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The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental

Americas

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multi-sport event

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that took place in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...

s (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 was an Olympic qualification for 13 International Federations (IFs).

Rio de Janeiro was awarded the Games over San Antonio, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, 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 City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mexico

Mexico

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. This was the first Games held in Brazil since the 1963 Pan American Games

1963 Pan American Games

The 4th Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Medal count :To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.Note...

that took place in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

. According to the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee, the Games called for the implementation of the country's largest organizational and logistic operation ever.

Rio de Janeiro created a new perspective and set new milestones for the Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

. Considered to be an Olympic-level organized competition, these Games were the most expensive in the history of the event, with a budget of 2 billion dollars. Media outlets reported unprecedented audience interest in the Games, with the highest public attendance and largest television audience in the Pan American history. For the very first time a Pan American Torch Relay was carried out, the Games were broadcast in High-definition and all sports venues were located within the host city limits.

The 2007 Pan American Games ran smoothly and served to strengthen Brazil's ability to hold major sporting events, becoming an important experience during the country's successful campaigns to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup

2014 FIFA World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....

and the 2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee...

in the following years. According to PASO, the excellent work developed by the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee, the full support provided by the three levels of Government—Federal

Federal government

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, State

State government

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and Municipal

Local government

Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...

—in Brazil and the people's massive and enthusiastic support resulted in the organization of the best Pan American Games ever.

Bidding process

The official bid was submitted in August 2001 during the XXXIX Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly held in Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

. 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

Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Fundação Getulio Vargas is a Brazilian higher education institution founded on December 20, 1944. It offers regular courses of Economics, Business Administration, Law, Social Sciences and Information technology management...

(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

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

; which previously beat Houston, Miami, and Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making 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 City

, Mexico

Mexico

, on August 24, 2002. The candidate city that received the simple majority of votes from representatives of the 42 member National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

s (NOCs) would be awarded the right to host the competition. The
announcement was made by PASO President Mario Vázquez Raña

Mario Vazquez Raña

Mario Vázquez Raña is a Mexican businessman and sports administrator, who has served on both national and Olympic committees...

. 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 30-member Brazilian delegation erupted into boisterous celebration celebrating the country's highest achievement in terms of sporting event organization.

XL General Assembly Pan American Sports Organization August 24, 2002, in Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... .
City	Nation	Round 1
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...		30
San Antonio		21

Medal count

¹	Host nation

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1		97	88	52	237
2		59	35	41	135
3	¹	52	40	65	157
4		39	44	55	138
5		18	24	31	73

Mascot

The organization of the Rio 2007 Games has chosen the figure of the Sun

Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...

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, reinforcing thus the principles against prejudice

Prejudice

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and that, like the sun, sport

Sport

A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

is for all.

The character reflects the characteristics of the host city 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 ludic 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.

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

Rio de Janeiro

's Maracanã Stadium for the occasion. The ceremony included a cast of 7,000 and a multi-million dollar budget, being produced by Scott Givens

Scott Givens

Scott Givens is President of FiveCurrents, a creative and production firm that produces stadium spectacles, broadcasts and other live events. His goal is to capture the power of human emotion to create deep and lasting impressions on everyone experiencing his projects...

. 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

12-hour clock

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(local time, UTC-3

UTC-3

UTC−03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −03:00.-As standard time :*Suriname*Falkland Islands*French Guiana*Brazil - East Northern and Northeastern States...

) 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

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

athlete Natália Falavigna

Natália Falavigna

Natália Falavigna da Silva is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

. 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

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...

, but by the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee

Brazilian Olympic Committee

The Brazilian Olympic Committee or BOC is the highest authority in Brazilian sport and the governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport. It was officially founded on June 8, 1914 but World War I caused its official activities to begin only in 1935...

, 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.

Venues

The competitions are being carried through in a ray of 25 km, spread for four polar regions in the city.

