2017 Winter Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games

The 2017 Winter Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games (Bosnian: 2017 Zimske Pan-europskih i azijsko-pacifičkoj regiji Igre, Serbian: Зимске паневропске и азијско-пацифичке игре 2017, Croatian: 2017 Zima pan-europske i azijsko-pacifička igre, Spanish: 2017 Juegos Paneuropeos y Asia-Pacífico de Invierno, French: 2017 Jeux paneuropeens et asiatiques d'hiver), officially known as the XXI Winter Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games, also known as Sarajevo 2019, was a winter multi-sport event that took place in Sarajevo and Istocno (East) Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previously, the city of Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. This was the largest multi-sport event held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Yugoslavia region, and in a Non-Aligned Movement member.

Being an expertise in the previously held 1984 Winter Olympics, Sarajevo confirmed its bid in 2007, as the tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina has grown into double-digits. Sarajevo bid for the 2017 edition, alongside Strbske Pleso, Slovakia; Sofia, Bulgaria; Gothenburg, Sweden; Sochi, Russia; and Lake Placid, United States. Sarajevo ultimately won the bid after the last round, competing with Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, and in 2011, the mayor of Sarajevo signed the host city contract. Later on, in the closing ceremony of the 2013 edition in Krasnoyarsk, the mayor of Krasnoyarsk handed the flag to the President of the Olympic Region 1 Council, later on handed it to the then-incumbent Mayor of Sarajevo.

The torch relay of the 2017 edition was the longest torch relay of all the Winter editions, as it crossed through 10 former hosts before Sarajevo, however 1981 was skipped because the host was also Sarajevo. They are: Sochi, Helsinki, Las Lenas, PyeongChang, Lillehammer, Minsk, Innsbruck, Astana-Almaty, Belgrade, and Krasnoyarsk, before returning into Sarajevo.

The medal tally was headed by Norway, which also led the medal count. The host nation (Bosnia and Herzegovina) went to 3rd, and its their best performance yet.