2007 Pan American Games

15th edition of the Pan American Games Rio 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2007 the Parapan American Games 2007 Parapan American Games August 2019 XV Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games logo.svg 200 Live this energy!pt Viva essa energia! 42 5,633 334 in 34 sports July 13 July 29 Chairman Carlos Nuzman Cauldron lighter Joaquim Cruz Maracanã Stadium 2003 Santo Domingo 2011 Guadalajara Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2007 The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games (pt XV Jogos Pan-Americanos) and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in 47 disciplines. During the Games, 95 new Pan American records were set; 2,196 medals were awarded; 1,262 doping control tests were performed and about 15,000 volunteers participated in the organization of the event, which served as an Olympic qualification occasion for 13 International Federations (IFs). Rio de Janeiro was awarded the Games over San Antonio, Texas, United States, on August 24, 2002, having won an absolute majority of votes (30–21) from the 51 members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in the first round of voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico. This was the first Games held in Brazil since the 1963 Pan American Games that took place in São Paulo. According to the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee, the Games called for the implementation of the country's largest organizational and logistic operation ever until the 2011 Military World Games, and that organization turned to be the path to Rio became host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bidding process Bids for the 2007 Pan American Games right|thumb|Carlos Arthur Nuzman, chairman of the Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2007 Pan American Games. The official bid was submitted in August 2001 during the XXXIX Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In April 2002, following delivery of Federal, State and City Government and BOC letters confirming country, state, city and Brazilian sport compliance with the applicable Games regulations, PASO announced the approval of Rio de Janeiro's bid. The Bidding Committee then submitted a detailed bid file for the Games. The document was prepared and developed with the assistance of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), which had been commissioned by Rio de Janeiro's City Government. In the running to host the 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro faced off with the city of San Antonio, United States; which previously beat Houston, Miami, and Raleigh to become the American candidate. According to PASO statute and regulations, the host city was selected by direct voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 24, 2002. The candidate city that received the simple majority of votes from representatives of the 42 member National Olympic Committees (NOCs) would be awarded the right to host the competition. The announcement was made by PASO President Mario Vázquez Raña. Rio de Janeiro received 30 votes against 21 from San Antonio. Marked by a professional strategy that included the showing of city and project videos, Rio de Janeiro's campaign convinced the majority of voters, accounting for a total 51 votes. The 39-member Brazilian delegation erupted into boisterous celebration celebrating the country's highest achievement in terms of sporting event organization. XL General AssemblyPan American Sports OrganizationAugust 24, 2002, in Mexico City, Mexico. City NationRound 1 Rio de Janeiro 30 San Antonio 21 Medal count 2007 Pan American Games medal table Mascot thumb|right|Cauê The organization of the Rio 2007 Games has chosen the figure of the Sun to represent the event. And, in a decision never taken before, it has defined it as the single mascot of the Pan American and Parapan American Games, such as the Brazilian common expression, that the "Sol Brilha para Todos" (The sun shines for everyone), reinforcing thus the all human rights and that, like the sun, sport and the life are for all. The character reflects the main characteristics of the host city (call as "harmonic diversity between humanity and nature") and harmonizes with the graphic work developed for the logo and the visual identity of both Games. The name was chosen through popular voting by Internet, cellular phone messages and public ballot boxes placed around the main Brazilian cities, causing great commotion. Over 1.2 million people participated in the election, and the name Cauê received almost half of the votes. Traditionally used in large sport events, the mascot figure serves the purpose of cheering the event, enforcing the playful aspect of sports and captivating spectators and athletes. The mascot's main choice is to transmit messages of peace, respect to the environment, friendship and brotherhood, which are intrinsic values to the Olympic Movement. Mascot of the Games http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D87712E66F93.