List of Pan American Games records in athletics
The Pan American Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1951. The Pan American Sports Organization accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's member states and recognises records set at editions of the Pan American Games. The Games records in athletics are the best marks set in competitions at the Games. The athletics events at the Games are divided into four groups: track events, field events, road events and combined events.
Cuban athlete Ana Fidelia Quirot and Mexican Graciela Mendoza are the only competitors to hold records in two separate events. Quirot is the record holder over both 400 and 800 metres, while Mendoza holds the 10 and 20 kilometre walk records. The 10 Km walk event was discontinued after 1995. The two nations that most represented in the record list are Cuba and the United States (with six record holders of each sex. Furthermore, all but one of the records in the defunct athletic events are held by US athletes. Of the other countries, Brazil, Jamaica, and Mexico each have five records.Men's records
Statistics
Totals
| Edition | No. of records broken |
| 1955 | 29 |
| 1959 | ? |
| 1963 | ? |
| 1967 | ? |
| 1971 | ? |
| 1975 | ? |
| 1979 | ? |
| 1983 | ? |
| 1987 | ? |
| 1991 | ? |
| 1995 | ? |
| 1999 | ? |
| 2003 | ? |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2011 | 16 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| Nation | Male | Female | Total |
| 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
Records in defunct events
Men's events
Women's events
General
- . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-07-11.
- Biscayart, Eduardo. . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-11.
Specific
