| "> | | | | Caribbean Tournament in El Salvador. Two years later, |
| Road to London 2012! | | | | the national team (senior) won the IV Latin Cup in 1978. |
| Baseball | | | | Subsequently, in September 1981, the squad from |
| Did you know- The team of Panama won the bronze | | | | Panama took the first place in the Central American |
| medal in the Under-20 World Cup in 1960. | | | | and Caribbean Championship in San Juan de Puerto |
| Basketball | | | | Rico and qualified for the World Tournament in |
| Did you know- From 1967 to 1982, the Panamanian | | | | Colombia in 1982. During the global event, the |
| men's basketball team was one of Latin America's | | | | Spanish-speaking nation was one of the world's top |
| most successful squads. By virtue of its triumph in the | | | | nine teams. Meanwhile, Panama's basketball player |
| Central American and Caribbean Tournament in 1967, | | | | Rolando Frazer was the second- best scorer of the |
| in San Salvador (El Salvador), they qualified for the 19th | | | | World Cup.Before the end of 1982, Frazer was ranked |
| Summer Olympics in the United Mexican States. In San | | | | among the most prominent athletes in Latin America, |
| Salvador, against all odds, they had defeated Cuba, a | | | | along with Marcelo Alexandre (Argentina's cyclist), |
| team which had played a number of matches in the | | | | Cecilia Tait (Peru's volleyball player), and Miguel |
| U.S.S.R -today Russia-- and other countries of Eastern | | | | Maturana (Colombia's boxer). |
| Europe. Two years later, for the second time, Panama | | | | Boxing |
| won the Caribbean Championship in Havana (Cuba), | | | | Did you know- By 1974, the team from Panama came |
| and won the right to compete in the global event in | | | | in 15th place in the World Boxing Championship, ahead |
| Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. At the 1969 Caribbean | | | | of Nigeria and Ghana. |
| Tournament, Panama beat the host nation, who were | | | | Irving Saladino |
| trained by a Soviet coach. Meanwhile, in Yugoslavia, | | | | Did you know- Irving Saladino became the first |
| the national squad came in 9th place in the World Cup | | | | Panamanian to win an Olympic gold medal when he |
| -ahead of Canada and Australia. However, Panama | | | | captured the Olympic title in the men's long jump at the |
| had achieved great distinctions in junior men | | | | 2008 Summer Games in the People's Republic of |
| competitions too. On January 12, 1976, the under-20 | | | | China. This Central American nation had not won an |
| national basketball team won the IV Bolivarian | | | | Olympic medal since 1948 when Lloyd LaBeach won |
| Championship in San Cristobal, Venezuela, and then, in | | | | two bronze medals - 100m and 200m/track and field-- |
| November, earned the Second Central American and | | | | at the Olympiad in the United Kingdom. |