2019 Pan American Games Explained
The 2019 Pan American Games (Spanish; Castilian: Juegos Panamericanos de 2019|links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games (Spanish; Castilian: XVIII Juegos Panamericanos|links=no) and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminary rounds in certain events having begun on July 24, 2019. These were the first Pan American Games to be held in Peru, and the seventh to be held in South America.
The opening ceremony took place on July 26 at the National Stadium of Peru, and the Games were declared open by former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra. These Pan American Games were held at venues in and around Lima, and are the largest sporting event ever hosted by the country.[1]
Bidding process
See main article: Bids for the 2019 Pan American Games. A total of four bids were submitted for the 2019 Pan American Games, and they were officially announced on February 1, 2013. These were Lima in Peru, Santiago in Chile, Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela and La Punta in Argentina.[2] Lima bid for the games for the second consecutive time after losing to Toronto for the 2015 edition of the games. Santiago had won the rights to stage the 1975 and 1987 Pan American Games but withdrew both times before hosting. The other two cities bid for the games for the first time. Lima was elected as the host city on October 11, 2013, where PASO members gathered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to elect the host city.[3] [4] The city was considered the favourite to win the rights to host throughout the contest.[4]
Development and preparation
Venues
See main article: Venues of the 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games.
The events were held in various Lima districts and neighboring cities, with most of them concentrated in the clusters of VIDENA (a complex in the San Luis District), Pan American Park (Villa María del Triunfo), the Sports Village of Callao, and a sports complex in Costa Verde.
Financing
The total budget is estimated at US$1.2 billion, with $470 million in sports infrastructure, $180 million building the Pan American Village, $430 million spent in organization, and $106 million for other expenses.[5]
Athletes' Village
9,500 athletes and team officials were accommodated in a complex with 1,700 units in Villa El Salvador.
Torch relay
See main article: 2019 Pan American Games torch relay. The torch was sent from Mexico to Lima by sailboat, and the torch relay started in Machu Picchu.[6] The torch had toured through 23 cities over 23 days and covered 5,500 kilometers en route to the Peru National Stadium in Lima on July 26, 2019, for the opening ceremony. The cities include Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Puno, Lake Titicaca, Arequipa, Camaná, Nazca, Ica, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Cerro de Pasco, Huánuco, Tocache, Tarapoto, Bagua Grande, Piura, Cajamarca, Trujillo and Huaraz.[7]
The Games
Ceremonies
See main article: 2019 Pan American Games opening ceremony and 2019 Pan American Games closing ceremony. The opening ceremony of the games took place on July 26, 2019, and the closing ceremony took place on August 11, 2019.[8]
Participating National Olympic Committees
All 41 nations who are members of the Pan American Sports Organization competed at the event.[9] [10] The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes a country qualified.
Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee
IOC | Country | Athletes |
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USA | | 643 |
PER | | 592 |
MEX | | 543 |
ARG | | 529 |
BRA | | 487 |
CAN | | 477 |
CUB | | 420 |
COL | | 349 |
CHI | | 317 |
VEN | | 282 |
PUR | | 244 |
DOM | | 209 |
ECU | | 201 |
GUA | | 147 |
URU | | 145 |
JAM | | 124 |
TRI | | 98 |
CRC | | 84 |
PAN | | 83 |
PAR | | 71 |
NCA | | 61 |
ESA | | 56 |
BOL | | 49 |
HON | | 44 |
BAH | | 33 |
BAR | | 31 |
ISV | | 30 |
GUY | | 26 |
ARU | | 21 |
BER | | 17 |
GRN | | 11 |
ANT | | 9 |
HAI | | 8 |
LCA | | 7 |
BIZ | | 6 |
CAY | | 6 |
SUR | | 6 |
IVB | | 5 |
SKN | | 4 |
VIN | | 4 |
DMA | | 2 | |
Sports
419 events in 38 sports were contested in Lima, the largest number of medal events ever held at a single edition of the Pan American Games until that date. Bodybuilding and surfing were contested at the Pan-Am Games for the first time in 2019, basque pelota was reinstated after being absent from the 2015 Games, and women's baseball was dropped after debuting in 2015.
Almost all of the new events being contested at the 2020 Summer Olympics were already on the Pan-Am Games' program. Sport climbing was excluded because it did not have the required number of national federations in the Americas to be eligible for inclusion. Skateboarding was pulled from the program in May 2019; Panam Sports cited that World Skate had diminished the quality of the event by having not made the Games be a qualifier for the Olympics, and its partner Street League Skateboarding (SLS) having scheduled a World Tour event in Los Angeles that conflicted with the Games.[50] [51] [52] [53]
The new disciplines that were scheduled to be introduced for the 2020 Summer Olympics were also added, including the 4 × 100m mixed medley relay, men's 800m and women's 1,500m in swimming, 3-on-3 basketball, BMX freestyle park, two new women's boxing events, Madison track cycling, the transfer of three men's events to mixed team events in shooting, table tennis mixed doubles, archery mixed team, and triathlon mixed relay. There was a reduction of one men's weightlifting event,[54] [55] and all canoe events being gender-neutral (removing a men's event from each discipline).[56] 19 extra events were also added, including the 1m springboard in diving,[56] as well three events in compound archery,[57] modern pentathlon relays (with mixed, men's, and women's events),[56] 49er, Nacra 17 and kiteboarding (the latter two replacing the Hobie 16 and J/24) events in sailing,[58] extreme canoe slalom, mixed doubles squash, women's wakeboard, poomsae events in taekwondo,[59] women's 50 km race walking, and men's and woman's doubles events in table tennis.[56] [60] [61]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events to be contested in each sport/discipline.
