2027 Pan American Games

2027 edition of the Pan American Games

2027 Pan American Games

Host| Lima, Peru
Nations| 41
Events| 36 sports
Opening| 16 July 2027
Closing| 1 August 2027
Main venue| National Stadium of Peru

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2027 Pan American Games

* Bid process
* Venues
* Torch relay
* Opening ceremony (flag bearers)
* Medal table (medalists)
* Sport calendar
* Chronological summary
* Closing ceremony
* Mascot
* Parapan Games

* PASO

The 2027 Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos de 2027), officially the XX Pan American Games (Spanish: XX Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. from 16 July to 1 August. It will be held for the second time in Peru's capital, Lima eight years after hosting the 2019 Pan American Games.

Barranquilla, Colombia was initially announced as the host in August 2021. However, the city was stripped of its hosting rights in January 2024 after the country's Ministry of Sports failed to meet contractual obligations, as well as financial reasons.[1]

## First Bidding process

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The bidding process to determine the host of the 2027 Pan American Games was to begin in January 2021. However, in July 2021, the president of Panam Sports Neven Ilic confirmed that the bidding process would be postponed until January 2022. The deadline to submit bids for the event was 15 November 2021.[2]

### Host city election

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On 27 August 2021, at an event in Barranquilla, Colombia, it was announced, that after a round of direct negotiations, the city was signed as the host of the games.[3]

Bidding results  City  | NOC name  | Votes

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Barranquilla |  Colombia | —

* As part of the Olympic Agenda 2020 process,no bidding process was held, Barranquilla was appointed as host city.

### Interested cities

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* Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires initially bid for the 2023 Pan American Games, but withdrew their bid for financial reasons. Gerardo Werthein, the president of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), stated, "I would like Argentina to present its Olympic candidacy for 2032, but for now, I'm only thinking about [the PanAm Games in] 2027."[4]

* Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

On 14 January 2019, the Minister of Sports of Bolivia, Tito Montaño expressed his interest for Bolivia to host the Pan American Games. Although a specific city was not designated, Montaño stated that a candidate city would be determined within the coming weeks since the announcement. Bolivia has never submitted a bid for the Pan American Games.[5][6]

* Barranquilla, Colombia

On 24 October 2018, Mayor of Barranquilla Alejandro Char confirmed Barranquilla's interest in the 2023 Pan American Games. After a successful hosting of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Char was inspired to meet with Panam Sports President Neven Ilić Álvarez. After the meeting, Char told reporters, "After this meeting I'm feeling more calm, confident and sure than ever that we can do it ... We are going to do everything in our power to make the advancements to hold the Games that Barranquilla wants and deserves."[7]

### Barranquilla loses its rights as host city

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After several rounds of negotiations regarding financial guarantees were frustrated, on 3 January 2024, Barranquilla was stripped of hosting rights by PanAm Sports.This loss of rights was the result of frustrated rounds of negotiations with the new Colombian national and local authorities headed by the Ministry of Sports failing to meet contractual obligations, as well as failing to arrange the financial guarantees to hold the event.[8] PanAm Sports also considered legal action for damages of USD$8 million caused by no signature of the host city contract .[9]

A few days after Barranquilla was removed,the president of the Colombian Olympic Committee Ciro Solano, made public that there was pressure from Paraguayan authorities for Colombia to have its rights as host revoked, as there were clear intentions from the city of Asunción to host the event as a replacement host. Solano claimed in an interview with AFP, "Paraguay has been insisting on holding the [2027 PanAm] Games since August".[10]

### Second selection

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#### Host city election

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The new host city was confirmed at a virtual Extraordinary General Assembly on 12 March 2024. Asunción would consequently face the Peruvian capital Lima, which had hosted the 2019 Games and was seen as a safe choice, given the little time available to organize the Games and the little need for additional works, in addition to the fact that only the new Pan-American Village would need to be built.[11][12][13]

Bidding results  City  | NOC name  | Votes

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Lima |  Peru | 28
Asunción |  Paraguay  | 24

#### Confirmed candidates

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* Asunción, Paraguay [14]

Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games, and if it had won its bid to replace Barranquilla, it would have served as a dress rehearsal for the Games, as well as being the first time Paraguay has hosted the senior Pan American Games. As Paraguay is a landlocked country, it was proposed that the surfing events be held in El Salvador, as confirmed by the El Salvador Olympic Committee, making it the first continental Central American country to host a Pan American Games event.[15]

