2019 Parapan American Games
Host city | Lima, Peru |
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Motto | Let's All Play Spanish: Jugamos Todos |
Nations | 30 |
Athletes | 1,878 |
Events | 370 in 17 sports |
Opening | August 23 |
Closing | September 1 |
Opened by | Martín Vizcarra President of Peru[1] |
Main venue | Estadio Nacional de Lima (Opening) VIDENA Athletics Stadium (Closing) |
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The 2019 Parapan American Games, officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, was an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee was held from August 23 to September 1, 2019 in Lima, Peru.[3]
Bidding process
Four bids were submitted for the 2019 Pan and Parapan 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.[4] Lima bid for the games for the second consecutive time after losing to Toronto for the 2015 edition of the games. The other three cities bid for the Parapan American games for the first time. Lima was elected as the host city on October 11, 2013 where PASO members gathered in Toronto, Canada, to elect the host city.[5] The city was considered the favourite to win the rights to host throughout the process.[3]
2019 Pan American Games bidding results | ||||||
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City | NOC | Round 1 | ||||
Lima | Peru | 31 | ||||
La Punta | Argentina | 9 | ||||
Santiago | Chile | 9 | ||||
Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 8 |
Development and preparation
Venues
The events was 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.[6]
Athlete's Village
2000 athletes and team officials was accommodated in a complex with 1,700 units in Villa El Salvador.
Torch relay
The torch was lit on August 20, in the Lima district of Pachacamac and took a 3-day tour within the city center from August 21 to 23, 2019.[7]
The Games
Ceremonies
The opening ceremony of the games took place on August 23, 2019 at the Estadio Nacional de Lima and the closing ceremony took place on September 1, 2019 at the VIDENA Athletics Stadium.[8][9] The opening ceremony was entitled Elevation and featured a stage designed as a totem, made by three obelisks. It was produced by Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows and directed by creative director Hansel Cereza. The closing ceremony was entitled Human Spirit and featured a stage with a backdrop with a mosaic made of the faces of hundreds of volunteers. It was produced by Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows and directed by creative director Juan Carlos Fisher.[10][11]
Participating National Paralympic Committees
30 National Paralympic Committees have participated at the games. Guyana and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participated for the first time,Paraguay participated in the Games for the first time since 2007 while Virgin Islands which last participated at the 2015 edition was absent.[12]
Participating National Paralympic Committees |
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Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee
Country | Athletes |
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Brazil | 325 |
United States | 259 |
Argentina | 213 |
Mexico | 186 |
Colombia | 183 |
Canada | 145 |
Peru | 138 |
Venezuela | 93 |
Chile | 87 |
Cuba | 48 |
Costa Rica | 39 |
Ecuador | 28 |
Puerto Rico | 22 |
Dominican Republic | 19 |
Guatemala | 19 |
El Salvador | 16 |
Panama | 14 |
Jamaica | 9 |
Honduras | 5 |
Nicaragua | 5 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5 |
Uruguay | 5 |
Bermuda | 4 |
Paraguay | 3 |
Guyana | 2 |
Haiti | 2 |
Aruba | 1 |
Barbados | 1 |
Suriname | 1 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 |
Sports
Events in 17 sports was held during the 2019 Parapan American Games. Cycling events was split into road and track disciplines. Team events goalball, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball continued as men's and women's events, wheelchair rugby continued to be a mixed event and football 5-a-side and football 7-a-side opened for male competitors. Badminton, taekwondo and para shooting made their debuts. Seven of the sports count as qualifying events for 2020 Summer Paralympics.
- Athletics (119) ( )
- Badminton (8) ( )
- Boccia (7) ( )
- Cycling ( )
- Football 5-a-side (1) ( )
- Football 7-a-side (1) ( )
- Goalball (2) ( )
- Judo (10) ( )
- Powerlifting (15) ( )
- Shooting (8) ( )
- Sitting volleyball (2) ( )
- Swimming (140) ( )
- Table tennis (20) ( )
- Taekwondo (6) ( )
- Wheelchair basketball (2) ( )
- Wheelchair rugby (1) ( )
- Wheelchair tennis (5) ( )
Calendar
OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
August/September | 22nd Thu |
23rd Fri |
24th Sat |
25th Sun |
26th Mon |
27th Tue |
28th Wed |
29th Thu |
30th Fri |
31st Sat |
1st Sun |
Events | |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | — | ||||||||||
Athletics | 22 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 119 | |||||||
Badminton | ● | ● | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
Boccia | ● | ● | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
Cycling | Road cycling | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
Track cycling | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
Football 5-a-side | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Football 7-a-side | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Goalball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||
Judo | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
Powerlifting | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||||||||
Shooting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
Sitting volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Swimming | 19 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 140 | |||||
Table tennis | ● | 1 | 14 | ● | ● | 5 | 20 | ||||||
Taekwondo | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
Wheelchair basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Wheelchair rugby | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Wheelchair tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Daily medal events | 1 | 43 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 45 | 26 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 370 | ||
Cumulative total | 1 | 44 | 97 | 150 | 204 | 249 | 275 | 313 | 356 | 370 | |||
August/September | 22nd Thu |
23rd Fri |
24th Sat |
25th Sun |
26th Mon |
27th Tue |
28th Wed |
29th Thu |
30th Fri |
31st Sat |
1st Sun |
Events |
Medal table
* Host nation (Peru)
Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil (BRA) | 124 | 98 | 86 | 308 |
2 | United States (USA) | 58 | 62 | 65 | 185 |
3 | Mexico (MEX) | 55 | 58 | 45 | 158 |
4 | Colombia (COL) | 47 | 36 | 50 | 133 |
5 | Argentina (ARG) | 26 | 39 | 42 | 107 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 17 | 21 | 22 | 60 |
7 | Cuba (CUB) | 13 | 10 | 16 | 39 |
8 | Chile (CHI) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
9 | Ecuador (ECU) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
10 | Peru (PER)* | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
11 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 10 | 21 | 33 |
12 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Bermuda (BER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
14 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
15 | El Salvador (ESA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
18 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
19 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
20 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
21 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (21 entries) | 370 | 369 | 378 | 1117 |
See also
References
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- ^ "Jimmy Eulert lights Parapan American Cauldron".
- ^ a b McKay, Duncan (October 11, 2013). "Lima awarded 2019 Pan American and Parapan Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ "Four Cities Vying to Host 2019 Pan American Games". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/. Sports Publications, Inc. February 1, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ Bauer, Aaron (October 11, 2013). "Lima Wins the 2019 Pan American Games". Around the Rings. Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "El presupuesto para Lima 2019 está casi listo". La Republica (in Spanish). July 21, 2016.
- ^ "Torch".
- ^ "Opening ceremony".
- ^ "Opening ceremony guide".
- ^ "Closing ceremony".
- ^ "Closing ceremony guide".
- ^ "NOC Schedule".
- ^ Medal count