Last Wednesday, we celebrated the 100 days ahead to the start of the Pan American Games. In this context, Lima 2019 presented the official competition calendar for the most important multi-sports event of the continent to be held for the first time in our country.
The opening will be celebrated in a special ceremony scheduled for July 26 at the National Stadium. However, the Pan American Games competitions will begin two days before. The international event will start on July 24 with women’s handball that will take place at the Sports Center 1 of VIDENA.
Events in four sports will start one day before the opening ceremony: beach volleyball at Costa Verde in San Miguel, squash at VIDENA, bowling at the Bowling Center in VIDENA and men’s softball at Villa María Sports Center. Also, women's handball competitions continue.
The whole competition calendar includes 39 sports and 62 disciplines that will be part of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. You can also check the venues map covering Lima, Callao, Végueta and Paracas, where the best athletes from the continent will participate. They will arrive in the country in less than 100 days.
ABOUT LIMA 2019
The opening ceremony of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games will be held at the National Stadium on July 26, 2019. This continental event will gather 6680 athletes from 41 countries and delegations from the Americas.
There will be 17 days of competitions and ceremonies between July 26 and August 11, which will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao at various venues like VIDENA, Villa María Sports Center, Callao Regional Village, Villa El Salvador Sports Center, Punta Rocas, among others.
The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will include 39 sports and 62 disciplines, in which athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. A total of 23 disciplines are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Parapan American Games will gather 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries, participating in 17 sports and 18 disciplines. The competitions will take place between August 23 and September 1, 2019. Fourteen sports will be qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
ABOUT PANAM SPORTS
Panam Sports (formerly known as Pan American Sports Organization - PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games and its structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter. Panam Sports is the leader of sports and the Olympic Movement in the Americas and encourages the sports development and supports the work of the 41 National Olympic Committees members of the organization in order to inspire more world-class performances and the next generation of athletes across our region.
IPC and APC
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic Movement. This committee’s objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.
The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was established in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held in the same city as the Pan American Games.