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Pan American Games

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The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. The last edition was held in Rio de Janeiro and the next will be in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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History

The idea of holding a Pan American Games grew from the Central American Games first organised in the 1920s. In 1932, a first proposal was made for Pan American Games, and the Pan American Sports Organization was established. The first Games were scheduled to be staged in Buenos Aires in 1943, but World War II caused them to be postponed until 1951. Since then, the Games have been held every four years, with participation at the most recent event at over 5,000 athletes from 42 countries.

However, the Pan American Games have lost status, particularly in the United States, and have not received much attention in the sporting press as of late in the United States and Canada. The 1999 games in Winnipeg, Canada were attended at least partially by second-string U.S. athletes (each U.S. sport federation is allowed to determine who it will send), and media coverage within the U.S. was limited, due primarily to the main t.v. broadcast rights being granted solely to U.S. Spanish-language television. In Canada, there was plenty of coverage, including a nightly two-hour program on CBC, with an additional hour on local affiliate CBWT, French-language coverage on Radio-Canada, plus daytime coverage on TSN. By 2003, the Pan American Games were once again neglected by the media.

Generally, the Pan American Games receive plenty of attention in most Latin American countries. The 2007 edition, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has prompted the Organizing Committee to restore important venues such as the Estádio do Maracanã and build a new Olympic Village. It is expected that the games will improve infrastructure in the city and lay the foundations for a possible bid for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Winter Games

There have been attempts to hold Pan American Winter Games as well, but these have been without much success. An initial attempt to hold winter events was made by the organizers of the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, who planned to stage winter events later in the year but dropped the idea for lack of interest.

Lake Placid, New York, tried to organize Winter Games in 1959, but again not enough American countries expressed interest and the plans were canceled.

In 1988, members of PASO voted to hold the first Pan American Winter Games at Las Lenas, Argentina in September of 1989. It was further agreed that Winter Games would be held every four years. Lack of snow forced postponement of the games until Sept. 16-22, 1990, when eight countries sent 97 athletes to Las Lenas. Of that total, 76 were from just three countries, Argentina, Canada, and the United States. Weather was unseasonably warm and again there was little snow, so only three Alpine skiing events--the Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Super G--were staged. The U.S. and Canada combined to win all 18 medals.

PASO awarded the second Pan American Winter Games to Santiago, Chile for 1993. The United States warned that it would not take part unless a full schedule of events was held. The Santiago organizing committee eventually gave up and the idea has not been revived since.

Locations of Pan American Games

Year Games Host City Country Date Athletes Nations Sports Most Gold Medals 1951 IBuenos Aires ArgentinaFebruary 25- March 9, 19512513 21 18  Argentina1955 IIMexico City MexicoMarch 12- March 26, 19552583 22 17  United States1959 IIIChicago United StatesAugust 27- September 7, 19592263 25 18  United States1963 IVSão Paulo BrazilApril 20- May 5, 19631665 22 19  United States1967 VWinnipeg CanadaJuly 23- August 6, 19672361 29 18  United States1971 VICali ColombiaJuly 30- August 13, 19712935 32 18  United States1975 VIIMexico City MexicoOctober 12- October 26, 19753146 33 18  United States1979 VIIISan Juan Puerto RicoJuly 1- July 15, 19793700 34 22  United States1983 IXCaracas VenezuelaAugust 14- August 29, 19833426 36 23  United States1987 XIndianapolis United StatesAugust 8- August 23, 19874453 38 30  United States1991 XIHavana CubaAugust 2- August 18, 19914519 39 26  Cuba1995 XIIMar del Plata ArgentinaMarch 12- March 26, 19955144 42 34  United States1999 XIIIWinnipeg CanadaJuly 23- August 8, 19995275 42 34  United States2003 XIVSanto Domingo Dominican RepublicAugust 1- August 17, 20035196 42 35  United States2007 XVRio de Janeiro BrazilJuly 13- July 29, 2007est. 5500 42 41  United States2011 XVIGuadalajara MexicoOctober 13- October 30, 20112015 XVIIto be announced 2009 tba summer, 2015

Medals table

The table below gives an overview of the all-time medal count of the Pan American Games.

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  United States1748 1295 873 3916 2  Cuba781 531 481 1793 3  Canada348 547 682 1577 4  Argentina258 279 363 900 5  Brazil239 283 401 923 6  Mexico157 217 409 783 7  Venezuela73 156 224 453 8  Colombia57 109 162 328 9  Chile37 70 108 215 10  Puerto Rico21 72 113 206 11  Dominican Republic19 43 85 147 12  Jamaica21 33 59 113 13  Ecuador14 13 36 63 14  Uruguay11 22 42 75 15  Trinidad and Tobago8 17 25 50 16  Guatemala7 12 29 48 17  Bahamas6 11 9 26 18  Peru5 28 58 91 19  Netherlands Antilles4 9 16 29 20  Costa Rica4 6 10 20 21  Suriname4 2 5 11 22  Panama3 20 24 47 23  Guyana2 4 11 17 24  El Salvador1 6 12 19 25  Bermuda1 4 3 8 26  Antigua and Barbuda1 0 3 4 27  United States Virgin Islands0 4 5 9 28  Cayman Islands0 4 0 2 29  Barbados0 3 7 10  Nicaragua0 3 7 10 31  Haiti0 2 5 7 32  Paraguay0 1 6 7 33  Honduras1 1 4 6 34  Bolivia0 1 2 3  Grenada0 1 2 3 36  Dominica0 1 1 2 37  Belize0 0 2 2  Saint Lucia0 0 2 2 39  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0 0 1 1  Aruba0 0 1 1 40  British Virgin Islands0 0 0 0  Saint Kitts and Nevis0 0 0 0 3497 3477 3875 10849

Participating Nations


Sports

Panamerican Torch

Since the first Panamerican Games, a torch is lit the same way as the Olympic Games (since 1924), Asian Games (since 1958) and All Africa Games (since 1965) does. In the first games in Buenos Aires 1951, the torch came from Olympia, Greece. Since the Mexico 1955 games, the torch is lit by Aztec people in old temples, first in Serra da Estrella and after in the Temple of the Sun God in Teotihuacán Pyramids. The only exception was Sao Paulo in 1963 whe the torch was lit in Brasilia by Guarani indigiens.

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v • d • ePan American Games Buenos Aires 1951• Mexico City 1955• Chicago 1959• São Paulo 1963• Winnipeg 1967• Cali 1971• Mexico City 1975• San Juan 1979• Caracas 1983• Indianapolis 1987• Havana 1991• Mar del Plata 1995• Winnipeg 1999• Santo Domingo 2003• Rio de Janeiro 2007• Guadalajara 2011• 2015
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