The 2007 Pan American Games torch relay was a 39-day torch run, from June 5 to July 13, 2007, held prior to the 2007 Pan American Games. On June 4, the torch was lit at the torch lighting ceremony in Teotihuacán, Mexico. The flame was then taken by a Brazilian Air Force craft to Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia, Brazil, where the torch relay began.
The relay toured through 42 Brazilian cities - each one representing a different country in the Pan American Games. Over 2,500 torchbearers carried the flame over 11,000 kilometers. The relay originating torchbearer was Wilson Carneiro, the first Brazilian medalist at the Pan American Games, white the final torchbearer was Naiane Freire da Purificação.
Route DayDateStateCitiesRepresenting country1June 5BahiaSanta Cruz Cabrália1BahamasPorto Seguro2June 6GoiásGoiâniaDominican Republic3June 7Minas GeraisOuro PretoSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesBelo HorizonteCanada4June 8Espírito SantoVitóriaCosta Rica5June 9BahiaSalvadorCuba6June 10SergipeCanindé de São Francisco1Antigua and BarbudaAracaju7June 11Distrito FederalBrasíliaMexico8June 12PernambucoRecifeVenezuela9June 13AlagoasMaceióBarbados10June 14ParaíbaJoão PessoaGuatemala11June 15PernambucoFernando de NoronhaCayman IslandsRio Grande do NorteNatalEcuador12June 16CearáFortalezaArgentina13June 17PiauíTeresinaNetherlands Antilles14June 18TocantinsPalmasBermuda15June 19MaranhãoSão LuisJamaica16June 20ParáBelémColombia17June 21AmapáMacapáSuriname18June 22RoraimaBoa VistaGuyana19June 23AmazonasManausAruba20June 24AcreRio BrancoBolivia21June 25RondôniaPorto VelhoBelize22June 26Mato GrossoCuiabáNicaragua23June 27Campo Novo do Parecis1 - 24June 28Mato Grosso do SulCampo GrandeDominica25June 29Rio Grande do SulPorto AlegreUruguay26June 30ParanáFoz do IguaçuParaguay27July 1Santa CatarinaFlorianópolisPuerto Rico28July 2BlumenauTrinidad and TobagoBalneário CamboriúEl Salvador29July 3ParanáCuritibaChile30July 4No travelling31July 5São PauloGuarulhosGrenada32July 6SantosHonduras33July 7Americana1HaitiCampinas34July 8São PauloUnited States of America35July 9Rio de JaneiroQuilombo Campinho da Independência1British Virgin IslandsParatiAngra dos ReisVirgin Islands36July 10Nova Iguaçu1PanamaDuque de CaxiasPetrópolisSaint Kitts and Nevis37July 11Macaé1Saint LuciaRio das Ostras1Búzios38July 12NiteróiPeru39July 13Rio de JaneiroBrazil 1 denotes municipality
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