2003 Santo Domingo Pan American Games

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City	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Venue	Pabellon Olimpico Parque del Este
Team Gold Medalist	USA Nastia Liukin Courtney McCool Tia Orlando Chellsie Memmel Marcia Newby Allyse Ishino
All-Around Gold Medalist	Chellsie Memmel (USA)
Vault Gold Medalist	Leyanet Gonzalez (CUB)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Chellsie Memmel (USA)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Nastia Liukin (USA)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Tia Orlando (USA)
Preceded by	1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games
Succeeded by	2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games

The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic at the Pabellon Olimpico Parque del Este from August 1st to August 17th, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America.

All 42 PASO countries and over 5,223 athletes pre-registered for the participation in the XIV Pan American Games. An additional 2,425 trainers and delegates attended. The United States pre-registered the most athletes (713) and Saint Lucia entered the least (6). The host country entered 562 athletes.

Format of Competition

The format was very similar to that of the Olympic Games. All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. For the first time, each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
• The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. For the first time, each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

The scoring in the team competition was different from the one at the previous quadrennium, its principle became the same: five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine; these scores constituted the overall team's totals.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	USA Nastia Liukin Courtney McCool Tia Orlando Chellsie Memmel Marcia Newby Allyse Ishino	Canada Melanie Banville Lydia Williams Heather Purnell Richelle Simpson Gael Mackie Kylie Stone	Brazil Ana Paula Rodrigues Camila Comin Caroline Molinari Daiane Dos Santos Daniele Hypólito Laís Souza
All-Around	Chellsie Memmel United States of America (USA)	Nastia Liukin United States of America (USA)	Daniele Hypólito Brazil (BRA)
Vault	Leyanet Gonzalez Cuba (CUB)	Courtney McCool United States of America (USA)	Brenda Magaña Mexico (MEX)
Uneven Bars	Chellsie Memmel United States of America (USA)	Daniele Hypólito Brazil (BRA)	Nastia Liukin United States of America (USA)
Balance Beam	Nastia Liukin United States of America (USA)	Daniele Hypólito Brazil (BRA)	Chellsie Memmel United States of America (USA)
Floor Exercise	Tia Orlando United States of America (USA)	Brenda Magaña Mexico (MEX)	Nastia Liukin United States of America (USA)

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	USA	5	2	3	10
2	Brazil	0	2	2	4
3	Mexico	0	1	1	2
4	Cuba	1	0	0	1
5	Canada	0	1	0	1

External Links

• Official Results