2019 Pan American Games

2019 Pan American Games. The 2019 Pan American Games, also known as the XVIII Pan American Games, were a major international multi-sport event held in Lima, Peru, from July 26 to August 11, 2019. The games featured 6,668 athletes from 41 National Olympic Committees, including United States Olympic Committee, Canadian Olympic Committee, and Brazilian Olympic Committee. The event was organized by the Pan American Sports Organization and the Lima 2019 Organizing Committee, with the support of the International Olympic Committee and the Peruvian Olympic Committee.

● Overview

The 2019 Pan American Games were the largest sporting event held in Peru since the 2005 South American Games. The games featured 419 events in 39 sports, including aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, karate, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling. The games also included the Parapan American Games, which were held from August 23 to September 1, 2019, and featured Paralympic athletes from 33 countries, including United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. The event was broadcast by ESPN, NBC Sports, and CBC Sports, among other networks, and was sponsored by Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Visa Inc..

● Participating Nations

A total of 41 nations participated in the 2019 Pan American Games, including Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The games also featured athletes from Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, which competed as separate entities.

● Sports

The 2019 Pan American Games featured 39 sports, including aquatics, which was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Natation and included events in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo. The games also included archery, which was organized by the World Archery Federation, and athletics, which was organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Other sports featured at the games included badminton, which was organized by the Badminton World Federation, and basketball, which was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Basketball. The games also included boxing, which was organized by the International Boxing Association, and canoeing, which was organized by the International Canoe Federation.

● Medal Table

The United States topped the medal table at the 2019 Pan American Games, winning a total of 293 medals, including 120 gold medals, 88 silver medals, and 85 bronze medals. Brazil finished second, winning a total of 171 medals, including 54 gold medals, 45 silver medals, and 72 bronze medals. Mexico finished third, winning a total of 136 medals, including 37 gold medals, 36 silver medals, and 63 bronze medals. Other countries that finished in the top 10 included Canada, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, and Peru.

● Venues

The 2019 Pan American Games were held at a total of 14 venues in Lima, Peru, including the Estadio Nacional, which hosted the opening ceremony and the athletics events. The Villa María del Triunfo complex hosted the aquatics events, while the Polideportivo 1 hosted the basketball and volleyball events. The Callao venue hosted the boxing and taekwondo events, while the Lima Convention Center hosted the fencing and table tennis events. The games also featured venues in Callao, Miraflores, and San Borja.

● Schedule

The 2019 Pan American Games took place from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with the opening ceremony held on July 26 at the Estadio Nacional. The games featured a total of 16 days of competition, with the closing ceremony held on August 11 at the Estadio Nacional. The Parapan American Games were held from August 23 to September 1, 2019, and featured a total of 10 days of competition. The games were broadcast by ESPN, NBC Sports, and CBC Sports, among other networks, and were sponsored by Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Visa Inc.. The event was also supported by the International Olympic Committee, the Pan American Sports Organization, and the Peruvian Olympic Committee.