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Panam Sports Defines 36 Sports for Lima 2027

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After an Executive Board meeting, 36 sports were agreed to be part of the Sports Program of the XX Pan American Games Lima 2027.

For the first time in history, cricket will be part of the continental event. See here the complete list of the chosen sports.

Santiago de Chile, June 19, 2025.- With 758 days to go before the start of the most important sports feast of the Americas, the Lima 2027 Pan American Games, Panam Sports informed the 36 sports that will be included in the Sports Program of this continental event.

The decision was made by the Panam Sports Executive Board, which considered the preferences of the 41 National Olympic Committees members of the Organization.

It should be noted that from the official list, 33 sports were chosen according to the preferences of the National Olympic Committees and 3 were chosen by the Lima 2027 Organizing Committee.

"As Panam Sports we have taken a very important step with the approval of the 36 sports for Lima 2027. We followed a very democratic process among all the National Olympic Committees and today, the Executive Board has confirmed the sports of the Program of our Pan American Games" said the President of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic.

The chosen sports are the following:

  1. Aquatics – Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, Open Water
  2. Athletics
  3. Badminton
  4. Handball
  5. Baseball (men) / Softball (women)
  6. Boxing
  7. Canoe – Sprint, Slalom
  8. Cycling – Track, Road, Mountain, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle
  9. Cricket
  10. Equestrian – Jumping, Dressage, Eventing
  11. Sport Climbing
  12. Fencing
  13. Water Skiing
  14. Football
  15. Gymnastics – Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline
  16. Golf
  17. Judo
  18. Hockey
  19. Karate
  20. Weightlifting
  21. Wrestling
  22. Skating – Artistic, Speed, Skateboarding
  23. Pelota
  24. Modern Pentathlon
  25. Rowing
  26. Rugby 7
  27. Squash
  28. Surf
  29. Archery
  30. Shooting
  31. Taekwondo
  32. Tennis
  33. Table Tennis
  34. Triathlon
  35. Sailing
  36. Volleyball – Indoor and Beach

The Lima 2027 Pan American Games will be held on July 16th to August 1st, 2027, with the participation of more than 7,000 athletes from the 41 countries of the continent.

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Panam Sports works closely with athletes, National Olympic Committees (NOC), Organizing Committees of all regional games, Pan American Sport Confederations, International Federations (IF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to secure the success and celebration of our main event, the Pan American Games.

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