Cricket Debut And More: List Of Sports To Feature At Pan American Games 2027

The Pan American Games 2027 is set to be held in Lima, Peru and the program for the competition has been formulated.

The Lima 2027 Pan American Games are scheduled for 16 July to 1 August.

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Following a Panam Sports Executive Board meeting, 36 sports will feature in the continental event.

Out of this, 33 of the sports were chosen according to the preferences of the 41 National Olympic Committees that form the Panam Sports organisation, while the final three were selected by the Lima 2027 organisers.

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“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 programme of our Pan American Games,” said the President of Panam Sports Neven Ilic.

The list includes Olympic staples like athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and football, as well as continental favourites such as baseball, rugby sevens, and surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing, two of the Olympic programme’s newer additions, also return.

Cricket, which is set to make its Olympic debut at LA 2028, will also mark its maiden appearance at the Pan Am Games.

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