Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games

Bodybuilding at the XVIII Pan American Games
	Bodybuilding pictogram
Venue	Coliseo Mariscal Caceres
Dates	August 10, 2019
Competitors	32 from 19 nations
	«Debut

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	El Salvador (ESA)	2	0	0	2
2	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
2	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
4	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
4	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

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

Participating nations

A total of 19 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Argentina (1)
Belize (1)
Bolivia (2)
Brazil (2)
Chile (1)
Colombia (2)
Costa Rica (1)
Dominican Republic (2)
Ecuador (2)
El Salvador (2)
Guatemala (2)
Honduras (2)
Jamaica (1)
Mexico (2)
Nicaragua (2)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (2)
Uruguay (2)
Venezuela (2)

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

"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.
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.
"Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
Henao, Luis Andres (10 August 2019). "El Salvador flexes its muscles at Pan Am Games bodybuilding". Associated Press. New York City, New York, United States. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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.

External links

Results book

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[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.

[manual-3] "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". Associated Press. New York City, New York, United States. 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.