2019 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games

The 2019 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games (French: Jeux paneuropéens et asie-pacifiques 2019, Spanish: Juegos pan-europeos y asia-pacífico 2019, Mandarin: 2019泛歐及亞太運動會, pinyin: 2019 Fàn ōu jí yàtài yùndònghuì), officially known as the XXIV Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games (French: XXIVes jeux paneuropéens et asie-pacifiques, Spanish: XXIV juegos paneuropeos y asia-pacíficos, Mandarin: 第二十四屆泛歐及亞太運動會, pinyin: Dì èrshísì jiè fàn ōu jí yàtài yùndònghui) and commonly known as Guangzhou 2019 and Centennial Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games, was an inter-continental multi-sport event that was held between 17 August and 27 September in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, with early events on 14 August. Both the Pan and ParaPan events are under the supervision of the Guangzhou 2019 Organizing Committee.

Following the success of the Asian and Asian Para Games in 2010, Guangzhou was elected over Los Angeles, Montreal, Jakarta, and Dusseldorf at the 89th Olympic Region 1 Session in Lima, Peru. It was designated as the host city after signing the contract the year later.

Celebrating the centennial edition, these Games were the largest of the history - 498 events in 46 sports over 60 disciplines were contested. Esport made its debut in the Games, resulting in 51 events more than the previous edition. 189 NOCs competed in this game, and Bhutan won its first gold medal.

In the end, China topped the medal table, with 423 medals, 256 of them are gold, followed by United States and Russia. Indonesia had its best performance in the Games, topping the 4th in the medal table.