Marapendi Club
Marapendi Club
The Marapendi Club in Rio de Janeiro was the tennis venue during the 2007 Pan American Games. The venue has also hosted several Davis Cup ties of the Brazil Davis Cup team. The tournament will be played on clay courts. The Club will also host Wheelchair Tennis matches during the Parapan American...

– Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
City of Sports Complex
City of Sports Complex
To host the 2007 Pan American Games, the City of Sports Complex, administered by Rio de Janeiro City Hall and an arena of important international motor sport races such as the Formula 1 Grand Prix, CART IndyCar Racing and Motorcycle Speed Races, was turned into a mega sports complex with the...

– Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, Cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

(track), Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, Synchronized Swimming
Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....

, Roller Skating
Roller skating
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a...

(Speed and Diving).
Outeiro Hill
Outeiro Hill
In the vicinity of the City of Sports Complex and the Riocentro Convention Center Sports Complex, the Morro do Outeiro holds the temporary venue to stage the Mountain Bike and BMX Cycling competitions. Besides the good location, another advantage is the easy access, facilitating quick assistance in...

– Cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

(Mountain Bike and BMX).
Riocentro Complex (IBC/MPC)
Riocentro Sports Complex
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest exhibition center in Latin America and was built in 1977. In 1992, it hosted the United Nations Earth Summit. For the 2007 Pan American Games, it hosted a variety of events in several pavilions...

– Badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

, Boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, Fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

, Futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

, Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...

and Trampoline
Trampoline
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs. People bounce on trampolines for recreational and competitive purposes....

, Handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

, Weightlifting
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...

, Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

, Taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

and Table Tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

.
City of Rock
City of Rock
The Cidade do Rock , located in Barra da Tijuca, became internationally known as the stage of rock music mega festivals like Rock in Rio I and III in 1985 and 2001,respectively, holding crowds of up to 250,000 people in one night...

– Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

and Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

.
Barra Bowling Center
Barra Bowling Center
The Pan American Games Rio 2007 bowling tournament was played at the Barra Bowling Center, located inside the Barra Shopping Mall. The venue has 20 high-technology lanes. Besides being strategically located near the Pan American Village and other competition venues, the shopping mall offers 9,400...

– Bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...

.
Zico Football Center (CFZ)
Zico Football Center
The Zico Football Center is a sports complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1996 by Zico, and is the house of the ZFC Club – which competes on the B Series of the Rio State Championship, the club will host football tournament matches during Rio 2007.- External links :*...

– Football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

.
Miécimo da Silva Complex
Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex
Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex is an indoor sporting arena located in Campo Grande neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. It opened in 1997. For the 2007 Pan American Games, it hosted the karate, skating, and squash events. Capacity of the arena is 4,000 people.-External links:*...

– Football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

, Roller Skating
Roller skating
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a...

(Artistics) and Squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

.
Deodoro Military Club
Deodoro Military Club
The Deodoro Military Circle is a Brazilian Army sport facility in Rio de Janeiro, at the Military Village, on the western side of the city. It has hosted the Pan American Games, Rio 2007...

– Equestrian
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

(Dressage, Eventing, Jumping), Field Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

, Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...

, Sport Shooting
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

and Archery
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

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João Havelange Stadium
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
-Women's tournament:Group A----Group B----Group A----Group B----Group A----Group B----Group B----Group A-External links:*...

– Athletics and Football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

.
Maracanã Stadium
Estádio do Maracanã
The Estádio do Maracanã , officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, and in the final...

– Football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

and Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

.
Marina da Gloria
Marina da Glória
Marina da Glória is a marina located in the Copacabana area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This venue will host the sailing events for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. It also hosted the draw procedure for the Qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.-Reference:* Volume 2. p....

– Sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...

.
Flamengo Park
Flamengo Park
Also known as Aterro do Flamengo, the Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes Park is the largest leisure area of Rio de Janeiro. The place has a strong sport tradition. Flamengo Park is the arrival point of marathons, besides being one of the main segments of Rio's Cycling Race, a Latin American race that allots...

