2007 Pan American Games Medal Table

2007 Pan American Games Medal Table

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a continental multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. At the Games, 5,633 athletes selected from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 332 events in 34 sports divided into 47 disciplines. According to the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee for the Pan American Games, 2,196 medals were awarded for every winning athlete, including individuals from teams, during 334 awards ceremonies.

Thirty-two nations earned medals at the Games, and nineteen won at least one gold medal. Antigua and Barbuda and El Salvador won their first ever gold medals. The Netherlands Antilles, the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, the Cayman Islands, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia improved their position in the general medal table compared to the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

For the first time since the 1955 Games, American athletes did not win more than 100 gold medals. The United States led the medal count for the 12th time, winning 97 gold medals. It also won the silver medal count, with 88, and the total medals count, with 237. Competitors from the host nation, Brazil, led the bronze medal count for the first time, with 65. Brazil won 52 gold medals, 40 silver medals and a total of 157 medals, its best ever overall performance and best placement in the medal table since the 1967 Games.