title: 2007 Pan American Games torch relay
text: # 2007 Pan American Games torch relay
  
  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
  
  RouteTorch lighting ceremony :
  
  | Day | Date | State | Cities | Representing country |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | June 5 | Bahia | Santa Cruz $Cabrália^1$ | Bahamas |
  | 1 | June 5 | Bahia | Porto Seguro | Bahamas |
  | 2 | June 6 | Goiás | Goiânia | Dominican Republic |
  | 3 | June 7 | Minas Gerais | Ouro Preto | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
  | 3 | June 7 | Minas Gerais | Belo Horizonte | Canada |
  | 4 | June 8 | Espirito Santo | Vitória | Costa Rica |
  | 5 | June 9 | Bahia | Salvador | Cuba |
  | 6 | June 10 | Sergipe | Canindé de São $Francisco^1$ | Antigua and Barbuda |
  | 6 | June 10 | Sergipe | Aracaju | Antigua and Barbuda |
  | 7 | June 11 | Distrito Federal | Brasília | Mexico |
  | 8 | June 12 | Pernambuco | Recife | Venezuela |
  | 9 | June 13 | Alagoas | Maceió | Barbados |
  | 10 | June 14 | Paraíba | João Pessoa | Guatemala |
  | 11 | June 15 | Pernambuco | Fernando de Noronha | Cayman Islands |
  | 11 | June 15 | Rio Grande do Norte | Natal | Ecuador |
  | 12 | June 16 | Ceará | Fortaleza | Argentina |
  | 13 | June 17 | Piauí | Teresina | Netherlands Antilles |
  | 14 | June 18 | Tocantins | Palmas | Bermuda |
  | 15 | June 19 | Maranhão | São Luis | Jamaica |
  | 16 | June 20 | Pará | Belém | Colombia |
  | 17 | June 21 | Amapá | Macapá | Suriname |
  | 18 | June 22 | Roraima | Boa Vista | Guyana |
  | 19 | June 23 | Amazonas | Manaus | Aruba |
  | 20 | June 24 | Acre | Rio Branco | Bolivia |
  | 21 | June 25 | Rondônia | Porto Velho | Belize |
  | 22 | June 26 | Mato Grosso | Cuiabá | Nicaragua |
  | 23 | June 27 | Mato Grosso | Campo Novo do $Parecis^1$ | - |
  | 24 | June 28 | Mato Grosso do Sul | Campo Grande | Dominica |
  | 25 | June 29 | Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | Uruguay |
  | 26 | June 30 | Paraná | Foz do Iguaçu | Paraguay |
  | 27 | July 1 | Santa Catarina | Florianópolis | Puerto Rico |
  | 28 | July 2 | Santa Catarina | Blumenau | Trinidad and Tobago |
  | 28 | July 2 | Santa Catarina | Balneário Camboriú | El Salvador |
  | 29 | July 3 | Paraná | Curitiba | Chile |
  | 30 | July 4 | No travelling | No travelling | No travelling |
  | 31 | July 5 | São Paulo | Guarulhos | Grenada |
  | 32 | July 6 | São Paulo | Santos | Honduras |
  | 33 | July 7 | São Paulo | $Americana^1$ | Haiti |
  | 33 | July 7 | São Paulo | Campinas | Haiti |
  | 34 | July 8 | São Paulo | São Paulo | United States of America |
  | 35 | July 9 | Rio de Janeiro | Quilombo Campinho da $Independência^1$ | British Virgin Islands |
  | 35 | July 9 | Rio de Janeiro | Parati | British Virgin Islands |
  | 35 | July 9 | Rio de Janeiro | Angra dos Reis | Virgin Islands |
  | 36 | July 10 | Rio de Janeiro | Nova $Iguaçu^1$ | Panama |
  | 36 | July 10 | Rio de Janeiro | Duque de Caxias | Panama |
  | 36 | July 10 | Rio de Janeiro | Petrópolis | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
  | 37 | July 11 | Rio de Janeiro | $Macaé^1$ | Saint Lucia |
  | 37 | July 11 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio das $Ostras^1$ | Saint Lucia |
  | 37 | July 11 | Rio de Janeiro | Búzios | Saint Lucia |
  | 38 | July 12 | Rio de Janeiro | Niterói | Peru |
  | 39 | July 13 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
  
  $^1$ denotes municipality
  
  