The 2023 Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos de 2023), officially the XIX Pan American Games (Spanish: XIX Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Santiago 2023, were an international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, held in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 November 2023; preliminary rounds in certain events began on 18 October 2023.

[1] Buenos Aires withdrew their bid in April 2017 due to not having the necessary finances or logistics to host this event and the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

[2] Santiago was unanimously acclaimed as the host city at the ANOC General Assembly in Prague on November 4, 2017.

[6] Various venues across Santiago and various other cities will be used for the games, including Viña del Mar, Valparaíso and Algarrobo.

[12] The Pan American Flame was lit at the Pyramid of the Moon in the pre-Hispanic Mexican city of Teotihuacan, and the torch relay began on 5 October 2023 and ended at the opening ceremony with the lighting of the cauldron.

Among cultural demonstrations, the Panam Sports flag was handed over by Chilean president Gabriel Boric to officials representing Barranquilla and the Caribbean region of Colombia as the former host city of the 2027 Pan American Games, followed by a segment to present the next host city.

The cultural segment was headlined by local artist Joe Vasconcellos and American-Dominican singer Prince Royce.

[50] On June 24, 2022, breakdancing (breaking) was added to the program as its 39th sport, serving as a qualifier for its Olympic debut at Paris 2024.

[52] Esports was included as the sport for demonstration, and thus athletes competing on it were not registered and didn't receive any medal related to the Games.

*   Host nation (Chile)Medals used in the games In February 2022, Mediapro reached an agreement to serve as host broadcaster of Santiago 2023; for the first time, every event held across the Pan-American and Parapan American Games will be televised, nearly doubling the hours of coverage that will be available to rightsholders in comparison to 2019.

[65] Athletes believed the course was approximately three kilometers short, with the winner Garcia noticing the distance and time were not matching after the first kilometre.

[66] Due to the error, the times were erased and athletes could not receive world ranking points towards qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

[65] The organizing committee blamed the error on the Association of Panamerican Athletics and the person who they hired to accurately measure the course.