36 sports set for 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
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36 sports set for 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
The programme for the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, is set. 36 sports will be included in the continental event, with cricket set to make its debut. The Lima 2027 Games are scheduled for 16 July to 1 August and will bring together more than 7,000 athletes from across the continent.
Following a Panam Sports Executive Board meeting, 36 sports will be included in the continental event, with cricket set to make its debut at the Pan Am Games.
Thirty-three of the sports were chosen according to the preferences of the 41 National Olympic Committees that form the Panam Sports organisation, while the final three were selected by the Lima 2027 organisers, according to a press release.
“As Panam Sports we have taken a very important step with the approval of the 36 sports for Lima 2027. We followed a very democratic process among all the National Olympic Committees and today, the Executive Board has confirmed the sports of the programme of our Pan American Games,” said the President of Panam Sports Neven Ilic.
The list includes Olympic staples like athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and football, as well as continental favourites such as baseball, rugby sevens, and surfing. skateboarding and sport climbing, two of the Olympic programme’s newer additions, also return.
The Lima 2027 Pan American Games are scheduled for 16 July to 1 August and will bring together more than 7,000 athletes from across the continent for the largest multisport event in the region.
The full sport programme list is available here.
Sports Chosen For 2027 Pan Am Games
Panam Sports has agreed on the 36 sports to be part of the sports programme of the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, in 2027. The decision was made by the Panam Sports executive board, which considered the preferences of the 41 National Olympic Committees members of the Organisation. The Lima 2027 PanAmerican Games will be held on July 16th to August 1st, 2027, with the participation of more than 7,000 athletes from the 41 countries of the continent. The chosen sports are the following.
For the first time in history, cricket will be part of the event.
The decision was made by the Panam Sports executive board, which considered the preferences of the 41 National Olympic Committees members of the Organisation.
“As Panam Sports we have taken a very important step with the approval of the 36 sports for Lima 2027,” read a statement.
“We followed a very democratic process among all the National Olympic Committees and today, the Executive Board has confirmed the sports of the Program of our Pan American Games” said the President of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic.
The chosen sports are the following:
1. Aquatics – Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, Open Water
2. Athletics
3. Badminton
4. Handball
5. Baseball [men]/Softball [women]
6. Boxing
7. Canoe – Sprint, Slalom
8. Cycling – Track, Road, Mountain, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle
9. Cricket
10. Equestrian – Jumping, Dressage, Eventing
11. Sport Climbing
12. Fencing
13. Water Skiing
14. Football
15. Gymnastics – Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline
16. Golf
17. Judo
18. Hockey
19. Karate
20. Weightlifting
21. Wrestling
22. Skating – Artistic, Speed, Skateboarding
23. Pelota
24. Modern Pentathlon
25. Rowing
26. Rugby 7
27. Squash
28. Surf
29. Archery
30. Shooting
31. Taekwondo
32. Tennis
33. Table Tennis
34. Triathlon
35. Sailing
36. Volleyball – Indoor and Beach
The Lima 2027 Pan American Games will be held on July 16th to August 1st, 2027, with the participation of more than 7,000 athletes from the 41 countries of the continent.
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