Parapan American Games

Parapan American Games
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Games
1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027

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. 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 games was the 5th Parapan American Games which took place in 2019 with the host city being Lima, Peru. The next Parapan American Games are scheduled between 17 and 26 November 2023, in Santiago, Chile.

Games

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015

2019

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	18	1000	4	378	Mexico
II	2003	Argentina	Mar del Plata		3–10 December	28	1500	9	303	Mexico
III	2007	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho	12–19 August	25	1115	10	257	Brazil
IV	2011	Mexico	Guadalajara	Secretary Bernardo de la Garza	12–20 November	24	1355	13	276	Brazil
V	2015	Canada	Toronto	Governor General David Johnston	7–15 August	28	1615	15	317	Brazil
VI	2019	Peru	Lima	President Martín Vizcarra	23 August – 1 September	30	1890	17	370	Brazil
VII	2023	Chile	Santiago	President Gabriel Boric	17–25 November			17
VIII	2027	Colombia	Barranquilla		30 July-9 August

Sports

All-time medal table

• Last updated after the 2019 Parapan American Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	585	424	358	1367
2	Mexico (MEX)	402	376	302	1080
3	United States (USA)	220	239	204	663
4	Argentina (ARG)	181	200	216	597
5	Canada (CAN)	146	153	137	436
6	Cuba (CUB)	107	81	59	247
7	Colombia (COL)	98	113	115	326
8	Venezuela (VEN)	70	78	112	260
9	Chile (CHI)	20	22	30	72
10	Uruguay (URU)	17	14	11	42
11	Peru (PER)	13	10	14	37
12	Puerto Rico (PUR)	9	6	8	23
13	Ecuador (ECU)	8	7	12	27
14	Jamaica (JAM)	7	12	6	25
15	Costa Rica (CRC)	5	6	8	19
16	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	4	1	3	8
17	Bermuda (BER)	3	1	0	4
18	El Salvador (ESA)	2	1	1	4
19	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	0	1
20	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	4	4	8
21	Panama (PAN)	0	2	1	3
22	Bolivia (BOL)	0	1	1	2
23	Nicaragua (NIC)	0	0	4	4
24	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		1898	1751	1607	5256

Youth Games

The Youth Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes aged 12 to 21 with physical disabilities. The games were created after the 2003 Pan American Games in order to reduce the large average age gap between countries in the Americas. 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	Events	Top Placed Team	Ref.
I	2005	Barquisimeto	Venezuela		22 October	30 October	10		8		Venezuela (VEN)
II	2009	Bogotá	Colombia		17 October	22 October	14	700	9		Brazil (BRA)
III	2013	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Alicia Kirchner	13 October	20 October	16	600	10		Brazil (BRA)
IV	2017	São Paulo	Brazil		20 March	25 March	19	808	12		Brazil (BRA)
V	2023	Bogotá	Colombia

See also

• Pan American Games
• Paralympic Games
  • African Para Games
  • Asian Para Games
  • European Para Championships

External links

• Americas Paralympic Committee