– Athletics (Marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

and Race Walking
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

) and Cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

(road).
Copacabana Arena
Copacabana Arena
One of the most famous beaches in the world and Rio's best known postcards, Copacabana held the Games' Beach Volleyball, Triathlon and Aquatic Marathon competitions, keeping with the tradition of staging national and international sports events. For Triathlon, the swimming stage was held at one end...

– Swimming Marathon
Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
The swimming competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of 34 events, held on and at:*pool: July 16-22, Maria Lenk Aquatic Park*open water : July 14, Copacabana Beach-Pool schedule:-Men's events:-Women's events:...

, Triathlon
Triathlon
A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...

and Beach Volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

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Rowing Stadium of the Lagoon
Rowing Stadium of the Lagoon
The Rowing Stadium of the Lagoon is a sports venue near Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The rowing, canoe flatwater and water ski competitions took place there during the 2007 Pan American Games. Spectators were able to watch from the renewed Rowing Stadium and all along the...

– Canoe flatwater
Canoeing
Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

and Rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

.
Caiçaras Club
Caiçaras Club
Caiçaras Club is a club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Located at the margins of Rodrigo de Freitas Lake, the club held the Pan American Games Rio 2007 Water Ski competitions.- External links :*...

– Water Ski.

Main construction work of the 2007 Pan American Games, the João Havelange Olympic Stadium will host the athletics and football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

competitions. The stadium is one of the major Games' legacies to the city of Rio de Janeiro, which can now count on a modern stadium with full capacity to be used for sports and cultural events. The City of Sports Complex

City of Sports Complex

To host the 2007 Pan American Games, the City of Sports Complex, administered by Rio de Janeiro City Hall and an arena of important international motor sport races such as the Formula 1 Grand Prix, CART IndyCar Racing and Motorcycle Speed Races, was turned into a mega sports complex with the...

counts on modern constructions such as the Rio Olympic Arena, where the Games' basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

and artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

competitions will be held; the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park

Maria Lenk

Maria Emma Hulga Lenk was a Brazilian swimmer and to date is considered one of the greatest Brazilian female athletes....

, venue for the swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, synchronized swimming

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....

and diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

competitions; and the Barra Velodrome, where the cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

(track) and speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

events will take place. Riocentro Convention Center

Riocentro Sports Complex

Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest exhibition center in Latin America and was built in 1977. In 1992, it hosted the United Nations Earth Summit. For the 2007 Pan American Games, it hosted a variety of events in several pavilions...

is the largest expositions and fairs center of Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, for the 2007 Games, the complex holds temporary facilities for staging several sport disciplines, including in the Parapan American Games. The Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex

Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex

Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex is an indoor sporting arena located in Campo Grande neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. It opened in 1997. For the 2007 Pan American Games, it hosted the karate, skating, and squash events. Capacity of the arena is 4,000 people.-External links:*...

is the largest sports complex that is owned by a City Government (City Hall) in Brazil

Brazil

. Several large sports events have taken place at this venue, such as the basketball exhibition game between the teams of American Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers...

and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt

Oscar Schmidt

Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt is a retired Brazilian basketball player. He is also known as Oscar Schmidt Bezerra in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, and simply Oscar or Mão Santa in his homeland. At his peak, he was 2.05 m tall and weighed...

, in addition to several matches of the Brazilian Futsal team. The Deodoro Military Club

Deodoro Military Club

The Deodoro Military Circle is a Brazilian Army sport facility in Rio de Janeiro, at the Military Village, on the western side of the city. It has hosted the Pan American Games, Rio 2007...

is a traditional Brazilian Army

Brazilian Army

The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...

sport facility in Rio de Janeiro, will host the Rio 2007 Games equestrian

Equestrianism

Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

, field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

, modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon

The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...

