2023 Parapan American Games

VII Parapan American Games

Host	Santiago, Chile
Motto	Our Meeting Point Spanish: Nuestro Punto de Encuentro
Nations	31
Athletes	1,943
Events	380 in 17 sports
Opening	17 November
Closing	26 November
Opened by	President Gabriel Boric
Cauldron lighter	Cristian Valenzuela
Main venue	Estadio Nacional (opening) Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio (closing)
Website	www.santiago2023.org/en
←  2019 Lima 2027 Lima  →

The 2023 Parapan American Games, officially the VII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Santiago 2023 Parapan-Am Games, was an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities. It celebrated the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee and was held from November 17 to 26 in Santiago, Chile. ^[1]

Bidding process

Main article: Bids for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games

Two bids were submitted for the 2023 Pan American Games. Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina both submitted bids. On February 1, 2017, the Pan American Sports Organization (now Panam Sports) announced the two cities as the official bids. ^[2] Buenos Aires withdrew their bid in April 2017 due to not having the necessary finances or logistics to host this event and the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. ^[3]

Host city election

Santiago was unanimously acclaimed as the host city at the ANOC General Assembly in Prague on November 4, 2017. ^[4] This will mark the first time Chile hosts the Pan and Parapan American Games. Santiago was initially awarded the right to host the 1975 and later 1987 Pan American Games, but withdrew as host both times due to financial and political problems. ^[5] Most recently, Santiago was a candidate for the 2019 Parapan American Games but lost to Lima. ^[4]

Bidding results

City	NOC name	Votes
Santiago	Chile	Unanimous

Development and preparation

Budget

The budget for the Games is $507 million USD, with $170 million reserved for the building of ten new sporting venues and the upgrade of six arenas. ^[6] The budget is about 36% of what was spent for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada and 50% of the last Pan American Games in 2019, in Lima, Peru. ^[7]

Venues

Main article: Venues of the 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games

Various venues across Santiago and the metropolitan region will host the Games. ^[8]

In June 2022, organizers revealed the final plan consisting of 14 venues. ^[9] And all venues are located in the Santiago area, some often will be used in an exclusive way at the Games. ^[10]

Athletes Village

In December 2021, a ceremony was held to lay the first brick for the village. The village is expected to cost approximately $100 million USD, and will consist of 1,345 apartments. ^[11] After the games, the village will be converted to social housing. The village is being built in the Cerrillos Bicentennial Park community of Santiago. ^[12]

The Games

Ceremonies

The opening ceremony was held on November 17, 2023, at the Estadio Nacional do Chile, while the closing ceremony was held on November 26, 2023, in Parapan-American Village, located in the Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos.

Opening ceremony

There were formal moments such as cultural presentations, a parade of delegations affiliated to Americas Paralympic Committee, welcome speeches by members of PanAm Sports and the International Paralympic Committee, in addition to the inauguration of the Parapan-American cauldron.

Among the musical performances, the following artists participated: Anita Tijoux, Beto Cuevas, Denise Rosenthal, Flor de Rap, Kya, Movimento Original and Pablo Chill-E. Both Anita Tijoux and the group Movimiento Original have already performed at the opening of the Pan American Games.

Closing ceremony

There were cultural presentations, a parade of flags by members of Americas Paralympic Committee, thank you speeches by members of PanAm Sports and IPC, awards to volunteers and the passing of the flag to representatives of the next headquarters, which until then would be the city of Barranquilla, containing also the presentation of figures about Colombian culture and the extinction of the Parapan-American cauldron.

Among the musical performances, the groups Santaferia, Banda Conmoción and Los Ramblers and the singers Princesa Alba and Gepe participated.

However, on January 3, 2024, Barranquilla loses the rights to host the 2027 Parapan American Games due to non-compliance with financial agreements.

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Thirty-one National Paralympic Committees will participate at the Games. Grenada made their debut appearance at the Parapan American Games. The Virgin Islands returned to participate after last competing in the 2015 edition. Suriname, which last participated in the 2019 edition, was absent. ^{[13] [14]}

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Argentina  (206)   Aruba  (1)   Barbados  (3)   Bermuda  (3) [15]   Brazil  (327) [16]   Canada  (135) [17]   Chile  (166) (Host) [18]   Colombia  (176)   Costa Rica  (29)   Cuba  (52)   Dominican Republic  (22)   Ecuador  (36)   El Salvador  (22)   Grenada  (3) [19]   Guatemala  (21)   Guyana  (1)   Haiti  (1)   Honduras  (2)   Jamaica  (3)   Mexico  (186)   Nicaragua  (2)   Panama  (22)   Paraguay  (3)   Peru  (89)   Puerto Rico  (25)   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  (1)   Trinidad and Tobago  (1)   United States  (240) [20]   Uruguay  (11)   Venezuela  (97)   Virgin Islands  (1)