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070811213917/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D87712E66F93.htm August 11, 2007 dead Torch relay thumb|right|A ceremony is held at the Teotihuacan pyramids to light the torch. 2007 Pan American Games torch relay The 2007 Pan American Games torch relay was a 39-day torch run, from June 5 to July 13, 2007, held prior to the games. On June 4, the torch was lit at the torch lighting ceremony in Teotihuacán, Mexico. The flame was then taken by a Brazilian Air Force craft to Porto Seguro Airport and an indigenous welcome ceremony was held in Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia, Brazil, where the torch relay began.http://www.tochario2007.com.br:80/cidades_in.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20070826082049/http://www.tochario2007.com.br/cidades_in.shtml dead August 26, 2007 From the Abode of the Gods to the landmark of the Discovery of Brazil January 15, 2019 Rio 2007http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__28225/Title__Pan-American-Games-Flame-is-Burning/292/Articles Pan American Games Flame is Burning June 4, 2007 January 15, 2009 Around the Rings June 26, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210626221000/http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__28225/Title__Pan-American-Games-Flame-is-Burning/292/Articles dead Parapan American Games 2007 Parapan American Games Opening ceremony thumb|200px|The Opening ceremony. Fireworks forming the number 15, of fifteen editions of the games in Roman numerals. 2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the XV Pan American Games took place on July 13, 2007. Approximately 90,000 people packed Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium for the occasion. The ceremony included a cast of 7,000 and a multimillion-dollar budget, being produced by Scott Givens. Over 800 people were part of the creative and production teams working on the opening ceremony, team welcome ceremonies, sports production, the presentation of 2,252 medals, sports production, the closing ceremony and ParaPan ceremonies. The show began at 05:30 pm (local time, UTC-3) and lasted for two and a half hours. The theme of the show was based on the theme of the Rio 2007 Games: Viva Essa Energia (Share the Energy) and the oath of the athletes was performed by Brazilian Taekwondo athlete Natália Falavigna. Cerimônia de abertura para ficar na história http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=121&nwid=39695 July 18, 2007 Gazeta Esportiva https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010925/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=121&nwid=39695 2007-09-27 Also, a very abbreviated version of the Olympic Anthem was played. Contrary to plan, the games were not opened by Brazil's head of state, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but by the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Nuzman. Prior to the official opening, Lula had been constantly booed whenever the in-stadium camera showed his image or when his name was mentioned. Pan American Games open with extravaganza in Rio http://thestaronline.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/14/apworld/20070714074954& November 25, 2009 Star Publications Venues The competitions were carried through in a ray of 25 km, spread for four polar regions in the city. Venues http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D87711306EC7.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070715152541/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D87711306EC7.htm 2007-07-15 dead 2007 Pan American Games Venues.svg 450 right 0.587 0.535 450 Marapendi Club 0.509 0.484 450 City of Sports Complex 0.492 0.456 450 Outeiro Hill 0.260 0.468 450 Riocentro Complex 0.292 0.495 450 City of Rock 0.571 0.513 450 Barra Bowling 0.149 0.535 450 Zico Football Center 0.217 0.361 450 Miécimo da Silva Complex 0.232 0.258 450 Deodoro Military Club 0.431 0.317 450 João Havelange Stadium 0.616 0.347 450 Maracanã Stadium 0.769 0.317 450 Marina da Glória 0.749 0.379 450 Flamengo Park 0.738 0.430 450 Copacabana Arena 0.671 0.456 450 Rowing Stadium 0.852 0.501 450 Caiçaras Club Marapendi Club – Tennis City of Sports Complex – Basketball, Cycling (track), Artistic Gymnastics, Swimming, Synchronised swimming, Roller Skating (Speed and Diving). Outeiro Hill – Cycling (Mountain Bike and BMX). Riocentro Complex (IBC/MPC) – Badminton, Boxing, Fencing, Futsal, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline, Handball, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Taekwondo and Table Tennis. City of Rock – Baseball and Softball. Barra Bowling Center – Bowling. Zico Football Center (CFZ) – Football (soccer). Miécimo da Silva Complex – Football (soccer), Karate, Roller Skating (Artistics) and Squash. Deodoro Military Club – Equestrian (Dressage, Eventing, Jumping), field hockey, Modern Pentathlon, Sport Shooting and Archery. João Havelange Stadium – Athletics and Football (soccer). Maracanã Stadium – Football (soccer), Water Polo and Volleyball. Marina da Glória – Sailing. Flamengo Park – Athletics (Marathon and Race Walking) and Cycling (road). Copacabana Arena – Swimming Marathon, Triathlon and Beach Volleyball. Rowing Stadium of the Lagoon – Canoe flatwater and Rowing. Caiçaras Club – Water skiing. Main construction work of the 2007 Pan American Games, the João Havelange Olympic Stadium hosted the athletics and football competitions. The stadium is one of the major Games' legacies to the city of Rio de Janeiro, which can since then count on a modern stadium with full capacity to be used for sports and cultural events. João Havelange Stadium http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B138366AC.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070821214047/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B138366AC.htm August 21, 2007 dead The City of Sports Complex counts on modern constructions such as the Rio Olympic Arena, where the Games' basketball and artistic gymnastics competitions were held; the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, venue for the swimming, synchronized swimming and diving competitions; and the Barra Velodrome, where the track cycling and speed skating events took place. City of Sports Complex http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B1363668C.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070811101136/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B1363668C.htm 2007-08-11 dead Riocentro Convention Center is the largest expositions and fairs center of Latin America, for the 2007 Games, the complex held temporary facilities for staging several sport disciplines, including in the Parapan American Games. Riocentro Complex (IBC/MPC) http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B13636694.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070820060923/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B13636694.htm August 20, 2007 dead The Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex is the largest sports complex owned by a City Government (City Hall) in Brazil. Several large sports events took place at this venue, such as the basketball exhibition game between the teams of American Magic Johnson and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt, in addition to several matches of the Brazilian Futsal team. Miécimo da Silva Complex http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B137366A4.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070821034049/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B137366A4.htm August 21, 2007 dead The Deodoro Military Club is a traditional Brazilian Army sport facility in Rio de Janeiro, will host the Rio 2007 Games equestrian, field hockey, modern pentathlon, sport shooting and archery competitions.Deodoro Military Club http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B137366A8.htm 2007-07-29 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070820065534/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B137366A8.htm August 20, 2007 dead The Maracanã Stadium was built for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the Mario Filho Stadium (internationally known as Maracanã) is one of the most famous stadiums in the world, receiving a great number of Brazilian and foreign tourists annually. The stadium staged the opening and closing ceremonies and football matches, including the finals. The Maracanãzinho Gymnasium is the house of the Rio 2007 volleyball competitions. The Julio Delamare Water Park is the stage for the water polo tournament in the Games. The Maracanã Sports Complex also includes the Celio de Barros Athletics Stadium, and it is administered by the Rio de Janeiro State Government. Maracanã Stadium http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B138366B0.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070818094205/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B138366B0.htm 2007-08-18 dead Also known as Aterro do Flamengo, the Flamengo Park is the largest leisure area of the city. Besides Marina da Glória, the main venue for the Rio 2007 sailing competitions. During the Games, the marathon (men's and women's) arrival points set up at the Flamengo Park, which also staged the race walking and road cycling competitions. Flamengo Park http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B138366B8.htm July 29, 2007 Rio 2007 Games official website https://web.archive.org/web/20070811095544/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D88B138366B8.htm August 11, 2007 dead Sports Events at the 2007 Pan American Games Even with the celebrated victory, tensions involved the organizing committee and PASO, since the beginning of the candidacy, there was a proposal not to include any sport or optional event in the Games program, respecting the program of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the only exception to this would be the addition of futsal, which had already been confirmed as an optional sport during the first phases of the project. After tense rounds of negotiations held between August 24, 2002 and May 2005, it was decided that only the 5 sports proposed in the Pan-American Charter would be included in the Games program.