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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2019 Parapan American Games

Bidding process
Further information: Bids for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games
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 while 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 of a mosaic of the faces of volunteers. It was produced by Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows and directed by creative director Juan Carlos Fisher.[10][11]

Opening ceremony

The Ceremony began with a countdown from 10 to 0. This was followed by announcement of President of Peru Martin Vizcarra and the President of Americas Paralympic Committee, Julio César Ávila. The Flag of Peru is raised by Peruvian Armed Forces as the National Anthem is played.

This was followed by an introductory performance titled "The Birth" symbolising Peru's biodiversity and life.[12] The performance was followed immediately by the Parade of Nations in which each teams marched into the stadium, preceded by a person dressed as Ekeko carrying a chicha-style banner with the name of the country, similar to Pan American Games. As per tradition, Peru as host entered last, while the other countries entered under Spanish Alphabetical order.

Soon afterwards was the creative segments, divided into six segments: Symbiosis, The Maze, Chaos, Hope, The Horizon and Victory. All six segments told the story of two boys who grow up helping each other in the spirit of friendship and showing people their ability to overcome their disabilities. The boys as children were played by Jheremy Alejos Perez and Piero Guidiche Montes while the adult boys were played by Marco Antonio Moran and Jose Jesus Diaz Quispe.

In the protocol segment, the President of the Lima 2019 Organizing Committee Carlos Neuhaus and the President of APC, Julio Dussliere deliver their speeches before President of Peru, Martin Vizcarra declare the Games open. The APC flag was carried into the stadium by former Peruvian sportsmen: Efraín Sotacuro, Alicia Flores, Yeni Vargas, Juana Hurtado, María Trujillo, Israel Hilario, Óscar Neyra and Augusto Vásquez and raised to the Paralympic Anthem by the Armed Forces.

During the torch relay segment, the Parapan American flame is carried into the stadium by Peruvian Paralympian Pompilio Falconi, who competed in athletics at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. He passed the flame to table tennis player Teresa Chiappo, who then handed it to swimmer José González. Jose Gonzalez handed the flame to last torch bearer, Jimmy Eulert a gold medallist at the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics who lights the Incan Sun cauldron with the help of the acrobats on the totem. The ceremony ended with a concert by Peruvian band "Bareto" who performed four songs: Quiero amanacer, Se ha muerto mi abuelo, No juegues con el diablo and Cariñito.[13]

Parade of Nations
Order Nation Spanish Flag bearer Sport
1 Argentina (ARG)Argentina Gustavo Fernandez[14] Wheelchair tennis
2 Aruba (ARU)Aruba Elliott Loonstra Athletics
3 Barbados (BAR)Barbados Sean Cooke[15] Athletics
4 Bermuda (BER)Bermuda Steve Wilson[16] Boccia
5 Brazil (BRA)Brasil Leomon Moreno da Silva Goalball
6 Canada (CAN)Canadá Stephanie Chan[17] Table tennis
7 Chile (CHI)Chile Alberto Abarza Swimming
8 Colombia (COL)Colombia Alejandro Perea Cycling
9 Costa Rica (CRC)Costa Rica Camila Haase Swimming
10 Cuba (CUB)Cuba Omara Durand Athletics
11 Ecuador (ECU)Ecuador Darwin Castro Athletics
12 El Salvador (ESA)El Salvador Herbert Aceituno Powerlifting
13 United States (USA)Estados Unidos de América Kathryn Holloway[18] Sitting volleyball
14 Guatemala (GUA)Guatemala Raúl Anguiano Badminton
15 Guyana (GUY)Guyana Gibran Sarfaraz Table tennis
16 Haiti (HAI)Haití Lounevie Pierre Athletics
17 Honduras (HON)Honduras Carlos Velásquez Athletics
18 Jamaica (JAM)Jamaica Chadwick Campbell[19] Athletics
19 Mexico (MEX)México Eduardo Ávila Judo
20 Nicaragua (NCA)Nicaragua Akira López Athletics
21 Panama (PAN)Panamá Getrudis Ortega Athletics
22 Paraguay (PAR)Paraguay Melissa Nair Tillner Galeano Athletics
23 Puerto Rico (PUR)Puerto Rico Javier Hernández Swimming
24 Dominican Republic (DOM)República Dominicana José Manuel Abud Powerlifting
25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)San Vicente y las Granadinas John Jaldini Swimming
26 Suriname (SUR)Surinam Chivaro Belfort Athletics
27 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)Trinidad y Tobago Nyoshia Cain[20] Athletics
28 Uruguay (URU)Uruguay Carmelo Milán Shooting
29 Venezuela (VEN)Venezuela Belkys Mota Swimming
30 Peru (PER)Perú Angelica Espinoza[21] Taekwondo

Closing ceremony

Katia Condos and Gonzalo Torres were the hosts of the ceremony. The segments of the ceremony were inspired by the core values of the International Paralympic Movement which are: Inspiration, Determination, Courage and Equality and featured mostly concert and dance performances by local artists. During the ceremony, Laguna Pai performed three songs: Libertad, Vamos con fe and Resiliencia; We The Lion performed four songs: Found Love, All My Demons, So Fine and When Life Began; and Desiree Nunez Del Prado and Javier Morales performed a Marinera duet.

After delivery of speech by President of the Organizing Committee Carlos Neuhaus and of the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Julio César Ávila, the Games were declared closed by APC president himself. Through President of the Americas Paralympic Committee, Julio César Ávila, Deputy Mayor of the city of Lima Miguel Eugenio Romero Sotelo handed the APC flag over to the Undersecretary of Sports of Chile, Andres Otero Klein for the next Parapan American Games in 2023. When the flag of Chile is raised by armed forces personnel, the National Anthem of Chile is performed by 14-year-old Cerebral Palsy female singer Isidora Guzmán, accompanied by images slideshow of the country's scenery. Chilean band Los Jaivas performed songs on stage to represent Chile as next host of the event. When Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón performed “Canción con todos” on stage, the Flame beside the stage was extinguished. The Ceremony ended with a concert by a cumbia group Hermanos Yaipén who performed five songs: Mix de Luis Miguel, El Tiki Taka, Al llorar a otra parte, Mix de Juan Gabriel and Que levante la mano.[22]

Participating National Paralympic Committees

30 National Paralympic Committees have participated at the games including Guyana and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as debuting teams. Paraguay returned to participate after last competed in the 2007 edition, while Virgin Islands which last participated at the 2015 edition was absent.[23]

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

[24]

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)1249985308
2 United States (USA)596064183
3 Mexico (MEX)555846159
4 Colombia (COL)473650133
5 Argentina (ARG)263942107
6 Canada (CAN)17212260
7 Cuba (CUB)13101639
8 Chile (CHI)10121133
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)3703683771115

See also

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  24. Medal count
Preceded by
Toronto		 VI Parapan American Games
Lima
(2019)		 Succeeded by
Santiago
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