Field hockey at the Pan American Games

The winner of the field hockey event of the Pan American Games qualify for the Summer Olympics in the following year.

Women's field hockey was introduced at the 1987 edition, and has served as the Olympics qualifying event since 1999.

Men's tournament

Summaries

Year Host Final Bronze Medal Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1967 Winnipeg, Canada
Argentina
5–0
Trinidad and Tobago

United States
1–0
Canada
1971 Cali, Colombia
Argentina

Mexico

Canada
1–0
Chile
1975 Mexico City, Mexico
Argentina
1–0
Canada

Mexico
2–0
Jamaica
1979 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Argentina

Canada

Mexico

Cuba
1983 Caracas, Venezuela
Canada
3–1
Argentina

Chile
1–0
United States
1987 Indianapolis, United States
Canada
3–1
Argentina

United States
3–2
Chile
1991 Havana, Cuba
Argentina
3–0
Canada

United States
7–1
Barbados
1995
Details
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Argentina
1–0
Canada

United States
3–2
Cuba
1999
Details
Winnipeg, Canada
Canada
1–0
Argentina

Cuba
6–0
Chile
2003
Details
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Argentina
1–0
Canada

Cuba
6–2
Chile
2007
Details
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Canada
2–2
(5–4)
Penalty strokes

Argentina

Chile
5–3
Trinidad and Tobago
2011
Details
Guadalajara, Mexico
Argentina
3–1
Canada

Chile
4–3
Cuba
2015
Details
Toronto, Canada

Successful national teams

Team Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals Fourth Places
 Argentina 8 (1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995*, 2003, 2011) 4 (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)
 Canada 4 (1983, 1987, 1999*, 2007) 6 (1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011) 1 (1971) 1 (1967*)
 Mexico 1 (1971) 2 (1975*, 1979)
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1967) 1 (2007)
 United States 4 (1967, 1987*, 1991, 1995) 1 (1983)
 Chile 3 (1983, 2007, 2011) 4 (1971, 1987, 1999, 2003)
 Cuba 2 (1999, 2003) 3 (1979, 1995, 2011)
 Jamaica 1 (1975)
 Barbados 1 (1991)

Team appearances

Team 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Total
 Argentina1st1st1st1st2nd2nd1st1st2nd1st2nd1stQ13
 Barbados7th6th4th7th8th5
 Bermuda7th8th2
 Brazil8thQ2
 Canada4th3rd2nd2nd1st1st2nd2nd1st2nd1st2ndQ13
 Chile4th5th5th3rd4th5th6th4th4th3rd3rdQ12
 Cuba4th6th6th4th3rd3rd5th4thQ9
 Dominican Republic8th1
 Guyana8th7th2
 Jamaica5th6th4th8th4
 Mexico6th2nd3rd3rd5th7th7th6thQ9
 Netherlands Antilles8th6th2
 Paraguay7th1
 Trinidad and Tobago2nd7th7th5th7th5th6th6th4th7th Q 11
 United States3rd5th6th6th4th 3rd3rd3rd5th5th7th5thQ13
Total 8 8 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 99

Women's tournament

Summaries

Year Host Final Bronze Medal Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1987 Indianapolis, United States
Argentina
3–2
United States

Canada
5–0
Trinidad and Tobago
1991 Havana, Cuba
Argentina
0–0
(3–1)
Penalty strokes

Canada

United States
7–0
Mexico
1995
Details
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Argentina
3–2
United States

Canada
4–0
Cuba
1999
Details
Winnipeg, Canada
Argentina
5–2
United States

Canada
2–0
Trinidad and Tobago
2003
Details
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Argentina
3–1
United States

Uruguay
2–2
(5–4)
Penalty strokes

Chile
2007
Details
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Argentina
4–2
United States

Netherlands Antilles
2–1
Chile
2011
Details
Guadalajara, Mexico
United States
4–2
Argentina

Chile
3–0
Canada
2015
Details
Toronto, Canada

Successful national teams

Team Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals Fourth Places
 Argentina 6 (1987, 1991, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2007) 1 (2011)
 United States 1 (2011) 5 (1987*, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007) 1 (1991)
 Canada 1 (1991) 3 (1987, 1995, 1999*) 1 (2011)
 Chile 1 (2011) 2 (2003, 2007)
 Uruguay 1 (2003)
 Netherlands Antilles 1 (2007)
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 (1987, 1999)
 Mexico 1 (1991)
 Cuba 1 (1995)

Team appearances

Team 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Total
 Argentina 1st1st1st1st1st1st2ndQ8
 Barbados 5th8th8th 3
 Bermuda 7th1
 Brazil 8th1
 Canada 3rd2nd3rd3rd5th5th4thQ8
 Chile 6th4th4th3rd Q5
 Cuba 6th4th5th6th5th Q6
 Dominican Republic 8thQ2
 Jamaica 6th5th6th7th4
 Mexico 4th7th6thQ4
 Netherlands Antilles 3rd1
 Paraguay 7th1
 Trinidad and Tobago 4th7th5th4th6th7th 7
 United States 2nd3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st Q8
 Uruguay 3rd7thQ3
Total 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 53

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