Lima presents the official competition calendar for the Parapan American Games, event which will be held for the first time in our country.
The Parapan American Games opening ceremony will take place at the national stadium on August 23. This international event will receive the 1890 best Para athletes from delegations of 33 countries of the Americas.
However, in this opportunity, competitions will begin one day before the opening of the Games. On Thursday, August 22, Para table tennis competition will start. The modern Sports Center 3 of Videna, which was specially built for the Games, was chosen as the competition venue for this sport.
On the day of the opening ceremony, Friday, August 23, sitting volleyball will start its matches at new Callao’s Sports Center, as well as wheelchair rugby at the Sports Center of Villa El Salvador, which was also built for the Lima 2019 Games. Additionally, the Para table tennis competition will continue its course at Videna.
The calendar presents 17 Para sports and 18 disciplines, all part of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, as well as the map of Lima and Callao 14 venues, where the best Para athletes of the continent will compete.
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 the 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 22 and September 1, 2019. Fourteen sports will be qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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.