The Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA; Spanish: Asociación Panamericana de Atletismo) is a new regional confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean, replacing the Pan American Athletics Commission.
The organization was founded on October 28, 2011, during the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The inaugural president is Víctor López from Puerto Rico, former president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).
Championships APA organizes the following championships and cups:
Pan American Championships in Athletics Pan American U20 Athletics Championships Pan American Youth Championships Pan American Marathon Championships Pan American Cross Country Cup Pan American Combined Events Cup Pan American Race Walking Cup
Member associations Due to the constitution, membership in the Association shall consist of World Athletics member federations which are affiliated members of NACAC and CONSUDATLE as ratified by World Athletics. At this time, APA consists of 44 member federations, 31 of them are member of NACAC, while 13 are member of CONSUDATLE. This means that the APA also comprises the 3 IAAF members without a recognized National Olympic Committee that are therefore no member of the Pan American Sports Organization namely Anguilla, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
NationAssociationWebsite Anguilla Amateur Athletic Federation http://www.freewebs.com/axathletics Athletic Association of Antigua & Barbuda Confederación Argentina de Atletismo http://www.cada-atletismo.org/ Arubaanse Atletiek Bond https://web.archive.org/web/20110725014846/http://www.arubaathleticfederation.org/ Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations https://web.archive.org/web/20110820094940/http://bahamastrack.com/ Athletics Association of Barbados http://aabarbados.com/ Belize Amateur Athletic Association https://web.archive.org/web/20120228022743/http://www.belizeathletics.org.bz/ Bermuda National Athletics Association https://web.archive.org/web/20130619210113/http://www.bnaa.bm/ Federación Atlética de Bolivia https://web.archive.org/web/20191004002933/http://federacionatleticadebolivia.com/ Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo http://www.cbat.org.br/ British Virgin Islands Athletics Association http://bvi.milesplit.com/ Athletics Canada http://www.athletics.ca/ Cayman Islands Athletic Association Federación Atlética de Chile http://www.fedachi.cl/ Federación Colombiana de Atletismo http://www.fecodatle.org/ Federación Costarricense de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20130407151930/http://www.fecoa.info/ Federación Cubana de Atletismo Dominica Amateur Athletic Association https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133147/http://www.daaa.dm/ Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20190702044949/http://www.fedomatle.org/ Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo http://www.coe.org.ec/ Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo http://www.atletismoelsalvador.org/ Grenada Athletic Association Federación Nacional de Atletismo de Guatemala Athletics Association of Guyana Fédération Haïtienne d'Athlétisme Amateur Federación Nacional Hondureña de Atletismo Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association http://www.trackandfieldja.com/ Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo http://www.fmaa.mx/ Montserrat Amateur Athletic Association Federación Nicaragüense de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20120513105035/http://www.fna.org.ni/ Federación Panameña de Atletismo Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20090221100826/http://www.fpa.com.py/ Federación Deportiva Peruana de Atletismo Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico http://www.atletismofapur.com/ Saint Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association http://www.sknaaa.com/ Saint Lucia Athletics Association https://web.archive.org/web/20110904080543/http://saintluciatrackandfield.org/ Team Athletics Saint Vincent & The Grenadines http://www.svgnoc.org/ Surinaamse Atletiek Bond National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago http://www.ttnaaa.org/ Turks & Caicos Islands Amateur Athletic Association USA Track & Field http://www.usatf.org/ Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation Confederación Atlética del Uruguay https://web.archive.org/web/20090402050918/http://www.atlecau.org.uy/ Federación Venezolana de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20080517165012/http://www.feveatletismo.org.ve/
See also North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) South American Athletics Confederation (CONSUDATLE) Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA)
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