, sport shooting and archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

competitions.

The Maracanã Stadium

Estádio do Maracanã

The Estádio do Maracanã , officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, and in the final...

was built for the 1950 FIFA World Cup

1950 FIFA World Cup

The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been canceled owing to World War II...

, 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

2007 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the XV Pan American Games took place on 13 July 2007. Considered an audition for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the Opening Ceremony was praised by the media for its creativity and Olympic-style production value...

and Closing Ceremonies and football matches, including the finals. The Maracanãzinho Gymnasium is the house of the Rio 2007 volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

competitions. The Julio Delamare Water Park is the stage for the water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

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.

Also known as Aterro do Flamengo, the Flamengo Park

Flamengo Park

Also known as Aterro do Flamengo, the Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes Park is the largest leisure area of Rio de Janeiro. The place has a strong sport tradition. Flamengo Park is the arrival point of marathons, besides being one of the main segments of Rio's Cycling Race, a Latin American race that allots...

is the largest leisure area of the city. Besides Marina da Glória

Marina da Glória

Marina da Glória is a marina located in the Copacabana area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This venue will host the sailing events for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. It also hosted the draw procedure for the Qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.-Reference:* Volume 2. p....

, the main venue for the Rio 2007 sailing

Sailing

Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...

competitions. During the Games, the marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

(men’s and women’s) arrival points will be set up at the Flamengo Park, which will also stage the race walking

Race walking

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

and cycling road

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

competitions.

Sports

Archery
Archery at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Archery competitions at the 2007 Panamerican Games were held on the Deodoro Military Club from July 24 to July 28, 2007.-Athletes:64 athletes, 32 men and 32 women, from 14 countries will be competing for the 12 medals to be awarded....

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Artistic gymnastics (14)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games
The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

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Badminton
Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games
Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games was played at the Riocentro Sports Complex, Pavilion 4B, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The competition was held between July 14 and July 19.-Participating nations:...

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Baseball
Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at Cidade do Rock which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields...

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Basketball
Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the indoor arena in the Autódromo de Jacarépagua built specially for the Pan Am Games. Brazil was the reigning Pan American champion in the men's competition, while Cuba defended its title in the women's competition.Each competition had eight...

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Beach volleyball
Beach Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games
The beach volleyball tournaments at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from 17 to 22 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Men's tournament:-Women's tournament:-References:*...

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Bowling
Bowling at the 2007 Pan American Games
The bowling competition of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil was held at the Barra Bowling Center from July 23 to July 26. There were 4 events on offer.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

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Boxing
Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...

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Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Rowing and Water Skiing...

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Cycling
Cycling at the 2007 Pan American Games
There were four cycling events at the 2007 Pan American Games: road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike and bmx racing.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Mountain bike:-BMX:-Medal table:-References:*...

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Diving
Diving at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 25 to July 28, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

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Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Equestrian events included three disciplines: dressage, eventing, and show jumping, and were held at the Deodoro Military Club.The competition is broken down into an individual and team competition for each discipline, for a total of 42 medals awarded...

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Fencing
Fencing at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Fencing Competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 21, 2007 in the Pavilion 3 of the Riocentro Sports Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

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Football
Football at the 2007 Pan American Games
The football tournaments at the 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2007. The fifteenth edition of the men's competition was played by 12 teams, while the third edition of the women's tournament was played by 10 countries....

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Futsal
Futsal at the 2007 Pan American Games
Futsal at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Rio Centro Complex in a temporary facility. It was the first time the sport was played in a Pan American Games, mainly because Brazil hosted the games, and it is very popular there....

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Handball
Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Handball Competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Riocentro Sports Complex in a temporary facility. There are two competitions, one each for men and women, each with eight national teams competing. Brazil is the defending champion for both the men's and women's...

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Hockey
Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games
Field Hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Field Hockey Centre at the Círculo Militar Deodoro. The field was adapted from a football field specially for the Games....

