Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games
Bodybuilding pictogram
VenueColiseo Mariscal Caceres
DatesAugust 10, 2019
Competitors32 from 19 nations
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Bodybuilding competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held on August 10, 2019 at the Coliseo Mariscal Caceres. The venue also hosted the weightlifting competitions.[1]

In November 2016, Panam Sports added the sport to the Pan American Games sport program, which meant the sport made its debut at the games.[2] A total of two events will be contested: one for men (classic bodybuilding) and one for women (bikini fitness). A total of 32 bodybuilders (16 per gender) competed.[3]

El Salvador won both gold medals on offer.[4][5]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 El Salvador2002
2 Colombia0101
 Mexico0101
4 Chile0011
 Guatemala0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's class bodybuilding
details 		William Rodríguez
 El Salvador		 36 Carlos Giraldo
 Colombia		 38 Jonathan Martínez
 Guatemala		 40
Women's bikini fitness
details 		Paulina Zamora
 El Salvador		 21 Xyomara Valdivia
 Mexico		 36 Macarena Figueroa
 Chile		 41

Participating nations

A total of 19 countries qualified athletes.

Qualification

Main article: Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 32 athletes qualified. The top 15 athletes (one per nation) after reallocation and the host nation Peru, qualified in each event. Qualification was done at the 2018 Pan American Championships held in Antigua, Guatemala in November.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ Butler, Nick (17 November 2016). "Bodybuilding added to Lima 2019 programme as agreement signed for event to be shown outside Americas". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ Henao, Luis Andres (10 August 2019). "El Salvador flexes its muscles at Pan Am Games bodybuilding". New York City, New York, United States. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ Diaz, Mauro (11 August 2019). "Bodybuilding shows off its muscles in its debut at Pan American Games". www.espn.com/. ESPN. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

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