About Lima 2019
More than 6,600 athletes from all 41-member nations of the Pan American Sports Organization will compete in 39 sports and 62 disciplines, of which 22 disciplines are qualifiers for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the most Olympic qualifiers in history at a Pan American Games. Competitions and ceremonies will be held across 14 districts of Lima and Callao, making Lima 2019 the largest Games in Pan American history.
| No. |
Year | Host City | Sports* | Nations | Athletes |
| I | 1951 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
18 | 21 | 2,513 |
| II | 1955 | Mexico City, Mexico |
17 | 22 | 2,583 |
| III |
1959 | Chicago, Ill., USA |
18 | 25 | 2,263 |
| IV | 1963 | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
19 | 22 | 1,665 |
| V | 1967 | Winnipeg, Man., Canada |
18 | 29 | 2,361 |
| VI | 1971 | Cali, Colombia |
18 | 32 |
2,935 |
| VII | 1975 | Mexico City, Mexico |
18 | 33 |
3,146 |
| VIII | 1979 | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
22 | 34 | 3,700 |
| IX | 1983 | Caracas, Venezuela |
23 | 36 | 3,426 |
| X | 1987 | Indianapolis, Ind., USA |
27 | 38 | 4,453 |
| XI | 1991 | Havana and Santiago, Cuba |
26 | 39 | 4,519 |
| XII | 1995 | Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata Parana and Santa Fe, Argentina |
34 | 42 | 5,144 |
| XIII | 1999 | Winnipeg, Man., Canada |
34 | 42 | 5,083 |
| XIV | 2003 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
35 | 42 | 5,223 |
| XV | 2007 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
34 | 42 |
5,633 |
| XVI | 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico |
36 | 41 | 6,003 |
| XVII | 2015 | Toronto, Canada |
36 | 41 | 6,000 |
| XVIII | 2019 | Lima, Peru |
39 | 41 | 6,680 |
*The International Olympic Committee counts the aquatic disciplines of diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo as one sport (aquatics).
By The Numbers
| 18 | Pan American Games in history |
| 17 | Days of competition |
| 32 | Olympic sports (2016) |
| 39 | Total sports |
| 62 | Sport disciplines |
| 41 | Panam Sports nations |
| 364 | Medal events |
| 600+ | U.S. athletes |
| 6,700 | Athletes (estimated) |
| 12,000 | Volunteers |