Calendar
The calendar was unveiled on April 18, 2019, 100 days ahead to the start of the competition.[62] [63]
Medal table
See main article: 2019 Pan American Games medal table.
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Media
Broadcasting
Mediapro served as host broadcaster. The Lima Convention Centre hosted the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).[64] Panam Sports also launched the Panam Sports Channel on its website, which featured supplemental video content from the Games hosted by local personality Alexandra Hörler.[65]
Marketing
Logo
The official logo of the 2019 Pan American Games is inspired by the amancay, an indigenous flower that flourishes from June 24 through September 30. The flower and its pistils represent three athletes with open arms and the three Americas, with the identity of Lima. It was designed by Peruvian graphic designers Juan Diego Sanz and Jorge Luis Zárate.[66]
Mascot
In June 2017, after over a thousand submissions, the organising committee revealed the final three in the running to be the mascot of the games.[67] The final three designs were: Milco, which was influenced by Cuchimilco sculptures (pre-Hispanic figures of Chancay culture developed in Lima around 1200–1470 A.D.); a flower named Amantis; and Wayqi, a leaf-toed gecko. In July 2017, it was announced Milco was the winner of the contest, receiving 45% of the vote. There was approximately 44,154 votes cast in the contest, the most ever for a mascot competition for the Pan American Games.[68] The winning designer of the competition was awarded 15,000 Peruvian soles (or approximately US$4,600).[69] Milco's body is orange and the colour of his shorts is red, while his T-shirt is white, representing the colors of the Peruvian flag. Milco was designed by 24-year-old Andrea Norka Medrano Moy.[68]
See also
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Queda Delegación Mexicana con 543 deportistas a Lima . Mexican delegation settle with 543 athletes to Lima . es . com.org.mx . . June 27, 2019 . July 16, 2019 . July 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716175426/http://www.com.org.mx/com-informa/queda-delegacion-mexicana-con-543-deportistas-lima/ . dead.
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- News: Alfaro . Julio . July 4, 2019 . COP presenta delegación y escoge abanderado para los Juegos Panamericanos en Lima . COP presents delegation and chooses flag-bearer for the Pan-American Games in Lima . es . . Panama City, Panama . July 20, 2019.
- News: Abanderan a delegación paraguaya a Juegos Panamericanos de Lima . Paraguayan delegation to the Pan-American Games in Lima . es . . Havana, Cuba . July 12, 2019 . July 20, 2019.
- News: Perú confirma delegación de 834 integrantes en Panamericanos . Peru confirms delegation of 834 members in Pan-American Games . es . . Havana, Cuba . July 18, 2019 . July 20, 2019.
- News: Puerto Rico viajará a Lima-2019 con una delegación de 244 deportistas . Puerto Rico will travel to Lima-2019 with a delegation of 244 athletes . es . . Havana, Cuba . July 18, 2019 . July 20, 2019.
- News: De Beauville . Anthony . July 18, 2019 . Levern Spencer To Lead Saint Lucia's Charge At Pan Am Games . The Voice . Castries, Saint Lucia . July 21, 2019.
- Web site: The SKNOC names its 2019 Pan Am Games Team . July 22, 2019 . sknvibes.com . SKNVibes, Inc . July 25, 2019.
- News: July 2, 2019 . SVG's Pan American Games team named . Searchlight . Kingstown, Saint Vincent . July 2, 2019.
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- Web site: Uruguay en Una Nueva Edición De Los Juegos Panamericanos . Uruguay in a New Edition of the Pan American Games . es . coe.org.ec . . July 3, 2019 . July 20, 2019.
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- News: Vazquez . Andrea . December 17, 2017 . Compound competition confirmed for 2019 Pan Am Games . worldarchery.org . . December 20, 2017.
- Web site: Sailing Events Confirmed for 2019 Pan American Games . May 26, 2017 . sailingscuttlebutt.com . December 20, 2017.
- News: McSweeney . Declan . October 1, 2017 . Poomsae taekwondo to make Pan American Games debut at Lima 2019 . insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media Company Limited . December 20, 2017.
- Web site: 49er added to Pan Am Games sports program as athlete quote increased . January 18, 2019 . sailing.org . . January 18, 2019.
- Web site: Additional Medal Event at Pan Am . January 17, 2019 . Scuttlebutt . January 18, 2019.
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- News: Palmer . Dan . July 26, 2017 . Milco revealed as Lima 2019 mascot . insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media Company Limited . December 23, 2017.
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