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}}The '''Pan American Games''' are a [[multi-sport event]], held every four years in the year before the summer [[Olympic Games]] and between competitors from all nations in the [[Americas]]. The last edition was held in [[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007]]. The next will be in [[2011 Pan American Games| Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011]], and [[Toronto, Canada]] will host the event in 2015. |
}}The '''Pan American Games''' are a [[multi-sport event]], held every four years in the year before the summer [[Olympic Games]] and between competitors from all nations in the [[Americas]]. The last edition was held in [[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007]]. The next will be in [[2011 Pan American Games| Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011]], and [[Toronto, Canada]] will host the event in 2015.{{fact}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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 Pan American Sports Organization logo | |
| First event | 1951 Pan American Games |
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| Occur every | every four years |
| Last event | 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro |
| Purpose | Multi sport event for nations on the American continent |
| Website | 2011 Pan American Games |
The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years in the year before the summer Olympic Games and between competitors from all nations in the Americas. The last edition was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007. The next will be in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011, and Toronto, Canada will host the event in 2015.[citation needed]
History
The idea of holding a Pan American Games grew from the Central American Games which were first organized in the 1920s. In 1932, a first proposal was made for Pan American Games, and the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) 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, for certain sports on the program, such as swimming, the Pan American Games have lost status in the United States, and have not received much attention in the sporting press. The Americans had sent their "B" swimming team to Winnipeg in 1999, in contrast to the 1967 edition where they fielded many rising stars such as Mark Spitz. No major USA television network has covered the last 3 editions of the Games, while newspapers sent second-string reporters and the stories never made front page news. Many high profile athletes, of all nationalities, such as US champion sprinters and Brazilian football players, were in Europe during these Pan Ams, taking part in professional events. South American nations (with the exception of Uruguay) did not send their under-23 male soccer teams after the organizing committee refused to pay appearance money to CONMEBOL. 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.
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 countries expressed interest and the plans were canceled.
In 1988, members of PASO voted to hold the first Pan American Winter Games at Las Leñas, Argentina in September 1989. It was further agreed that Winter Games would be held every four years. Lack of snow forced postponement of the games until September 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.
Editions
Medals table
The table below gives an overview of the all-time medal count of the Pan American Games.
| 1 |  United States |
1748 | 1295 | 873 | 3916 |
| 2 |  Cuba |
781 | 531 | 481 | 1793 |
| 3 |  Canada |
348 | 547 | 682 | 1577 |
| 4 |  Argentina |
258 | 279 | 363 | 900 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
239 | 283 | 401 | 923 |
| 6 |  Mexico |
157 | 217 | 409 | 783 |
| 7 |  Venezuela |
73 | 156 | 224 | 453 |
| 8 |  Colombia |
57 | 109 | 162 | 328 |
| 9 |  Chile |
37 | 70 | 108 | 215 |
| 10 |  Puerto Rico |
21 | 72 | 113 | 206 |
| 11 |  Jamaica |
21 | 33 | 59 | 113 |
| 12 |  Dominican Republic |
19 | 43 | 85 | 147 |
| 13 |  Ecuador |
14 | 13 | 36 | 63 |
| 14 |  Uruguay |
11 | 22 | 42 | 75 |
| 15 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
8 | 17 | 25 | 50 |
| 16 |  Guatemala |
7 | 12 | 29 | 48 |
| 17 |  Bahamas |
6 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| 18 |  Peru |
5 | 28 | 58 | 91 |
| 19 |  Netherlands Antilles |
4 | 9 | 16 | 29 |
| 20 |  Costa Rica |
4 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 21 |  Suriname |
4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 22 |  Panama |
3 | 20 | 24 | 47 |
| 23 |  Guyana |
2 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 24 |  El Salvador |
1 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 25 |  Bermuda |
1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 26 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 |  United States Virgin Islands |
0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 28= |  Barbados |
0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 28= |  Nicaragua |
0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 30 |  Cayman Islands |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 |  Haiti |
0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 32 |  Paraguay |
0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 33 |  Honduras |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 34= |  Bolivia |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 34= |  Grenada |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 |  Dominica |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 37= |  Belize |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37= |  Saint Lucia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39= |  Aruba |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39= |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41= |  British Virgin Islands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41= |  Curaçao |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41= |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41= |  Sint Maarten |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3497 | 3477 | 3875 | 10849 | |
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Participating Nations
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Sports
Panamerican Torch
Since the first Panamerican Games, a torch is lit in the same way as the Olympic Games (since 1924), Asian Games (since 1958) and All Africa Games (since 1965). 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 the Sierra de la Estrella and after in the Temple of the Sun God in the Teotihuacán Pyramids. The only exception was São Paulo in 1963 when the torch was lit in Brasilia by the indigenous Guarani people.
See also
External links
- ODEPA/PASO Official Website
- Rio 2007 Official Website
- Santo Domingo 2003 Website
- Pan American Games - Rio de Janeiro 2007
- Poster Images from the Pan American Games from 1951 to 1999
- Guadalajara 2011 Games
