2003 Parapan American Games

2nd Pan American Games II Parapan American Games 2003 Parapan American Games logo.png Mar del Plata, Argentina 28 1,500 9 sports December 3 December 10 Cauldron lighter Mexico City 1999 Rio 2007 The 2003 Parapan American Games, officially the II Pan American Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Over 1,500 athletes from 28 countries competed in the games.https://www.paralympic.org/americas-paralympic-committee/mar-del-plata-2003 Mar del Plata 2003 Parapan American Games 16 January 2019 Americas Paralympic Committee 16 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200929/https://www.paralympic.org/americas-paralympic-committee/mar-del-plata-2003 live The games served as a qualifier for the 2004 Summer Paralympics. For the second time, the Parapan American Games were held in the same year but at a different location than the Pan American Games; however, the games were initially supposed to be held in the Dominican Republic, but they were unable to host them due financial problems and infrastructure failures.http://www.senado.gov.ar/parlamentario/parlamentaria/315014/downloadPdf Protecto de Resolucion Argentinian Senate 27 January 2019 Spanish pdf 28 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128143134/http://www.senado.gov.ar/parlamentario/parlamentaria/315014/downloadPdf live This was the last year that the two events would be held in different cities, as the 2007 Parapan American Games and 2007 Pan American Games were both held in Rio de Janeiro.http://www.disabilitysport.org.uk/parapan-american-games.html Parapan American Games 16 January 2019 Disability Sport 11 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072240/http://www.disabilitysport.org.uk/parapan-american-games.html live The Games Venues VenueSports Estadio Atlético Panamericano Athletics Complejo Chapadmalal Boccia Club Hípico/Ecuestre Mar del Plata Equestrian CEF 1 – Hotel Provincial Wheelchair fencing Natatorio Panamericano Swimming Club Náutico Mar del Plata Wheelchair tennis OAM y Colegio Einstein Sitting volleyball Source: IPC Sports 22em Athletics Boccia Cycling Equestrian Sitting volleyball Swimming Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair tennis Wheelchair fencing Medal table ARG flagIOC2team 2003 Parapan American Games 81 53 31 13 7 3 10 8 6 101 74 45 49 48 41 yes 30 20 22 2 2 2 5 6 9 4 1 2 4 3 2 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 http://www.ipcamerica.org:80/nuke/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20040416014514/http://www.ipcamerica.org/nuke/index.php dead 16 April 2004 Medallero: Juegos Paramanicanos 17 January 2019 IPCAmerica Portuguesehttp://www.ahebrasil.com.br/historia/parapan-americano/jogos+parapan-americanos+de+mar+del+plata+2003.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190116201028/http://www.ahebrasil.com.br/historia/parapan-americano/jogos+parapan-americanos+de+mar+del+plata+2003.html dead 16 January 2019 Jogos Parapan-Americanos de Mar Del Plata 2003 16 January 2019 ahe! Portuguese See also 2003 Pan American Games References Parapan American Games Parapan American Games Parapan American Games, 2003 Category:Parapan American Games Parapan American Games Parapan American Games, 2003