2019 Parapan American Games

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]

VI Parapan American Games
Host cityLima, Peru
MottoLet's All Play
Spanish: Jugamos Todos
Nations30
Athletes1,878
Events370 in 17 sports
OpeningAugust 23
ClosingSeptember 1
Opened by
Martín Vizcarra
President of Peru[1]
Cauldron
Jimmy Eulert[2]
StadiumEstadio Nacional de Lima (Opening)
VIDENA Athletics Stadium (Closing)
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Bidding process
Lima was selected as the host city of the 2019 Parapan American Games

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
City NOC Round 1
Lima Peru 31
La Punta Argentina 9
Santiago Chile 9
Ciudad Bolívar Venezuela 8

Development and preparation

Venues
Main article: Venues of the 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games

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.

The Estadio Nacional hosted the opening ceremony

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 for the first time since 2007 while Virgin Islands which last participated at the 2015 edition was absent.[12]

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee

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.

Calendar
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Gold medal events CCClosing 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
CeremoniesOCCCN/A
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 events1435353544526384314370
Cumulative total14497150204249275313356370
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

[13]

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)1249886308
2 United States (USA)586265185
3 Mexico (MEX)555845158
4 Colombia (COL)473650133
5 Argentina (ARG)263942107
6 Canada (CAN)17212260
7 Cuba (CUB)13101639
8 Chile (CHI)10121032
9 Ecuador (ECU)56516
10 Peru (PER)*53715
11 Venezuela (VEN)2102133
12 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)2114
13 Bermuda (BER)2103
14 Uruguay (URU)1012
15 El Salvador (ESA)1001
 Guatemala (GUA)1001
17 Dominican Republic (DOM)0325
18 Costa Rica (CRC)0314
19 Puerto Rico (PUR)0303
20 Jamaica (JAM)0224
21 Panama (PAN)0112
Totals (21 NPCs)3693693771115

See also

References
  1. "Lima 2019: Spectacular ceremony opens Parapans".
  2. "Jimmy Eulert lights Parapan American Cauldron".
  3. McKay, Duncan (October 11, 2013). "Lima awarded 2019 Pan American and Parapan Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  4. "Four Cities Vying to Host 2019 Pan American Games". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/. Sports Publications, Inc. February 1, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  5. Bauer, Aaron (October 11, 2013). "Lima Wins the 2019 Pan American Games". Around the Rings. Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  6. "El presupuesto para Lima 2019 está casi listo". La Republica (in Spanish). July 21, 2016.
  7. "Torch".
  8. "Opening ceremony".
  9. "Opening ceremony guide".
  10. "Closing ceremony".
  11. "Closing ceremony guide".
  12. "NOC Schedule".
  13. Medal count
Preceded by
Toronto		 VI Parapan American Games
Lima
(2019)		 Succeeded by
Santiago
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