Pan American Sports Organization

The Pan American Sports Organization (acronym: PASO; Spanish: Organización Deportiva Panamericana, Portuguese: Organização Desportiva Pan-Americana ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the North American and South American continents. It is the Continental Association of the Americas. It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated bodies, including ANOC, the Association of National Olympic Committees.

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Presidents

No. Name Origin Date of birth/death Took office Left office Notes
1 Avery Brundage  United States September 28, 1887
–
May 8, 1975		 1940 1951
2 Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores  Mexico 1908
–
1971		 1951 1955
3 Doug Roby  United States March 24, 1898
–
March 31, 1992		 1955 1959
4 Jose Maria de Jesus Clark Flores  Mexico 1908
–
1971		 1959 1971
5 Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha1  Brazil 1909
–
2002		 1971 1971
6 Jose Beracasa Amran  Venezuela 1909
–
2002		 1971 1975
7 Mario Vázquez Raña  Mexico June 7, 1932
–
 1975 Longest serving president.

^1 Served as acting president for two months as his predecessor died in office.

Flag

Just like the International Olympic Committee, the Pan American Sports Organization has its own flag. The flag has the four words, "América", "Espírito", "Sports" and "Fraternité", each respectively in one of the four official languages of the organization, namely Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. Also, on the flag is a torch along with the Olympic Rings and five circles with the official colours of the Olympics on a white background. Finally, the words PASO and ODEPA are written to indicate the organization the flag represents.

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.

Nation Code National Olympic Committee Created Ref.
 Antigua and Barbuda ANT The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association 1966/1976 [1]
 Argentina ARG Comité Olímpico Argentino 1923 [2]
 Aruba ARU Comité Olímpico Arubano 1985/1986 [3]
 Bahamas BAH Bahamas Olympic Association 1952 [4]
 Barbados BAR Barbados Olympic Association 1955 [5]
 Belize BIZ Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association 1967 [6]
 Bermuda BER Bermuda Olympic Association 1935/1936 [7]
 Bolivia BOL Comité Olímpico Boliviano 1932/1936 [8]
 Brazil BRA Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro 1914/1935 [9]
 British Virgin Islands IVB British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee 1980/1982 [10]
 Canada CAN Canadian Olympic Committee / Comité Olympique Canadien 1904/1907 [11]
 Cayman Islands CAY Cayman Islands Olympic Committee 1973/1976 [12]
 Chile CHI Comité Olímpico de Chile 1934 [13]
 Colombia COL Comité Olímpico Colombiano 1936/1948 [14]
 Costa Rica CRC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica 1953/1954 [15]
 Cuba CUB Comité Olímpico Cubano 1926/1954 [16]
 Dominica DMA Dominica Olympic Committee 1987/1993 [17]
 Dominican Republic DOM Comité Olímpico Dominicano 1946/1962 [18]
 Ecuador ECU Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano 1948/1959 [19]
 El Salvador ESA Comité Olímpico de El Salvador 1949/1962 [20]
 Grenada GRN The Grenada Olympic Committee 1984 [21]
 Guatemala GUA Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco 1947 [22]
 Guyana GUY Guyana Olympic Association 1935/1948 [23]
 Haiti HAI Comité Olympique Haïtien 1914/1924 [24]
 Honduras HON Comité Olímpico Hondureño 1956 [25]
 Jamaica JAM Jamaica Olympic Association 1936 [26]
 Mexico MEX Comité Olímpico Mexicano 1923 [27]
 Nicaragua NCA Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense 1959 [28]
 Panama PAN Comité Olímpico Nacional De Panamá 1934/1947 [29]
 Paraguay PAR Comité Olímpico Paraguayo 1970 [30]
 Peru PER Comité Olímpico Peruano 1924/1936 [31]
 Puerto Rico PUR Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico 1948 [32]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee 1986/1993 [33]
 Saint Lucia LCA St. Lucia Olympic Committee 1987/1993 [34]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee 1982/1987 [35]
 Suriname SUR Surinaams Olympisch Comité 1959 [36]
 Trinidad and Tobago TRI Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee 1946/1948 [37]
 United States USA United States Olympic Committee 1894 [38]
 Uruguay URU Comité Olímpico Uruguayo 1923 [39]
 Venezuela VEN Comité Olímpico Venezolano 1935 [40]
 Virgin Islands ISV Virgin Islands Olympic Committee 1967 [41]

Former member: Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee

Events

See also

External links

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