(bowling, karate, squash, water skiing and roller sports) to the program while racquetball and basque pelota were dropped were replaced by futsal. However, this edition had a relatively smaller program with 1 less sport than four years before and four fewer finals. But even so, several new events such as 10 km marathon swim, men's wakeboarding in water skiing, the 3000 meter steeplechase in women's athletics and an additional class in sailing were contested. Even so, there were reductions in the number of finals in rowing and shooting.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-112593057.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130502034058/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-112593057.html usurped May 2, 2013 Futsal, karate and bowling among sports included in 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio HighBeam Research subscription AP Worldstream May 2, 2013 21em Aquatics Diving 8 Swimming 34 Synchronized swimming 2 Water polo 2 Archery 4 Athletics 47 Badminton 5 Baseball 1 Basketball 2 Bowling 4 Boxing 11 Canoeing (Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games) Canoe sprint (12) Cycling (Cycling at the 2007 Pan American Games) BMX (2) Mountain biking (2) Road (4) Track (10) Equestrian (Equestrian at the 2007 Pan American Games) Dressage (2) Eventing (2) Jumping (2) Fencing 10 Field hockey 2 Football 2 m (Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's tournament men, Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's tournament women) Futsal 1 Gymnastics (Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games) Artistic (14) Rhythmic (8) Trampolining (2) Handball 2 Judo 14 Karate 9 Modern pentathlon 2 Roller skating 6 Rowing 13 Sailing 9 Shooting 15 Softball 1 Squash 4 Table tennis 4 Taekwondo 8 Tennis 4 Triathlon 2 Volleyball (Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games) Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2) Water skiing 7 Weightlifting 15 Wrestling (Wrestling at the 2007 Pan American Games) Freestyle (11) Greco-Roman (7) Participating nations thumb|center|Participating countries. NationAthletesAppearances ANT 2007 9 7 ARG 2007 441 14 ARU 2007 25 5 BAH 2007 86 14 BAR 2007 65 14 BIZ 2007 7 10 BER 2007 19 11 BOL 2007 43 14 BRA 2007 659 14 IVB 2007 10 6 CAN 2007 495 14 CAY 2007 12 7 CHI 2007 229 14 COL 2007 307 14 CRC 2007 51 14 CUB 2007 470 14 DMA 2007 13 3 DOM 2007 171 14 ECU 2007 150 14 ESA 2007 86 13 GRN 2007 15 5 GUA 2007 164 14 GUY 2007 14 14 HAI 2007 38 11 HON 2007 60 8 JAM 2007 147 14 MEX 2007 400 14 AHO 2007 52 13 NCA 2007 55 11 PAN 2007 70 14 PAR 2007 71 14 PER 2007 93 14 PUR 2007 209 14 SKN 2007 29 3 LCA 2007 14 3 VIN 2007 14 4 SUR 2007 18 10 TRI 2007 75 14 USA 2007 595 14 ISV 2007 50 5 URU 2007 173 10 VEN 2007 382 14 Broadcasting ARG : Canal 7 Argentina BOL : Radio y Television Boliviana BRA : Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Globo, Rede Record, BandSports, ESPN Brasil, Sportv CAN : CTV Sports CHI : Canal 13, TVN COL : Canal Capital, Canal 13, Canal TRO, Teleantioquia, Telecafé, Telecaribe, Teleislas, Telepacífico, Señal Colombia DOM : Tele Antillas ECU : Gamavision, Teleamazonas : Eurosport ESA : Telecorporación Salvadoreña MEX : ESPN Deportes, Televisa PAN : RPC TV-canal 4TV MAX-Canal 9 PER : America TV, Panamericana Television USA : ESPN URU : Teledoce VEN : Meridiano TV Calendar See also 2007 Parapan American Games 2011 Military World Games 2016 Summer Olympics 2014 FIFA World Cup 2019 Copa América References 2 External links https://web.archive.org/web/20071225225032/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D876FFDA6E31.htm Official website en esportes.terra.com.br pt https://web.archive.org/web/20120704200834if_/http://www.cob.org.br/sobre_cob/relatorios_pan/pan_american_games_rio2007.pdf Result book at cob.org.br Rio 2007 - XV Pan American Games - III Parapan American Games - Official Report (Part 1) at PanamSports.org Rio 2007 - XV Pan American Games - III Parapan American Games - Official Report (Part 2) at PanamSports.org Santo Domingo XV Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro (2007) Guadalajara Pan American Games Pan American Games, 2007 Category:International sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city) P Pan American Category:Pan American Games Category:July 2007 sports events in South America