Pan_American_Sports_Organisation

The Pan American Sports Organisation (acronym: PASO; Spanish: Organización Deportiva Panamericana,Portuguese: Organização Desportiva Pan-Americana ODEPA) is an international organization which represents the current 42 National Olympic Committees of the American continent. It is the Continental Association for the Americas.

It is affiliated to/with the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated bodies, such as ANOC: the Association of National Olympic Committees.

PASO is the body that organizes/oversees the Pan American Games.

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	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]
Netherlands Antilles	AHO	Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité	1931/1950	[28]
Nicaragua	NCA	Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense	1959	[29]
Panama	PAN	Comité Olímpico de Panamá	1934/1947	[30]
Paraguay	PAR	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo	1970	[31]
Peru	PER	Comité Olímpico Peruano	1924/1936	[32]
Puerto Rico	PUR	Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico	1948	[33]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	SKN	St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee	1986/1993	[34]
Saint Lucia	LCA	St. Lucia Olympic Committee	1987/1993	[35]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee	1982/1987	[36]
Suriname	SUR	Surinaams Olympisch Comité	1959	[37]
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee	1946/1948	[38]
United States	USA	United States Olympic Committee	1894	[39]
Uruguay	URU	Comité Olímpico Uruguayo	1923	[40]
Venezuela	VEN	Comité Olímpico Venezolano	1935	[41]
Virgin Islands	ISV	Virgin Islands Olympic Committee	1967	[42]

See also

• Pan American Games

External links

• ODEPA/PASO Official Website

v • d • e Association of National Olympic Committees
All-African Games · Asian Games · Pan American Games
Africa	ANOCA – Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Americas	PASO – Pan American Sports Organisation
Asia	OCA – Olympic Council of Asia
Europe	EOC – European Olympic Committees
Oceania	ONOC – Oceania National Olympic Committees