Pan American Games 283942 225885029 2008-07-15T21:21:57Z Mbylinska 5808508 /* Sports */ [[Image:Flag of PASO.svg|200px|thumb|Pan American Sports Organization logo]] 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 [[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro]] and the next will be in [[2011 Pan American Games|Guadalajara]], Mexico. == 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 [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], with an additional hour on local affiliate [[CBWT]], French-language coverage on [[Télévision de Radio-Canada|Radio-Canada]], plus daytime coverage on [[The Sports Network|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 == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Games ! Host City ! Country ! Date ! Athletes ! Nations ! Sports ! Most Gold Medals |- | 1951 | [[1951 Pan American Games|I]] | [[Buenos Aires]] | {{flag|Argentina}} | [[February 25]] - [[March 9]] [[1951]] | 2513 | 21 | 18 | {{flag|Argentina}} |- | 1955 | [[1955 Pan American Games|II]] | [[Mexico City]] | {{flag|Mexico|1934}} | [[March 12]] - [[March 26]] [[1955]] | 2583 | 22 | 17 | {{flag|United States|1912}} |- | 1959 | [[1959 Pan American Games|III]] | [[Chicago]] | {{flag|United States|1959}} | [[August 27]] - [[September 7]] [[1959]] | 2263 | 25 | 18 | {{flag|United States|1959}} |- | 1963 | [[1963 Pan American Games|IV]] | [[São Paulo]] | {{flag|Brazil|1960}} | [[April 20]] - [[May 5]] [[1963]] | 1665 | 22 | 19 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1967 | [[1967 Pan American Games|V]] | [[Winnipeg]] | {{flag|Canada}} | [[July 23]] - [[August 6]] [[1967]] | 2361 | 29 | 18 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1971 | [[1971 Pan American Games|VI]] | [[Cali]] | {{flag|Colombia}} | [[July 30]] - [[August 13]] [[1971]] | 2935 | 32 | 18 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1975 | [[1975 Pan American Games|VII]] | [[Mexico City]] | {{flag|Mexico}} | [[October 12]] - [[October 26]] [[1975]] | 3146 | 33 | 18 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1979 | [[1979 Pan American Games|VIII]] | [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] | {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} | [[July 1]] - [[July 15]] [[1979]] | 3700 | 34 | 22 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1983 | [[1983 Pan American Games|IX]] | [[Caracas]] | {{flag|Venezuela|1930}} | [[August 14]] - [[August 29]] [[1983]] | 3426 | 36 | 23 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1987 | [[1987 Pan American Games|X]] | [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] | {{flag|United States}} | [[August 8]] - [[August 23]] [[1987]] | 4453 | 38 | 30 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1991 | [[1991 Pan American Games|XI]] | [[Havana]] | {{flag|Cuba}} | [[August 2]] - [[August 18]] [[1991]] | 4519 | 39 | 26 | {{flag|Cuba}} |- | 1995 | [[1995 Pan American Games|XII]] | [[Mar del Plata]] | {{flag|Argentina}} | [[March 12]] - [[March 26]] [[1995]] | 5144 | 42 | 34 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 1999 | [[1999 Pan American Games|XIII]] | [[Winnipeg]] | {{flag|Canada}} | [[July 23]] - [[August 8]] [[1999]] | 5275 | 42 | 34 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 2003 | [[2003 Pan American Games|XIV]] | [[Santo Domingo]] | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} | [[August 1]] - [[August 17]] [[2003]] | 5196 | 42 | 35 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 2007 | [[2007 Pan American Games|XV]] | [[Rio de Janeiro]] | {{flag|Brazil}} | [[July 13]] - [[July 29]] [[2007]] | 5,634 | 42 | 41 | {{flag|United States}} |- | 2011 | [[2011 Pan American Games|XVI]] | [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]] | {{flag|Mexico}} | [[October 