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Judo
Judo at the 2007 Pan American Games
The judo competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games was held from August 1 to August 17, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There were seven weight divisions, for both men and women.-Extra-Lightweight :...

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Karate
Karate at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Karate Competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 26 to July 27, 2007 in the Algodão Gymnasium located in the Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

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Modern pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 2007 Pan American Games
Below are the final standings of the Modern Pentathlon at the 2007 Pan American Games. The competition was held at Deodoro Sports Complex on July 23 and July 24.-Men:-Women:-External links:*...

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Rhythmic gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games
Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of three separate sets of events – artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline.-Men's Artistic Gymnastics:Men's Artistic Gymnastics was held from Saturday July 14 to Tuesday July 17....

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Roller skating
Roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games
Roller skating competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero was held in July 2007 at the Miécimo da Silva Complex.-Men:SpeedArtistic-Women:SpeedArtistic-Medal table:Key:-References:*...

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Rowing
Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Canoe and Kayak and Water Skiing events...

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Sailing
Sailing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Sailing competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero was held in July 2011 at the Marina da Gloria.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Open events:-References:...

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Shooting
Shooting at the 2007 Pan American Games
Shooting competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero were held in July 2007 at the Deodoro Military Club.-Medal table:Key:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...

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Softball
Softball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Softball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at a temporary stadium for 2,000 spectators in the City of Rock, at Barra da Tijuca, the same place that hosted the Rock in Rio 3....

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Squash
Squash at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Squash Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 19 at the Miécimo da Silva Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

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Swimming
Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
The swimming competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of 34 events, held on and at:*pool: July 16-22, Maria Lenk Aquatic Park*open water : July 14, Copacabana Beach-Pool schedule:-Men's events:-Women's events:...

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Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Synchronized Swimming Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park .-Teams:-Duets:...

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Table tennis
Table tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games
Table tennis competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero were held in July 2007 at the Riocentro.-Singles:-Teams :-References:...

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Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2007 Pan American Games
Taekwondo at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 14 to July 17, 2007, at Pavilhão 4A of the Riocentro Sports Complex...

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Tennis
Tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games
Tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games was played at the Marapendi Club, which has previously hosted Davis Cup ties. Due to the 2007 Davis Cup, the men's competition was delayed one week. The women's events took place from July 18 to 22, while the men competed between July 23 and July 28.-Medal...

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Trampoline
Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games
Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of three separate sets of events – artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline.-Men's Artistic Gymnastics:Men's Artistic Gymnastics was held from Saturday July 14 to Tuesday July 17....

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Triathlon
Triathlon at the 2007 Pan American Games
The triathlon competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 15, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the fourth time the event had been held at the Pan American Games. The male and female winners qualified directly for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-Men's competition:-Women's...

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Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games
The volleyball competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from 14 to 19 July for the women and from 23 to 28 July for the men. The competitions were held at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, located near the Estádio do Maracanã.-Competition format:...

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Water polo
Water polo at the 2007 Pan American Games
-Group A:---------Group B:---------Semifinals:-Classification 5-8:-Classification 7-8:-Classification 5-6:-Bronze medal match:-Gold Medal match:-Final classification:-Preliminary round:------------...

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Water skiing
Water skiing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Water skiing competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from July 21 to July 24 at the Caiçaras Club.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

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Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Weightlifting Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 18, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There were a total number of fifteen medal events, eight for men and seven for women...

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Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2007 Pan American Games
Wrestling competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janeiro was held from July 14 to July 18 at the Riocentro Complex.-Medal table:Key:-Freestyle :-Greco-Roman :-Freestyle:...

