Pan American sports organization

Pan American sports organization
Founded	1940
Members	41
Association headquarters	Mexico City , Mexico
Official languages)	English Spanish
Homepage	www.pado.odepa.org

The Pan American Sports Organization ( short: PSO; Spanish Organización Deportiva Panamericana , ODEPA ; Portuguese Organização Desportiva Pan-Americana , ODEPA ; English Pan American Sports Organization , PASO ) is an international association that currently comprises the 41 National Olympic Committees of the North and South American continents represents. The PSO is affiliated with the IOC and its associations, such as the Association of National Olympic Committees .

President

The last president was Mario Vázquez Raña, who died on February 8, 2015 .

#	Surname	country	Period
1	Avery Brundage	United States	1940-1951
2	José de Jesús Clark Flores	Mexico	1951-1955
3	Doug Roby	United States	1955-1959
4th	José de Jesús Clark Flores	Mexico	1959-1971
5	Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha (acting)	Brazil	1971
6th	José Beracasa	Venezuela	1971-1975
7th	Mario Vázquez Raña	Mexico	1975-2015
8th	Ivar Sisniega (acting)	Mexico	2015
9	Julio César Maglione	Uruguay	2015-2017
10	Neven Ilic	Chile	since 2017

Members

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

nation	Abbreviation	National Olympic Committee	founding
A.
American Virgin Islands	ISV	American Samoa National Olympic Committee	1987
Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association	1966
Argentina	ARG	Comité Olímpico Argentino	1923
Aruba	ARU	Comité Olímpico Arubano	1985
B.
Bahamas	BAH	Bahamas Olympic Association	1952
Barbados	BAR	The Barbados Olympic Association Incorporated	1955
Belize	BIZ	Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association	1967
Bermuda	BER	Bermuda Olympic Association	1935
Bolivia	BOL	Comité Olímpico Boliviano	1932
Brazil	BRA	Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro	1935
British Virgin Islands	IVB	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee	1967
C.
Cayman Islands	CAY	Cayman Islands Olympic Committee	1973
Chile	CHI	Comité Olímpico de Chile	1934
Costa Rica	CRC	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Costa Rica	1953
D.
Dominica	DMA	Dominica Olympic Committee	1987
Dominican Republic	DOM	Comité Olímpico Dominicano	1946
E.
Ecuador	ECU	Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano	1946
El Salvador	ESA	Comité Olímpico de El Salvador	1949
G
Grenada	GRN	The Grenada Olympic Committee	1984
Guatemala	GUA	Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco	1947
Guyana	GUY	Guyana Olympic Association	1935
H
Haiti	HAI	Comité Olympique Haïtien	1914
Honduras	HON	Comité Olímpico Hondureño	1956
J
Jamaica	JAM	Jamaica Olympic Association	1936
K
Canada	CAN	Canadian Olympic Committee	1904
Colombia	COL	Comité Olímpico Colombiano	1936
Cuba	CUB	Comité Olímpico Cubano	1926
M.
Mexico	MEX	Comité Olímpico Mexicano	1923
N
Nicaragua	NCA	Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense	1959
P
Panama	PAN	Comité Olímpico de Panamá	1934
Paraguay	PAR	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo	1970
Peru	BY	Comité Olímpico Peruano	1924
Puerto Rico	PURE	Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico	1948
S.
St. Kitts and Nevis	SKN	St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Association	1986
St. Lucia	LCA	St. Lucia Olympic Committee	1987
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee	1982
Suriname	SUR	Surinaam's Olympic Committee	1959
T
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee	1946
U
Uruguay	URU	Comité Olímpico Uruguayo	1923
V
Venezuela	VEN	Comité Olímpico Venezolano	1935
United States	United States	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee	1894

See also

• Association of National Olympic Committees
• European Olympic Committees
• Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Web links

• Official website (English, Spanish)