Roller sports at the 2019 Pan American Games explained

Event:Roller sports
Games:2019
Venue:Polideportivo 3 (artistic)
Pista de Patinaje (speed skating)
Dates:July 26 – August 10, 2019
Competitors:56
Nations:15
Num Events:8 (4 men, 4 women)
Prev:2015
Next:2023

Roller sports competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held at the Polideportivo 3 (artistic), and Pista de Patinaje (speed skating).[1]

The artistic competitions started on July 26 and finished on the 27th. Speed skating competitions took place on the 9th and 10th of August.

In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Included in this was the addition of skateboarding events for the first time to the Pan American Games sports program.[2] [3]

In May 2019, Panam Sports announced that skateboarding was removed from the sports program because World Skate could not guarantee the best athletes competing. Panam Sports also cited a "lack of respect" because World Skate scheduled a World Tour event at the same time as the games and would not authorize the competition as an Olympic qualifier.[4] [5]

8 medal events are scheduled to be contested, two in artistic and six in speed skating. A total of 56 qualified to compete at the games.

Medalists

Artistic skating

Men's free skating

Speed skating

Men's 300 metres time-trial
Men's 500 metres
Men's 10,000 metres elimination
Women's 300 metres time-trial
Women's 500 metres

Qualification

See main article: Roller sports at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. A total of 56 roller sports athletes will qualify to compete. 16 will qualify in artistic and 40 in speed skating. The Pan American Championships for each discipline held in 2018 was used to determine the qualifiers.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pan American Schedule. 13 June 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal. 9 June 2017. www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2017.
  3. News: Mather. Victor. 9 June 2017. Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays. The New York Times. New York City, New York. 20 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Skateboarding axed from Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme. Morgan. Liam. 16 May 2019. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 18 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Panam Sports Removes Skateboarding From Lima 2019 Pan American Games. 16 May 2019. www.aroundtherings.com/. Around the Rings. 18 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 29 May 2018.