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The Pan American Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games. It's the oldest continental games in the world. The only Winter Pan American Games were held in 1990. In 2021, the Junior Pan American Games was held for the first time specifically for young athletes. The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima is a Brazilian retired long-distance runner. He was born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná. While leading the marathon after 35 km at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was attacked on the course by Irish former priest Cornelius "Neil" Horan. Following the incident, de Lima fell from first to third place, eventually winning the bronze medal. He was later awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship shown in that race.
Canada has competed at every edition of the Pan American Games since the second edition of the multi-sport event in 1955. As of the last Pan American Games in 2019, Canada is third on the all time medals list, only behind the United States and Cuba. Canada is also one of nine countries to have competed at the only Winter Pan American Games, and only of one two to win a medal at the games.
The 2019 Pan American Games, officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, were held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminary rounds in certain events having begun on July 24, 2019. These were the first Pan American Games to be held in Peru, and the seventh to be held in South America.
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, which was held from August 23 to September 1, 2019 in Lima, Peru.
Paraguay competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Chile competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Panama competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Costa Rica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Nicaragua competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Bermuda competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Barbados competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The opening ceremony of the 2019 Pan American Games took place on Friday July 26, 2019 at the Estadio Nacional del Perú in Lima, Peru and ran from 20:00 to 23:05 PET. The ceremony was entitled Amazing Peru and featured a stage designed as Pariacaca, the sacred mountain of Lima. It was produced by Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows and directed by creative director Francisco Negrin.
Saint Lucia competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The British Virgin Islands competed at 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from 26 July to 11 August 2019.
Grenada competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Haiti competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019. Haiti is one of only 17 countries to have participated in all editions of the Pan American Games.
Saint Kitts and Nevis competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
During the Parade of Nations at the 2019 Pan American Games opening ceremony, on July 26, 2019, 41 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into Estadio Nacional in the host city of Lima, Peru
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- ↑ "Abanderados Lima 2019" [Flagbearers Lima 2019](PDF). www.lima2019.pe/ (in Spanish). Lima 2019 Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games. 27 July 2019. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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