Parapan American Games

Games
	1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023; 2027;

Parapan American Games
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Abbreviation	ParaPan-Am Games
First event	1999 Parapan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.
Occur every	4 years
Last event	2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile
Purpose	Multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the American continent

The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1] The 2003 Parapan American Games was the last Parapan American Games that was not held in the same city as the Pan American Games. The most recent Parapan American Games were held between 17 and 26 November 2023, in Santiago, Chile.
It's organized by the Americas Paralympic Committee.

Games

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015

2019, 2027

2023

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Host cities of the Parapan American Games

Games	Year	Host country (as recognized by IPC)	Host city	Opened by	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top nation
I	1999	Mexico	Mexico City		4–11 November 1999	18	1,000	4	378	Mexico
II	2003	Argentina	Mar del Plata		3–10 December 2003	28	1,500	9	303	Mexico
III	2007	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho	12–19 August 2007	25	1,115	10	257	Brazil
IV	2011	Mexico	Guadalajara	Secretary Bernardo de la Garza	12–20 November 2011	24	1,355	13	276	Brazil
V	2015	Canada	Toronto	Governor General David Johnston	7–15 August 2015	28	1,615	15	317	Brazil
VI	2019	Peru	Lima	President Martín Vizcarra	23 August – 1 September 2019	30	1,890	17	370	Brazil
VII	2023	Chile	Santiago	President Gabriel Boric	17–26 November 2023	31	1,934	17	380	Brazil
VIII	2027	Peru	Lima		8-17 October 2027			17

Sports

Sport	Years
Archery	2011–2015, 2023
Athletics	Since 1999 (compulsory)
Badminton	2019–present
Boccia	2003, 2011–present (compulsory)
Cycling	2003, 2011–present
Equestrian	2003
Football 5-a-side	2007–present (compulsory)
Football 7-a-side	2007, 2015–present (compulsory)
Goalball	2011–present (compulsory)
Judo	2007–present (compulsory)

Sport	Years
Powerlifting	2007–present
Shooting	2019–present
Swimming	1999–present (compulsory)
Table tennis	1999, 2007–present (compulsory)
Taekwondo	2019–present
Sitting volleyball	2003–2019
Wheelchair basketball	1999–present (compulsory)
Wheelchair fencing	2003
Wheelchair tennis	2003–present
Wheelchair rugby	2015–present (compulsory)

All-time medal table

Last updated after the 2023 Parapan American Games.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	741	522	447	1,710
2	Mexico (MEX)	431	422	352	1,205
3	United States (USA)	275	297	257	829
4	Argentina (ARG)	206	236	268	710
5	Canada (CAN)	155	168	165	488
6	Colombia (COL)	148	171	168	487
7	Cuba (CUB)	119	89	74	282
8	Venezuela (VEN)	76	90	128	294
9	Chile (CHI)	36	42	45	123
10	Peru (PER)	19	19	33	71
11	Uruguay (URU)	17	15	12	44
12	Ecuador (ECU)	15	14	17	46
13	Costa Rica (CRC)	9	11	11	31
14	Puerto Rico (PUR)	9	6	9	24
15	Jamaica (JAM)	7	12	6	25
16	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	5	1	3	9
17	Bermuda (BER)	4	2	0	6
18	El Salvador (ESA)	3	2	1	6
19	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	1	2
20	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	7	9	16
21	Panama (PAN)	0	3	1	4
22	Bolivia (BOL)	0	1	1	2
23	Nicaragua (NIC)	0	0	4	4
24	Aruba (ARU)	0	0	1	1
24	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		2,276	2,130	2,014	6,420

Youth Games

The Youth Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes aged 12 to 21 with physical disabilities.^[2] The games were created after the 2003 Pan American Games in order to reduce the large average age gap between countries in the Americas. ^[3] The games are held every four years, staggering with the Pan American and Parapan American games, with first of its kind being held in 2005 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

List of Youth Parapan American Games

Games	Year	Host city	Host nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Top Placed Team	Ref.
I	2005	Barquisimeto	Venezuela		22 October	30 October	10		8	Venezuela (VEN)	^[2]
II	2009	Bogotá	Colombia		17 October	22 October	14	700	9	Brazil (BRA)	^[4]
III	2013	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Alicia Kirchner	13 October	20 October	16	600	10	Brazil (BRA)	^[5]
IV	2017	São Paulo	Brazil		20 March	25 March	19	808	12	Brazil (BRA)	^[6]
V	2023	Bogotá	Colombia		2 June	12 June			12	Colombia (COL)

References

^ "Parapan American Games". Americas Paralympic Committee. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
^ ^a ^b "Barquisimeto 2005 Youth Parapan American Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Bid process launched for 2021 Youth Parapan American Games". Dunsar Media Company Limited. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Paralimpicos Panamericanos en acción" (in Spanish). Coldeportes. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Buenos Aires 2013 Youth Parapan American Games". International Paralympics Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "São Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games". International Paralympics Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

External links

Americas Paralympic Committee

[1] "Parapan American Games". Americas Paralympic Committee. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

[IPCBarq-2] "Barquisimeto 2005 Youth Parapan American Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[3] "Bid process launched for 2021 Youth Parapan American Games". Dunsar Media Company Limited. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[4] "Paralimpicos Panamericanos en acción" (in Spanish). Coldeportes. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[IPCBue-5] "Buenos Aires 2013 Youth Parapan American Games". International Paralympics Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[IPCSao-6] "São Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games". International Paralympics Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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v t e Parapan American Games
PASO APC
Parapan American Games	1999 Mexico City 2003 Mar del Plata 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2011 Guadalajara 2015 Toronto 2019 Lima 2023 Santiago 2027 TBD
Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth Parapan American Games

v t e Youth Parapan American Games
PASO APC
Youth Parapan American Games	2005 Barquisimeto 2009 Bogotá 2013 Buenos Aires 2017 São Paulo
Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth Parapan American Games

v t e Panam Sports
National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela
Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)
Associated competitions	Pan American Games Junior Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival
Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

v t e Regional organizations of National Paralympic Committees
Asian Para Games Parapan American Games
Africa	APC – African Paralympic Committee
Americas	APC – Americas Paralympic Committee
Asia	APC – Asian Paralympic Committee
Europe	EPC – European Paralympic Committee
Oceania	OPC – Oceania Paralympic Committee