Breaking at the 2023 Pan American Games

Breaking (breakdancing) competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held between November 3 and 4th, 2023 at the Chimkowe Gym in Peñalolén, a suburb of Santiago.^[1][2][3]

Breaking at the 2023 Pan American Games
Breaking pictogram
Venues	Chimkowe Gym
Start date	November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
End date	November 4, 2023 (2023-11-04)
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	32 from 12 nations
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On June 24, 2022, breaking was added to the sports program as the 39th sport, serving as a qualifier for its Olympic debut at Paris 2024.^[4] This will mark the sport's Pan American Games debut.^[4]

A total of two events are scheduled to be held, one each for men and women.^[5] A total of 32 athletes (16 per gender) are scheduled to compete.^[5]

Qualification

Main article: Breaking at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 32 breakdancers will qualify to compete (16 per gender). The host nation is guaranteed one sport per event. The other 15 spots will be awarded through the 2023 Pan American Championships and World Rankings list. A country can qualify a maximum of four athletes (two per gender).^[5]

Participating nations

A total of 12 NOC's qualified breakdancers. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.^[6]

•  Argentina (2)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (4)
•  Chile (4)
•  Colombia (3)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (2)
•  Mexico (4)
•  Peru (2)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  United States (4)
•  Venezuela (1)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Chile)

Rank	NOC's	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	1	1	1	3
2	Canada	1	0	0	1
3	Colombia	0	1	0	1
4	Chile*	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
B-Boys details	Philip Kim Phil Wizard  Canada	Jeffrey Louis Jeffro  United States	Matías Martínez Matita  Chile
B-Girls details	Sunny Choi Sunny  United States	Luisa Tejada Luma  Colombia	Vicki Chang La Vix  United States

2024 Summer Olympics Qualification

Main article: Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This event was a direct qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A total of two quotas (one each for B-Boys and B-Girls) was awarded.^[7]

Event	Qualification path	Quotas	NOCs
B-Boys	One NOC of the winner, will earn one quota place.	1	Canada
B-Girls	One NOC of the winner, will earn one quota place.	1	United States
Total quota places awarded		2

See also

• Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
2. Burke, Patrick (21 July 2022). "Santiago 2023 schedule finalised by organisers". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
4. Iveson, Ali (25 June 2022). "Breaking added to Santiago 2023 Pan American Games programme". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
5. "Breaking Qualification system" (PDF). www.www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
6. "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan And Parapan American Games. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
7. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 Breaking" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

External links

• Results book