Peru at the Pan American Games

Peru at the Pan American Games
IOC code	PER
NOC	Peruvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coperu.org
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 29 Silver 46 Bronze 105 Total 180
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Peru at the Pan American Games. The Peruvians had participated in all editions of the games, except in 1955 in Mexico City. They have won a total of 19 gold medals, 40 silver and 90 bronze and 149 overall counting the 2019 Panamerican Games in Lima.

Lima was elected to stage the Games in 2013. It is the seventh city in South America to receive the games.

The Peruvian capital, Lima, was the venue for the games in 2019.^[1] The inauguration of the event was on July 26 at the National Stadium of Lima, with more than 50,000 people present. The event was preceded by the President of Peru, Martin Vizcarra.

As host of Pan American Games in Lima, Peru made sporting history by winning 11 gold medals, surpassing the 3 at Toronto in 2015 and the 2 won in Buenos Aires in 1951. Prior to these Games Peru had won 8 gold medals all told; in Lima alone Peru won 11 gold medals in one edition. This is by far the best performance of any Peruvian sporting delegation to date.