Pan American Sports Festival

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Updated On : 06 May, 2019

Full Name
Pan American Sports Festival

Type
regional

Location
North and South America

Disabled
No

Conducted
Once in 4 years

Gender
Both

Trivia

The main objective of organizing such games is to prepare athletes from America for the PAN American Games (one of the major sporting events in America held annually). The festival’s other objective is to prepare the American athletes for the Summer Olympics which is held one year after the PAN American Games.

The Pan American Sports Festival is an Olympic-style multi-sport competition, established by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) for athletes from the American continents. The event is conducted in collaboration with ACODEPA (Asociación de Confederaciones Deportivas Panamericanas) and the Pan American elements of the Olympic movement. The idea of organizing such event was given by Mario Vázquez Raña, a Mexican sports administrator and President of PASO (Pan American Sports Organisation). The first event was organized in the year 2014 in Mexico wherein athletes participated in 24 Olympic Sports. The festival also serves as a qualifying event for Pan American Games for particular of the sports. Around 3,200 athletes from 41 nations participated in the first event.