2021 Junior Pan American Games

The 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2021) was an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports held in Cali and Valle, Colombia between November 25 to December 5, 2021.^[1]

I Junior Pan American Games

Logo of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games
Host	Cali–Valle, Colombia
Motto	Ready To Give #AllForYou Spanish: ¡Somos Tu Fuerza! Nos Damos #TodosxVos
Nations	41
Events	302 in 28 sports
Opening	November 25
Closing	December 5
Opened by	Iván Duque Márquez
Main venue	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
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Candidate cities

The deadline for the presentation of candidacy to organize the first Junior Pan American Games was January 31, 2019, on which date Cali, Santa Ana, and Monterrey were selected as host city candidates by Panam Sports.^[2] Cali was chosen as the host city by the Executive Committee in San José, Costa Rica on March 27, 2019.^[1][3]

Cali, Colombia

Colombia Olympic Committee President Baltazar Medina noted that the reason Cali applied to host the games was to open the possibility of Colombia hosting larger multi-sports events, such as the Bolivarian Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games.^[2] Cali would be the main city for the games, while Palmira, Buga, and Calima El Darién would act as sub-centers.^[4] Notably, 2021 will be the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Pan American Games, which is the last time that Cali hosted the Pan American Games.^[5]

Santa Ana, El Salvador

On January 29, 2019, Mayoress Milena Calderón Sol de Escalón confirmed that Santa Ana would apply to be the host of the inaugural games, stating, "We are preparing all the presentations we have to do before the International Olympic Committee. It will be in Costa Rica where El Salvador, through Santa Ana, will be presented (to host the 2021 Junior Pan American Games)."^[6]

Monterrey, Mexico

President of the Mexican Olympic Committee Carlos Padilla Becerra expressed interest in Monterrey hosting the inaugural Junior Games, stating, "Mexico hopes that the competition can take place in Monterrey in 2021; it is a city that has the adequate infrastructure to carry them out, and it a minimum expenditure would be necessary."^[7] However, there was a risk from lack of government support that caused the bid to be eliminated from the final vote.

Venues

Cali and six other locales (Buga, Yumbo, Jamundí, Calima El Darien, Palmira and Barranquilla) in Colombia will stage the competitions.

Cali

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	Athletics Ceremonines	38,000
Bowling Arena	Bowling
Club Campestre de Cali	Modern pentathlon Squash Tennis
Coliseo El Pueblo	Gymnastics (all disciplines)
CVC Bernardo Tobar Sports Club	Shooting
Evangelista Mora Arena	Volleyball (indoor)
Hernando Botero O'byrne Swimming Pools	Artistic swimming Diving Swimming
Hockey Miguel Calero Arena	Taekwondo Wrestling
Iván Vassilev Todorov Arena	Handball
Pan American Courts	3x3 basketball, Beach volleyball
Skate Park Calida	Roller sports (skateboarding)
World Cup Skate Track	Roller sports (speed)
Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño	Cycling (track), Roller sports (artistic)

Buga

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Luis Ignacio Alvarez Arena	Boxing
North Sports Complex Challenger Track	Cycling (BMX)
Urban circuit	Cycling (road)

Barranquilla

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Estadio Édgar Rentería	Baseball
Estadio Edgardo Schemel	Softball

Jamundí

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Yuri Alvear Combat Arena	Judo Karate

Calima El Darien

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Calima Lake	Canoeing Rowing Sailing Triathlon

Palmira

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar	Archery
Multifunctional White Arena 1	Table tennis
Ramón Elías López Arena	Weightlifting

Yumbo

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Pacific Valley Events Center	Badminton Fencing Squash
Pista Raúl Pizarro	Cycling (mountain bike)

The Games

Sports

321 events in 28 sports were contested. The full sport program was confirmed in September 2020.^[8][9] After originally being included, basketball (5x5), BMX freestyle and field hockey were not included on the final list.^[10] Other Olympic events and disciplines not contested included open water swimming, water polo, canoe slalom, equestrian, football and rugby sevens.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events to be contested in each sport/discipline.

• Aquatics
  •   Artistic swimming (4) (details)
  •   Diving (7) (details)
  •   Swimming (36) (details)
•   Archery (8) (details)
•   Athletics (45) (details)
•   Badminton (3) (details)
• Baseball
  •   Baseball (1) (details)
  •   Softball (1) (details)
•   3x3 basketball (2) (details)
•   Bowling (4) (details)
•   Boxing (13) (details)
•   Canoeing (details)
  • Canoe sprint (12)
•   Cycling (details)
  • BMX (2)
  • Mountain biking (2)
  • Road (4)
  • Track (12)
•   Fencing (6) (details)
•   Gymnastics (details)
  • Artistic gymnastics (14)
  • Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
  • Trampoline (4)
•   Handball (2) (details)
•   Judo (14) (details)
•   Karate (10) (details)
•   Modern pentathlon (3) (details)
•   Roller sports (details)
  • Figure Skating (2)
  • Skateboarding (2)
  • Speed Skating (12)
•   Rowing (10) (details)
•   Sailing (4) (details)
•   Shooting (6) (details)
•   Squash (7) (details)
•   Table tennis (7) (details)
•   Taekwondo (8) (details)
•   Tennis (5) (details)
•   Triathlon (3) (details)
• Volleyball
  •   Beach volleyball (2) (details)
  •   Volleyball (2) (details)
•   Weightlifting (14) (details)
•   Wrestling (details)
  • Freestyle (12)
  • Greco-Roman (6)

Participating National Olympic Committees

All 41 nations who are members of the Panam Sports are expected to compete. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes qualified.