* Lima, Peru [16]

Lima previously hosted the 2019 Pan American Games and with success and will host the 2025 Bolivarian Games, their project will reuse 100% infrastructure from those games, in line with Olympic Agenda 2020+5. The current president of Peru, Dina Boluarte announced her support for the bid on 18 January 2024.[17]

#### Previously interested cities

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* São Paulo, Brazil[18]

São Paulo previously hosted the 1963 Pan American Games and has expressed interest in bidding for the 2031 Pan American Games. Brazil last hosted the Pan American Games in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro.

* a joint bid by Jalisco and Nuevo León states, Mexico [19]

Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, previously hosted the 2011 Pan American Games. On 16 January 2024, the Mexican Olympic Committee announced they would withdraw their bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics to focus on bidding for the Pan American Games and the Youth Olympic Games.[20]

## The Games

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### Participating National Olympic Committees

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All 41 nations of the Pan American Sports Organization are expected to compete.

A map of all 41 participating nations Participating 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 (host)
*  Puerto Rico
*  Saint Lucia
*  Saint Kitts and Nevis
*  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*  Suriname
*  Trinidad and Tobago
*  United States
*  Uruguay
*  Venezuela
*  Virgin Islands

### Sports

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In October 2024, during the Panam Sports General Assembly held in Asunción, Paraguay, the International Cricket Council (ICC) made the formal proposal for cricket to be added to this edition's program, as it will be one of the five optional sports during the 2028 Summer Olympics.[21] The final program of 36 sports was named on June 19, 2025.[22] 33 sports were selected by the National Olympic Committees (NOC's), with the remaining three spots chosen by the Organizing Committee.[22] The sports of basketball, breaking, bowling and racquetball were dropped from the 2023 edition of the games. Basketball will not be contested for the first time ever at the Pan American Games.[23] The sport was dropped from the sport program after a dispute with FIBA and Panam Sports, with the former wanting a youth tournament, and the latter not wanting to downgrade the prestige of the tournament.[24] Meanwhile, the sport of cricket will make its Pan American Games debut.[22]

* Aquatics
*  Artistic swimming (details)
*  Diving (details)
*  Open water swimming (details)
*  Swimming (details)
*  Water polo (details)
*  Archery (details)
*  Athletics (details)
*  Badminton (details)
* Baseball
*  Baseball (1) (details)
*  Softball (1) (details)
*  Basque pelota (details)
*  Boxing (details)
*  Canoeing (details)
*  Canoe sprint
*  Slalom canoeing
*  Cricket (details)
*  Cycling (details)
*  BMX freestyle
*  BMX racing
*  Mountain biking
*  Road cycling
*  Track cycling
*  Equestrian (details)
*  Dressage
*  Eventing
*  Jumping
*  Fencing (details)
*  Field hockey (details)
*  Football (details)
*  Golf (details)
*  Gymnastics (details)
*  Artistic gymnastics
*  Rhythmic gymnastics
*  Trampoline
*  Handball (details)
*  Judo (details)
*  Karate (details)
*  Modern pentathlon (details)
*  Roller sports (details)
*  Artistic roller skating
*  Skateboarding
*  Inline speed skating
*  Rowing (details)
*  Rugby sevens (details)
*  Sailing (details)
*  Shooting (details)
*  Sport climbing (details)
*  Squash (details)
*  Surfing (details)
*  Table tennis (details)
*  Taekwondo (details)
*  Tennis (details)
*  Triathlon (details)
* Volleyball
*  Beach volleyball (details)
*  Volleyball (details)
*  Water skiing (details)
*  Water skiing
*  Wakeboarding
*  Weightlifting (details)
*  Wrestling (details)
*  Freestyle wrestling
*  Greco-Roman wrestling

## See also

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* 2025 Junior Pan American Games
* 2025 Bolivarian Games \- scheduled to be held in Lima with Ayacucho as host cities.
* 2026 Commonwealth Games \- similar situation, where the host withdrawn out due to cost estimates
* 2026 South American Games
* 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games
* 2027 Parapan Games
* 2028 Summer Olympics

## References

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