Lima 2027 

Games Summary

Lima, the capital and most populous city in Peru, is hosting the XX Pan American Games in 2027. This comes just eight years after the city hosted the XVIII Pan American Games in 2019. 

Lima was selected as the host city during an Extraordinary General Assembly of Panam Sports in March 2024. Barranquilla, Colombia had been initially awarded the Games in August 2021 after a round of direct negotiations. But Barranquilla was stripped of its hosting rights in January 2024 after failures to secure financial guarantees. Lima was chosen by a vote of 28-24 over Asunción, Paraguay—the host city of the 2025 Junior Pan American Games—in the bid to be the replacement host of the 2027 Pan American Games.    

It is expected that more than 6900 athletes representing all 41 National Olympic Committees from North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean will participate. 

The Opening Ceremony is set to take place July 23, with competition continuing until the Closing Ceremony on August 8. 

The 2027 Pan Am Games will feature 38 sports and 58 disciplines. For multiple sports, the Pan Am Games will be a direct qualification event for the LA 2028 Olympic Games. 

Getting to know Lima and Peru 

Peru is located in western South America and has 2414 km of coastline on the Pacific Ocean. It shares land borders with Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil and Bolivia to the east, and Chile to the south. Lima is found in the coastal region.

About one-third of all Peruvians live in Lima, which has a population of approximately 10 million. The country’s official language is Spanish and it is in the same time zone as Eastern Standard Time.

Lima was founded in 1535 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and named “The City of the Kings”. Peru gained its independence from Spain on July 28, 1821.

The national symbol of Peru is the vicuna, a camelid related to the llama. It is featured in the Peruvian coat of arms, which appears on the national flag of three equal vertical bands of red, white and red, the national colours.