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Participating nations

Athletes	Appearances	Flagbearer
9	7	Jerry Williams
441	14	Luciana Aymar
25	5	Charlene De Cuba
86	14	Jeremy Knowles Jeremy Knowles (swimmer) Jeremy Daniel Knowles is a 3-time Olympic and Bahamian-Record-holding swimmer from The Bahamas.He was the Bahamas flag-bearer at the 2007 Pan American Games.-International tournaments:*1997 Short Course Worlds...
65	14	Vera Angela Jones
7	10	Alfonso Martínez
19	11	Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year...
43	14	Giovana Irusta
659	14	Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima
10	6	Dean Greenaway
495	14	Susan Nattrass Susan Nattrass Susan "Sue" Marie Nattrass, is a Canadian shooter and medical researcher in osteoporosis. She was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She competed at six Olympic Games in 1976, 1988, 1992, and 2000 to 2008; she is one of sixteen shooters worldwide to compete at at least six Olympic Games...
12	7	Christopher Jackson
229	14	Marco Arriagada
307	14	Leydi Solís Leydi Solís Leydi Yesenia Solís Arboleda is a female weightlifter from Colombia. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony...
–	14	Katherine Alvarado Araya
470	14	Driulis González Driulis González Driulis González Morales is a female Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. Because of pregnancy, she skipped the 2001 World Championships. After her son's birth González changed from weight category U57 to U63...
13	3	Hubert Joseph
171	14	Yudelkia Contreras
150	14	Seledina Nieves Seledina Nieves Seledina Nieves Arroyo is a female weightlifter from Ecuador. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country in the + 75 kg weight division.-References:* *...
86	13	Eva María Dimas Eva Dimas Eva María Dimas Fontanals is a retired female weightlifter from El Salvador. She competed for her native Central American country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Dimas is a niece of Valerio Fontanals...
15	5	Jewel Lewis
164	14	Kevin Cordón Kevin Cordón Kevin Haroldo Cordón Buezo is a Guatemalan badminton player.Born in La Unión, Zacapa, Cordón was named after former England international footballer Kevin Keegan, of whom his father was a fan...
14	14	Cleveland Forde
38	11	Ange Marcie
60	8	Luis Alonso Morán
147	14	Alia Atkinson Alia Atkinson Alia Shanee Atkinson is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2004 Olympics, and four years later in the 2008 Olympics she finished 25th in the Women's 200 breaststroke....
400	14	Iridia Salazar Iridia Salazar Iridia Salazar Blanco is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a bronze medal in the 57 kg class....
52	13	Rodion Davelaar
55	11	Christian Villacencio
70	14	Irving Saladino Irving Saladino Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda is a Panamanian long jumper. He is the current Olympic champion, and Panama's first and only Olympic gold medallist.Saladino was born in Colón, Panama....
71	14	Fabiana Aluan
93	14	Víctor Aspillaga
209	14	Henry Soto
29	3	Roatter Johnson
14	3	Henry Bailey Henry Bailey Henry Marvin Bailey was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the gold medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition....
14	4	Wayne Williams Wayne Williams Wayne Bertram Williams is an American serial killer who committed most of the Atlanta Child Murders that occurred in 1979 through 1981. In January 1982, Williams was found guilty of the murder of two adult men...
18	10	Chinyere Pigot
75	14	Kwadwane Brown
595	14	Danielle Scott-Arruda Danielle Scott-Arruda Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda is an American indoor volleyball player. She has played at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympics, tying a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances. She's currently playing professionally for Brazilian league São Bernardo...
50	5	Josh Laban Josh Laban Joshua Noel Laban is an Olympic swimmer from the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was the USVI's flagbearer for the 2008 Olympics and the 2007 Pan American Games...
173	10	Andrés Silva Andrés Silva Andrés Byron Silva Lemos is an Uruguayan track athlete. He competed in the combined events on the youth and junior levels, but has since specialized in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles....
382	14	Silvio Fernández

Broadcasting

: Canal 7 Argentina

Canal 7 Argentina

Canal Siete, TV Pública or TV Pública Digital is an Argentine television network founded on October 17, 1951. Between 1979 and 1999, the network was known as Argentina Televisora Color . During the 1978 World Cup, it was known as A78TV.Owned, financed and operated by the Argentine State, Canal 7 is...