Sports

Following the rules of the Americas Paralympic Committee, in which a maximum of 17 sports can be part of the Games program. Thus, 378 finals were held in 16 Paralympic sports and one regional sport. Thus, the Organizing Committee chose to remove sitting volleyball for the first time on Games history from the Games program and replaced it with archery. ^[21] An extra edition of the Sitting Volleyball Pan American Championship was held between 9 and 13 May 2023 to define the representatives of the Americas in sport at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. ^{[22] [23] [24]}

• Archery ( details ) (8)
• Athletics ( details ) (114)
• Badminton ( details ) (16)
• Boccia ( details ) (11)
• Cycling ( details )
  • Road (16)
  • Track (10)
• Football 5-a-side ( details ) (1)
• Football 7-a-side ( details ) (1)
• Goalball ( details ) (2)
• Judo ( details ) (8)
• Powerlifting ( details ) (17)
• Shooting ( details ) (9)
• Swimming ( details ) (120)
• Table tennis ( details ) (26)
• Taekwondo ( details ) (10)
• Wheelchair basketball ( details ) (2)
• Wheelchair rugby ( details ) (1)
• Wheelchair tennis ( details ) (6)

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

November		16th Thu	17th Fri	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	Medal events
Ceremonies (opening / closing)			OC									CC	—
Archery					●	●	2	6					8
Athletics							20	25	22	22	25		114
Badminton								●	●	1	7	8	16
Boccia					●	●	●	8	●	●	3		11
Cycling	Road				7							9	16
	Track								4	6			10
Football 5-a-side				●	●	●		●	●		1		1
Football 7-a-side				●	●	●		●	●		1		1
Goalball				●	●	●	●	●	●	2			2
Judo					4	4							8
Powerlifting				6	5	5	1						17
Shooting				2	2	3	2						9
Swimming				19	15	17	14	22	15	18			120
Table tennis		●	●	16	●	10							26
Taekwondo									3	4	3		10
Wheelchair basketball				●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Wheelchair rugby				●	●	●	●	●	1				1
Wheelchair tennis					●	●	●	●	1	3	2		6
Daily medal events				43	33	39	39	61	46	57	43	17	378
Cumulative total				43	76	115	154	215	261	318	361	378
		16th Thu	17th Fri	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	Medal events

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Chile)

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	156	98	89	343
2	United States	55	58	53	166
3	Colombia	50	58	53	161
4	Mexico	29	46	50	125
5	Argentina	25	36	52	113
6	Chile*	16	20	15	51
7	Cuba	12	8	15	35
8	Canada	9	15	28	52
9	Ecuador	7	7	5	19
10	Venezuela	6	12	16	34
11	Peru	6	9	19	34
12	Costa Rica	4	5	3	12
13	Bermuda	1	1	0	2
	El Salvador	1	1	0	2
15	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
16	Dominican Republic	0	3	5	8
17	Uruguay	0	1	1	2
18	Panama	0	1	0	1
19	Aruba	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		378	379	407	1164

Marketing

The Games share most of its branding with the 2023 Pan American Games, including its emblem unveiled in July 2019, ^[25] and its mascot Fiu—a many-colored rush tyrant—which was announced on October 16, 2021, following an online poll. ^{[26] [27]}

See also

• 2023 Pan American Games
• 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

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20. "2023 PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES BY THE NUMBERS". www.teamusa.com. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
21. Pavitt, Michael (December 16, 2020). "Archery returns to Parapan American Games but sitting volleyball not included at Santiago 2023". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
22. "United States women's team clinch Paris 2024 spot with series sweep of Canada; Brazil undefeated in men's tournament > World ParaVolley". May 12, 2023.
23. "Qualified! Women's Sitting Team Headed to 2024 Paralympics". USA Volleyball.
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25. "Los Juegos Panamericanos de Santiago 2023 ya tienen su logo oficial" [The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games already have their official logo]. www.alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Al aire libre en Cooperativa. July 17, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
26. Berkeley, Geoff (October 16, 2022). "Colourful bird "Fiu" unveiled as Santiago 2023 mascot at two-year countdown event". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
27. Lloyd, Owen (August 6, 2021). "Santiago 2023 launches a public vote to help choose official mascot". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

External links

• Santiago 2023 Official Site

Preceded by Lima	VII Parapan American Games Santiago (2023)	Succeeded by TBD