Canoeing at the Pan American Games

Canoeing first appeared at the Pan American Games at the 1987 edition. For the first time ever at the 2015 Pan American Games, canoe slalom, the only Olympic discipline to never have been held at the Games, will be making its debut, meaning for the first time ever the entire Olympic sports program will be contested.^[1] Furthermore, both canoe disciplines will have C-1 events for women for the first time ever.^[1]

Canoeing at the Pan American Games
No. of events	18 (men: 9; women: 9)

All-time medal table

Sprint canoeing

Men's and women's events (1987–2023)

Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	40	25	17	82
2	Canada	29	33	25	87
3	United States	23	14	15	52
4	Argentina	14	17	23	54
5	Mexico	9	10	17	36
6	Brazil	5	14	17	36
7	Ecuador	1	2	1	4
8	Chile	0	5	1	6
9	Venezuela	0	1	4	5
10	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		121	121	122	364

Slalom canoeing

Men's and women's events (2015–2023)

Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	8	6	2	16
2	United States	8	3	3	14
3	Canada	1	5	6	12
4	Argentina	0	3	1	4
5	Mexico	0	0	2	2
	Paraguay	0	0	2	2
7	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		17	17	17	51

Combined total

Updated after the 2023 Pan American Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	40	25	17	82
2	United States	31	17	18	66
3	Canada	30	38	31	99
4	Argentina	14	20	24	58
5	Brazil	13	20	19	52
6	Mexico	9	10	19	38
7	Ecuador	1	2	1	4
8	Chile	0	5	1	6
9	Venezuela	0	1	4	5
10	Paraguay	0	0	2	2
11	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		138	138	139	415

See also

• List of Pan American Games medalists in canoeing