tumbling, set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine ...
,
trampoline A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame using many coiled springs. Not all trampolines have springs, as the Springfree Trampoline uses glass-reinforced plastic rods. People bounce o ...
and tumbling, as well as
aerobic gymnastics Aerobic gymnastics or sport aerobics is a competitive sport originating from traditional aerobics in which complex, high-intensity movement patterns and elements of varying difficulty are performed to music. Nature of the game The performance ...
. The Pan American Gymnastics Championships are considered by the
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to be the official continental championships for the Americas (comprising North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean). Pan American Championships have also been organized for the sport of
aesthetic group gymnastics Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG) is a discipline of gymnastics developed from Finnish "Women's Gymnastics" (naisvoimistelu). The discipline is reminiscent of Rhythmic Gymnastics, but there are some significant differences: in AGG, the emphasis is ...
.International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics
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History

Artistic gymnastics competitions have been contested in the Americas since 1946, at the fifth edition of the
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. In 1951 , the sport was contested at the inaugural edition of the
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, and in 1957 the first edition of the South American championships in artistic gymnastics was held in
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,
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. In 1964, the North American Championships in artistic gymnastics was contested for the first time. The meet would be staged until 1968, and in 1969 the competition changed its name to ''Copa de las Americas'' (Cup of the Americas) to allow South American nations to compete. At least one South American nation,
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, intended to compete, but eventually the event was attended only by North American nations. Only in 1987, with the development and growth of gymnastics around the world, a tournament for junior gymnasts from the Americas was established with competitions in
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and
rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...
.The Morning Call
Tuesday, March 17, 1987 - Page 31
The event was originally scheduled to take place in 1986, but was ultimately held from February 20 to 28, 1987, in
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. It was the first international tournament held on a continental level in the Americas outside of the gymnastics events at the Pan American Games, and the first of its kind for junior gymnasts.USA Gymnastics 1986
/ref> A tournament for senior artistic and rhythmic gymnasts took place for the first time in 1989, named the '' Pan American Cup''.USA Gymnastics 1988
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/ref> A second edition of the tournament was scheduled for four years later, in December 1993, in
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, Venezuela, with events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics. In 1997, the title ''Pan American Cup'' was dropped in favor of ''Pan American Gymnastics Championships''. The title ''Pan American Cup'' would then be used to represent tournaments between clubs, instead of tournaments between national representatives. The 1997 Pan American Gymnastics Championships was held in
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, and was attended by artistic and rhythmic gymnasts. In 1995, the
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(FIG) recognized
aerobic gymnastics Aerobic gymnastics or sport aerobics is a competitive sport originating from traditional aerobics in which complex, high-intensity movement patterns and elements of varying difficulty are performed to music. Nature of the game The performance ...
(then sport aerobics) as a new competitive gymnastics discipline. The first edition of the Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships was held in Mérida, Venezuela, in 1999. The FIG recognized two new gymnastics disciplines,
acrobatic gymnastics Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive gymnastic discipline where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform figures consisting of acrobatic moves, dance and tumbling, set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine ...
, as well as
trampoline A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame using many coiled springs. Not all trampolines have springs, as the Springfree Trampoline uses glass-reinforced plastic rods. People bounce o ...
and tumbling, in 1999. In 2004, the Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships was organized for the first time in Tampa, United States. The first edition of the Pan American Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships was organized in
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. In 2018,
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was introduced by the FIG as a gymnastics discipline. To date, no Pan American Championships in parkour have been held. Pan American championships also exist for the sport of
aesthetic group gymnastics Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG) is a discipline of gymnastics developed from Finnish "Women's Gymnastics" (naisvoimistelu). The discipline is reminiscent of Rhythmic Gymnastics, but there are some significant differences: in AGG, the emphasis is ...
, a discipline not recognized by the FIG, organized, instead, by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG). The first edition of the tournament was organized in 2017, in Mérida, Mexico.


Senior editions


Acrobatic gymnastics


Aerobic gymnastics


Artistic gymnastics


Rhythmic gymnastics


Trampoline and tumbling


All-time medal table


Artistic gymnastics


Rhythmic gymnastics


Trampoline and tumbling


Best results by event and nation


Artistic gymnastics


Junior editions

The first edition of the Pan American Championships for youth and junior gymnasts was originally scheduled to take place in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in 1986, but was ultimately postponed to February 1987.USA Gymnastics 1986
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Tuesday, December 22, 1992 - Page 37


Artistic gymnastics


Rhythmic gymnastics


Other disciplines


Aesthetic group gymnastics

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See also

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Gymnastics at the Pan American Games Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics have been contested at the Pan American Games since the 1951 edition. In 1987, Rhythmic Gymnastics was introduced. In 2007, Trampoline was added to the program. Editions Events All-time medal table Ar ...
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South American Gymnastics Championships The South American Gymnastics Confederation (CONSUGI) organizes South American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobi ...


References

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