Participating National Olympic Committees

Antigua and Barbuda   Argentina   Aruba (16)^[11]   Bahamas (17)^[12]   Barbados (14)^[13]   Belize (12)^[14]   Bermuda (12)^[15]   Bolivia   Brazil (358)   British Virgin Islands (9)^[16]   Canada (31)^[17]   Cayman Islands (14)^[18]   Colombia (Host)   Chile   Costa Rica   Cuba (212)^[19]   Dominica   Dominican Republic   Ecuador   El Salvador   Grenada (10)^[20]   Guatemala (122)^[21]   Guyana (22)^[22]   Haiti   Honduras   Jamaica   Mexico (356)   Nicaragua   Panama (43)^[23]   Paraguay   Peru (160)^[24]   Puerto Rico   Saint Lucia (14)^[25]   Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)^[26]   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Suriname   Trinidad and Tobago (23)^[27]   United States   Uruguay   Venezuela (192)^[28]   Virgin Islands

Schedule

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

November/December		23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Mon	30 Tue	1 Wed	2 Thu	3 Fri	4 Sat	5 Sun	Events
Ceremonies (opening / closing)				OC										CC	—
Aquatics	Artistic swimming										●	2	2		4
	Diving			1	2	2	2								7
	Swimming				8	7	9	6	6						36
Archery					●	●	8								8
Athletics									5	7	12	12	9		45
Badminton					●	●	●	3							3
Baseball	Baseball				●	●	●	●	●	●	1				1
	Softball					●	●	●	●	●	1				1
3x3 basketball							●	●	2						2
Bowling							2	●	2						4
Boxing					●	●	●	●		13					13
Canoeing				●	7	5									12
Cycling	BMX				●	2									2
	Mountain biking					2									2
	Road									2	1	1			4
	Track				3	2	2	5							12
Fencing												2	2	2	6
Gymnastics	Artistic				2	2	5	5							14
	Rhythmic										●	●	2	6	8
	Trampoline											●	4		4
Handball		●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●		●	1		2
Judo					7	7	1								15
Karate												●	4	6	10
Modern pentathlon											●	●	●	3	3
Roller sports	Artistic											●	2		2
	Skateboarding				2										2
	Speed								●	4	8				12
Rowing										●	2	4	4		10
Sailing											●	●	4		4
Shooting					2	2	2								6
Squash					●	2	●	3	●	2					7
Table tennis									●	●	●	●	●	2	2
Taekwondo					4	4									8
Tennis								●	●	●	●	3	2		5
Triathlon					2		1								3
Volleyball	Beach								●	●	●	●	2		2
	Indoor				●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	1	2
Weightlifting					4	4	4	2							14
Wrestling										6	3	5	4		18
Total events				1	43	41	37	24	16	34	28	29	42	20	315
Cumulative total				1	44	85	122	146	162	196	224	253	295	315	315
		23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Mon	30 Tue	1 Wed	2 Thu	3 Fri	4 Sat	5 Sun	Events

Medal table

The official medal table:^[29]

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	59	49	56	164
2	Colombia*	48	34	63	145
3	United States	47	29	38	114
4	Mexico	46	78	48	172
5	Cuba	29	19	22	70
6	Argentina	19	22	32	73
7	Ecuador	15	14	24	53
8	Chile	12	15	31	58
9	Puerto Rico	8	4	8	20
10	Uruguay	8	3	3	14
11	Venezuela	7	8	21	36
12	Peru	6	15	14	35
13	Dominican Republic	5	8	10	23
14	Canada	4	1	5	10
15	Paraguay	2	4	4	10
16	Costa Rica	2	3	5	10
17	Aruba	2	1	0	3
18	Guatemala	1	5	10	16
19	Bolivia	1	1	2	4
20	El Salvador	0	3	5	8
21	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
22	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Grenada	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	Nicaragua	0	1	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1	0	1
27	Panama	0	0	5	5
28	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Honduras	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
32	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0
	Belize	0	0	0	0
	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0
	Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0
	Dominica	0	0	0	0
	Haiti	0	0	0	0
	Jamaica	0	0	0	0
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0
	Suriname	0	0	0	0
	Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0
Totals (41 entries)		321	322	411	1054

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29. Medal table

External links

• Cali-Valle 2021 website
• Cali-Valle 2021 Facebook website