Pan American Games 2007

XV Pan American Games

Host city	Rio de Janeiro
Member countries	42
Number of athletes	5633
Medals being played	332 in 35 sports
The opening ceremony	July 13, 2007
Opened	Carlos Arthur Nuzman
Closing ceremony	July 29, 2007
Closed
Stadium	Maracana

The 2007 Pan American Games is a multisports competition held July 13–29, 2007 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro . These were the second Pan American Games held in Brazil after the competition in Sao Paulo in 1963. 5633 athletes took part in the games. They competed in 332 disciplines in 35 sports.

The 2007 Pan American Games acted as a kind of test competition before the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio received the right to host the Olympics two years after the Pan American Games). Many solutions, as well as some sports facilities, were used after 9 years at the Olympics. The stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies were held both in 2007 and 2016 was the famous “Maracana”.

Game Capital Choice

On August 24, 2002, the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro was chosen as the venue for the XV Pan American Games at the 40th General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization , held in Mexico City .

City	A country	1st round
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	thirty
San antonio	USA	21

Sports

Competitions were held in 40 disciplines.

Rowing (12)
Badminton (5)
Basketball (2)
Baseball (1)
Boxing (11)
Wrestling (18)
Bowling (4)
Cycling (18)
Water Polo (2)
Waterskiing (7)
Volleyball (2)
Handball (2)
Kayaking and Canoeing (12)
Judo (14)
Karate (9)
Horse Riding (6)
Athletics (47)
Table Tennis (4)
Sailing (9)
Swimming (34)

Beach Volleyball (2)
Diving (8)
Trampoline Jumping (2)
Synchronized Swimming (2)
Squash (4)
Modern Pentathlon (2)
Softball (1)
Speedskating (6)
Gymnastics (14)
Shooting (15)
Archery (4)
Tennis (4)
Triathlon (2)
Taekwondo (8)
Weightlifting (15)
Fencing (10)
Football (2)
Futsal (1)
Field Hockey (2)
Rhythmic Gymnastics (8)

Calendar

●	The opening ceremony	●	Competition Qualification	●	Competition Finals	●	Closing ceremony

July		12	13	14	15	sixteen	17	18	nineteen	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29th	Medals
Ceremonies			●																●
Rowing							five	four	four											13
Badminton								2	3											five
Basketball														one					one	2
Baseball									one											one
Boxing																	five	6		eleven
Wrestling	Greek Roman													four	3					7
	Freestyle																four	3		7
	Female wrestling															four				four
Bowling														2		2				four
Cycling	Bmx				2															2
	Mountain bike			2																2
	Highway				2						2									four
	Track						one	five	four											ten
Water sports	Diving														2	2	2	2		eight
	Swimming			2			four	7	four	6	four	7								34
	Synchronized swimming																one	one		2
	Water polo									one						one				2
Water-skiing													3	four						7
Volleyball									one									one		2
Handball											one	one								2
Gymnastics	Gymnastics			2	one	one	ten													14
	Rhythmic gymnastics																2	6		eight
	Trampoline Jumping																	2		2
Kayaking and Canoeing																	6	6		12
Judo									2	four	four	four								14
Karate															3	3	3			9
Horseback Riding					one			one				2					one		one	6
Athletics												3	five	6	9		ten	13	one	47
Table tennis														one	one		one	one		four
Sailing																		9		9
Beach volleyball									one									one		2
Squash						2			2											four
Modern Pentathlon													one	one						2
Softball																		one		one
Speed skating	Figure skating											2								2
Speed skating	Speed skating														four					four
Shooting					3	3	3	one	3		2									15
Archery																one	one	2		four
Tennis												2						2		four
Triathlon					2															2
Taekwondo				2	2	2	2													eight
Weightlifting				3	3	3	3	3												15
Fencing				one	one	one	one	one	one	2	2									ten
Football																one	one			2
Futsal																		one		one
Field hockey														one	one					2
Total				12	17	12	29th	24	26	12	15	21	9	20	23	13	37	55	3	330
July		12	13	14	15	sixteen	17	18	nineteen	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29th	Medals

Member Countries

List of participating national Olympic committees, the number of athletes is indicated in parentheses:

US Virgin Islands (50)
Antigua and Barbuda (9)
Argentina (441)
Aruba (25)
Bahamas (86)
Barbados (65)
Belize (11)
Bermuda (19)
Bolivia (43)
Brazil (659)
British Virgin Islands (10)
Venezuela (382)
Haiti (38)
Guyana (14)

Guatemala (164)
Honduras (60)
Grenada (15)
Dominica (13)
Dominican Republic (171)
Cayman Islands (12)
Canada (495)
Colombia (307)
Costa Rica (14)
Cuba (470)
Mexico (400)
Netherlands Antilles (52)
Nicaragua (55)
Panama (70)

Paraguay (71)
Peru (93)
Puerto Rico (209)
El Salvador (86)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (29)
Saint Lucia (14)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (14)
Suriname (18)
USA (595)
Trinidad and Tobago (75)
Uruguay (173)
Chile (229)
Ecuador (150)
Jamaica (147)

Medal standings

In the team medal standings, the US team took first place for the fourth time in a row. The teams of El Salvador and Antigua and Barbuda won gold medals for the first time at the Pan American Games, and the Grenada team won their first medal in game history.

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	USA	97	88	52	237
2	Cuba	59	35	41	135
3	Brazil	52	40	65	157
four	Canada	39	44	55	138
five	Mexico	18	24	31	73
6	Colombia	14	20	13	47
7	Venezuela	12	23	35	70
eight	Argentina	eleven	sixteen	33	60
9	Dominican Republic	6	6	17	29th
ten	Chile	6	five	9	20
eleven	Ecuador	five	four	ten	nineteen
12	Puerto rico	3	6	12	21
13	Jamaica	3	five	one	9
14	Guatemala	2	3	2	7
15	Bahamas	2	2	3	7
sixteen	Salvador	one	3	6	ten
17	Panama	one	one	0	2
18	Antigua and Barbuda	one	0	2	3
nineteen	Netherlands Antilles	one	0	one	2
20	Peru	0	four	eight	12
21	Trinidad and Tobago	0	one	3	four
22	Uruguay	0	one	2	3
23	Cayman islands	0	one	0	one
24	Nicaragua	0	0	2	2
25	Barbados	0	0	one	one
25	Haiti	0	0	one	one
25	Guyana	0	0	one	one
25	Honduras	0	0	one	one
25	Grenada	0	0	one	one
25	Dominica	0	0	one	one
25	Paraguay	0	0	one	one
25	Saint lucia	0	0	one	one

Doping

During the competition, 1292 doping tests were taken from athletes. Initially, it was announced at the closing ceremony of the games that the XV Pan-American Games were the “cleanest” games in history and not one of the samples taken had a positive result. However, on December 18, 2007, it was announced that four athletes were losing their medals, since illegal samples were found in their samples.

one. Rebeca Guzman is a Brazilian swimmer. She was deprived of 4 medals in swimming due to increased levels of testosterone . The athlete lost two gold medals in swimming at 50 and 100 meters freestyle, silver medal in the relay 4x100 meters freestyle and bronze in the combined relay 4x100 meters.

2. Fabrizio Mafra is a Brazilian weightlifter. He was deprived of a bronze medal in weightlifting in the category of up to 105 kg due to the increased level of testosterone .

3. Libardo Nino Corridor is a Colombian cyclist. He was deprived of a silver medal in a group cycling race due to the presence of erythropoietin in the blood.

four. Pedro Rojas is a Nicaraguan baseball player. He was deprived of a personal bronze medal in baseball due to the presence of Boldenon in his blood. However, Nicaragua retained its third place and was not disqualified.

Media

Argentina : Canal 7 Argentina
Bolivia : Radio y Television Boliviana
Brazil : Rede Bandeirantes , Rede Globo , Rede Record , BandSports , ESPN Brasil , Sportv
Venezuela : Meridiano TV
Dominican Republic : Tele Antillas
European Union : Eurosport
Canada : CTV Sports
Colombia : Caracol TV , RCN Television
Mexico : ESPN Deportes , Televisa
Panama : RPC TV- channel 4 TV MAX-Channel 9
Peru : America TV , Panamericana Television
El Salvador : Telecorporación Salvadoreña
USA : ESPN
Uruguay : Teledoce
Chile : Canal 13 , TVN
Ecuador : Gamavision , Teleamazonas