Toronto 2015 Pan American Games

The Pan American Games are held every four years and precede the Olympic Games by one year. The Pan American Games consists of all summer Olympic sports, plus select non-Olympic sports, and serves as an Olympic-qualifying event for many of the participating sports. The Pan American Games are the third largest international multi-sport Games in the world, surpassed only by the Olympic Games and the Asian Games in terms of the number of sports and competing athletes.