: Radio y Television Boliviana : Rede Bandeirantes

Rede Bandeirantes

Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...

, Rede Globo

Rede Globo

Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...

, Rede Record

Rede Record

Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...

, BandSports

BandSports

BandSports is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 2002 by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação....

, ESPN Brasil

ESPN Brasil

ESPN Brasil is a Brazilian cable television network. Launched in June 1995 through a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Grupo Abril's television arm TVA, ESPN Brasil was the first country-specific version of ESPN outside the United States. Today, the network has 12.2 million subscribers...

, Sportv

SporTV

SporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...

: CTV Sports

CTV Sports

CTV Sports was the division of the CTV Television Network responsible for sports broadcasting. The division existed in its own right from 1961 to 2001; between 1998 and 2001, CTV Sports also operated a cable sports channel, CTV Sportsnet, now owned by Rogers Media and known simply as...

: Canal 13

Canal 13 (Chile)

Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

, TVN : Caracol TV

Caracol TV

Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots...

, RCN Television : Tele Antillas

Tele Antillas

Tele Antillas HIJB - Canal 2 is a television network operating out of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. It provides a wide variety of television programs which are available to viewers throughout the Dominican Republic on channel 2. Originally the country’s Southern and Capital zones tuned...

: Gamavision, Teleamazonas

Teleamazonas

Teleamazonas is a television channel in Ecuador. Since the start of their transmissions, on February 22 of 1974, the channel is one of the major television networks of Ecuador.It broadcasts on channel 4 to Quito and channel 5 to Guayaquil...

: Eurosport

Eurosport

Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...

: Telecorporación Salvadoreña : ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes is a cable television and radio network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day to the Spanish-speaking community in the United States...

, Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

: RPC TV-canal 4TV MAX-Canal 9 : America TV, Panamericana Television

Panamericana Televisión

Panamericana Televisión, Panamericana Television or Pantel is a Peruvian television network founded in 1959 when television first arrived in Peru. It initially broadcast on Channel 13, but later moved to Channel 5 in metropolitan Lima. This network was followed by a second private television...

: ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

: Teledoce : Meridiano TV

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Archery at the 2007 Pan American Games

The Archery competitions at the 2007 Panamerican Games were held on the Deodoro Military Club from July 24 to July 28, 2007.-Athletes:64 athletes, 32 men and 32 women, from 14 countries will be competing for the 12 medals to be awarded....

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Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games

The swimming competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of 34 events, held on and at:*pool: July 16-22, Maria Lenk Aquatic Park*open water : July 14, Copacabana Beach-Pool schedule:-Men's events:-Women's events:...

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Synchronized swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games

The Synchronized Swimming Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park .-Teams:-Duets:...

Water polo at the 2007 Pan American Games

-Group A:---------Group B:---------Semifinals:-Classification 5-8:-Classification 7-8:-Classification 5-6:-Bronze medal match:-Gold Medal match:-Final classification:-Preliminary round:------------...

Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

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Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

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Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games

Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games was played at the Riocentro Sports Complex, Pavilion 4B, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The competition was held between July 14 and July 19.-Participating nations:...

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at Cidade do Rock which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields...

Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games

Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the indoor arena in the Autódromo de Jacarépagua built specially for the Pan Am Games. Brazil was the reigning Pan American champion in the men's competition, while Cuba defended its title in the women's competition.Each competition had eight...

Beach Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games

The beach volleyball tournaments at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from 17 to 22 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Men's tournament:-Women's tournament:-References:*...

Bowling at the 2007 Pan American Games

The bowling competition of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil was held at the Barra Bowling Center from July 23 to July 26. There were 4 events on offer.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...

Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games

Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Rowing and Water Skiing...