泛美运动会(Pan American Games)是北美洲和南美洲地区的大型综合性运动会，创办于1951年，每四年举行一届，至2016年已举办过17届。
泛美运动会的诞生曾经历了许多年的艰难曲折。早在1932年洛杉矶奥运会期间，国际奥委会中的南美代表就萌发了成立一个体育组织，以促进美洲业余体育运动发展的构想。在这一想法的推动下，1936年柏林奥运会期间，美洲国家代表聚会并通过了定期举办泛美运动会的决议。
1940年，美洲16个国家的代表汇聚阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯，参加了首届泛美体育代表大会（Pan-American Sport Congress），会议通过了成立泛美体育运动委员会（Pan-American Sports Committee）的提案，当时的国际奥委会主席A·布伦戴奇当选为主席。该次会议决定，1942年在布宜诺斯艾利斯举行第一届泛美运动会。但是，第二次世界大战的爆发使原定的运动会未能如期举行。
1948年，英国举办了二战后的首届奥运会。参加伦敦奥运会的美洲国家体育领导人旧谊重叙，理想犹存，召开了第二届泛美体育代表大会，会议决定重新举办泛美运动会。
1951年2月25日，来自美洲21个国家的2513名运动员终于相聚在阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯，阿根廷总统胡安·庇隆在10万人的欢呼声中，宣布第一届泛美运动会开幕。经过14天的比赛，在奖牌榜上列前四名的国家是：阿根廷、美国、智利、古巴。
For the next 17 days, approximately 6,700 of the best athletes across North and South America will come together in Lima, Peru to compete in 61 disciplines, including 22 qualifying contests for the Olympics. Todays Doodle celebrates one of the worlds biggest sporting events—the Pan American Games.
Devised by the International Olympic Committee as a way of encouraging American nations to become more involved in worldwide competition, the Pan Am Games were planned to launch in Buenos Aires in 1942, but were postponed to 1951 because of World War II. Starting that year with 2,513 athletes from 21 participating countries, the Pan Am Games have grown considerably over the past half-century.
This year marks the games 18th staging and will feature new events such as surfing, which will make its Olympic debut at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The games will highlight the indigenous culture of Peru, with a torch run starting in the ancient mountain citadel of Machu Picchu. Immediately following the Pan American Games, physically challenged athletes from all over the Americas will compete in 17 different sports for the Parapan Games.
Spotted throughout the games will be the official mascot of the Lima 2019 Pan-Am and Parapan Games, “Milco.” A ceramic sculpture character whose winning design was submitted by 24-year-old Andrea Norka Medrano Moy and garnered 19,895 votes, Milco was inspired by indigenous Peruvian pottery known as cuchimilco or huaco, which dates back to the ancient Incan empire.
“I made this design because I like what the cuchimilcos represent in the history of our country. With its outstretched arms, Milco is welcoming everyone,” said Medrano.
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