THE PAN AMERICAN SPORTS ORGANIZATION

HISTORY       At the Ist Pan American Sports Congress, held in Buenos Aire (ARG) from August 28-31, 1940, the Pan American Sports Committee (PASC) was created.  The Committee's duties were to oversee the creation and staging of the Pan American Games, to set the rules and protocol, and provide an international administration for the games.   PASC was modeled after the International Olympic Committee (IOC).      At the 1955 Pan American Sports Congress, held in conjunction with the IInd Pan American Games in Mexico City, PASC was renamed as the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO).      At the 1967 Pan American Sports Congress, PASO adopted the Winnipeg Charter, further outlining the purpose and philosophy of the Pan American Games.  (Click Here to view the charter in .pdf format at the AAF of Los Angeles website.)

ORGANIZATION      PASO is modeled closely on the IOC.  The President, Vice-Presidents, and Executive Board are elected for 4 year terms.  New members are elected by the members of PASO as delegates to their respective countries,  rather than from their countries.      A number of commissions have been created by PASO to assist it in specialized areas such as drug testing and eligibility among others.

MEMBER NATIONS AND OFFICIAL ABBREVIATIONS Click the link to go to the National Olympic Committee's official website.

ANT ARG ARU BAH BAR BIZ BER BOL BRA IVB BWI CAN CAY CHI

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands British West Indies (1959 - 1962) Canada Cayman Islands Chile

COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX

Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico

AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SKN LCA VIN SUR TRI USA ISV URU VEN

Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad & Tobago United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela

PASC/PASO PRESIDENTS

Avery Brundage Avery Brundage General Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores Douglas Fergusson Roby General Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores General Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores General Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores Major Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha Jose Beracasa Amran Mario Vazquez Rana Mario Vazquez Rana

USA USA MEX USA MEX MEX MEX BRA VEN MEX MEX

1940-1948 1948-1951 1951-1955 1955-1959 1959-1963 1963-1967 1967-1971 (Died) 1971-1971 (Acting) 1971-1975 1975-1979 1979-

Click HERE to read biographies and see photos of the PASO Presidents!

 

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