The 2013 Pan American Junior Championships was held at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in Medellín, Colombia, from 23 to 25 August. The competition was originally scheduled for 2–4 August in Lima, Peru. Lima was ruled out as the host and the dates were also amended in April, due to the clash with the 2013 World Games in Cali and its proximity to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.Reid, Paul A. (2013-04-16). JAAA for PanAm crisis meeting today. Jamaica Observer. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.

The United States easily topped the medal table with fifteen gold medals and 38 medals in total, continuing their streak as the best performing nation at the championships (bar one interruption at the 2001 edition). Cuba and Canada, the other traditionally strong nations in the region, were the next best performers: Cuba won eight golds in its haul of eleven medals while Canada had the second largest total with 19 medals (six of them gold). Brazil and Mexico each took four golds and the host nation Colombia claimed twelve medals overall. Twenty-one of the 36 participating nations reached the medal table.Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-08-26). Pole Vault highlights Pan-American Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.

Two championship record marks were bettered in 2013, both of the women's field events. In the pole vault Canada's Alysha Newman and Venezuela's Robeilys Peinado both cleared . Newman broke the North American junior record and Peinado improved her own Venezuelan record. American Megan Glasman was the other to break a championship record with her winning mark of in the javelin throw. Another record of note was the South American junior record of 13.42 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles, set by Colombia's Juan Carlos Moreno. Felipe dos Santos of Brazil also broke the regional junior record with his winning score of 7762 points in the decathlon.

Among the participants, two completed doubles: Arialis Gandulla Martínez was the winner of both the women's 100 metres and 200 metres while Peru's Zulema Huacasi claimed both the 3000 metres flat and steeplechase titles. Brazil had two multiple medallists in Izabela da Silva (women's discus throw winner and shot put runner-up) and Thiago do Rosário (runner-up in both the men's 1500 metres and 5000 metres). Sage Watson of Canada won the 400 metres hurdles title, a silver in the 4 × 400 m relay, and a bronze in the flat race. Ecuadorian Angela Tenorio was a minor medallist in both the women's sprints.

Several medallists from the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics were present. Lázaro Martínez Santrayu repeated his triple jump title and Christoff Bryan won another men's high jump medal. Peinado and Tenorio had also won medals at the youth event.

Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.31 10.36 10.44200 metres 20.63 20.73 20.74400 metres 45.89 45.90 46.42800 metres 1:50.35 1:51.10 1:51.471500 metres 3:53.12 3:54.22 3:54.855000 metres 14:44.54 14:52.46 14:55.5310,000 metres 31:12.39 31:20.77 31:20.98110 m hurdles 13.42 AJR 13.47 13.61400 m hurdles 50.75 50.96 51.373000 m steeplechase 9:16.37 9:17.09 9:25.574 × 100 m relay Tevin HesterCameron BurrellRiak ReeseTrayvon Bromell 39.17 Jevaughn MinzieJazeel MurphyAntonio HenryOdail Todd 39.68 Rodrigo NascimentoVictor MourãoLuis SilvaRicardo Souza 39.964 × 400 m relay Marcus ChambersAlexis RobinsonLamar BrutonJuan Green 3:06.57 Alexander RussoJucian PereiraCarlos GrachetRodrigo Nascimento 3:06.94 Nathaniel GeorgeChristopher GreenJordan SherwoodBrandon McBride 3:07.6110,000 m walk 40:36.85 41:21.97 41:53.86 High jump 2.16 m 2.16 m 2.13 m Pole vault 5.35 m 5.20 m 4.90 m Long jump 7.95 m 7.92 m 7.48 m Triple jump 16.49 m 16.49 m 15.75 m Shot put 20.20 m 19.69 m 19.35 m Discus throw 62.49 m 61.77 m 59.30 m Hammer throw 72.99 m 71.79 m 68.44 m Javelin throw 72.82 m 69.38 m 67.38 m Decathlon 7762 pts AJR 7515 pts 7478 pts Martínez and White-Edwards had the same best mark of 16.49 m but Martínez took the gold by merit of his superior second best jump (16.35 m to White-Edwards' 16.29 m).

Women 100 metres(Wind: +2.8 m/s) 11.32w 11.37w 11.37w200 metres 23.27 23.34 23.48400 metres 52.19 52.59 52.68800 metres 2:06.94 2:08.85 2:09.741500 metres 4:36.88 4:38.84 4:39.853000 metres 9:42.70 9:56.65 10:07.765000 metres 18:11.57 18:13.83 18:17.75100 m hurdles 13.56 13.57 13.65 NR400 m hurdles 56.81 58.12 58.203000 m steeplechase 10:28.94 10:46.88 11:02.054 × 100 m relay Morolake AkinosunJennifer MaduAlexis FaulknorAnna Holland 43.97 Deshaunda MorrisonAmelia BrohmanNicole SetteringtonKhamica Bingham 46.13 Daniela CuellarJaneth LargachaAlison MinaJackeline Arizala 46.554 × 400 m relay Robin ReynoldsKendall BaisdenOlicia WilliamsCourtney Okolo 3:36.48 Marie-Colombe St. PierreJenna WestawayVanessa McLeodSage Watson 3:41.53 Diana CruzJulieth CaballeroTatiana SanchezJaneth Largacha 3:44.0810,000 m walk 50:26.44 50:44.19 50:50.37 High jump 1.76 m 1.76 m 1.76 m Pole vault 4.40 m CR AJR 4.40 m CR NR 4.00 m Long jump 6.24 m 6.04 m 6.01 m Triple jump 13.57 m 13.35 m 13.33 m Shot put 15.46 m 14.90 m 14.88 m Discus throw 54.15 m 50.48 m 50.44 m Hammer throw 60.94 m 57.40 m 56.58 m Javelin throw 53.93 m CR 50.00 m 49.07 m Heptathlon 5627 pts CR 5572 pts 5493 pts

Medal table

Participation

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Results

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