However, Antigua and Barbuda participated in the 1959 Pan American Games as part of the British West Indies and future Prime Minister Lester Bird won a bronze medal in the long jump.

Sprinter Heather Samuel won Antigua and Barbuda's first Pan Am medal in 1995, a bronze in the women's 100 metres.

Sprinter, Brendan Christian won Antigua and Barbuda's first gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

[1] To date, all five of Antigua and Barbuda's medals have been won in the sport of track and field.

Antigua and Barbuda did not compete at the first and only Pan American Winter Games in 1990.