13]] - [[October 30]] [[2011]] | colspan="4" | |- | 2015 | [[2015 Pan American Games|XVII]] | to be announced 2009 | tba | summer, [[2015]] | colspan="4" | |} == Medals table == The table below gives an overview of the all-time medal count of the Pan American Games. {| {{RankedMedalTable}} |- |1||align=left| {{flag|United States}} ||1748||1295||873||3916 |- |2||align=left| {{flag|Cuba}} ||781||531||481||1793 |- |3||align=left| {{flag|Canada}} ||348||547||682||1577 |- |4||align=left| {{flag|Argentina}} ||258||279||363||900 |- |5||align=left| {{flag|Brazil}} ||239||283||401||923 |- |6||align=left| {{flag|Mexico}} ||157||217||409||783 |- |7||align=left| {{flag|Venezuela}} ||73||156||224||453 |- |8||align=left| {{flag|Colombia}} ||57||109||162||328 |- |9||align=left| {{flag|Chile}} ||37||70||108||215 |- |10||align=left| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} ||21||72||113||206 |- |11||align=left| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} ||19||43||85||147 |- |12||align=left| {{flag|Jamaica}} ||21||33||59||113 |- |13||align=left| {{flag|Ecuador}} ||14||13||36||63 |- |14||align=left| {{flag|Uruguay}} ||11||22||42||75 |- |15||align=left| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} ||8||17||25||50 |- |16||align=left| {{flag|Guatemala}} ||7||12||29||48 |- |17||align=left| {{flag|Bahamas}} ||6||11||9||26 |- |18||align=left| {{flag|Peru}} ||5||28||58||91 |- |19||align=left| {{flag|Netherlands Antilles}} ||4||9||16||29 |- |20||align=left| {{flag|Costa Rica}} ||4||6||10||20 |- |21||align=left| {{flag|Suriname}} ||4||2||5||11 |- |22||align=left| {{flag|Panama}} ||3||20||24||47 |- |23||align=left| {{flag|Guyana}} ||2||4||11||17 |- |24||align=left| {{flag|El Salvador}} ||1||6||12||19 |- |25||align=left| {{flag|Bermuda}} ||1||4||3||8 |- |26||align=left| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} ||1||0||3||4 |- |27||align=left| {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} ||0||4||5||9 |- |28||align=left| {{flag|Cayman Islands}} ||0||4||0||2 |- | rowspan="2" |29||align=left| {{flag|Barbados}} ||0||3||7||10 |- |align=left| {{flag|Nicaragua}} ||0||3||7||10 |- |31||align=left| {{flag|Haiti}} ||0||2||5||7 |- |32||align=left| {{flag|Paraguay}} ||0||1||6||7 |- |33||align=left| {{flag|Honduras}} ||1||1||4||6 |- | rowspan="2" |34||align=left| {{flag|Bolivia}} ||0||1||2||3 |- |align=left| {{flag|Grenada}} ||0||1||2||3 |- |36||align=left| {{flag|Dominica}} ||0||1||1||2 |- | rowspan="2" |37||align=left| {{flag|Belize}} ||0||0||2||2 |- |align=left| {{flag|Saint Lucia}} ||0||0||2||2 |- | rowspan="2" |39||align=left|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} ||0||0||1||1 |- |align=left| {{flag|Aruba}} ||0||0||1||1 |- | rowspan="2" |41||align=left| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} ||0||0||0||0 |- |align=left| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} ||0||0||0||0 |- | || ||3497||3477||3875||10849 |} ==Participating Nations== {{col-begin|width=}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} * {{flag|Argentina}} * {{flag|Aruba}} * {{flag|Bahamas}} * {{flag|Barbados}} * {{flag|Belize}} * {{flag|Bermuda}} * {{flag|Bolivia}} * {{flag|Brazil}} * {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} * {{flag|Canada}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Cayman Islands}} * {{flag|Chile}} * {{flag|Colombia}} * {{flag|Costa Rica}} * {{flag|Cuba}} * {{flag|Curaçao}} * {{flag|Dominica}} * {{flag|Dominican Republic}} * {{flag|Ecuador}} * {{flag|El Salvador}} * {{flag|Grenada}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Guatemala}} * {{flag|Guyana}} * {{flag|Haiti}} * {{flag|Honduras}} * {{flag|Jamaica}} * {{flag|Mexico}} * {{flag|Nicaragua}} * {{flag|Panama}} * {{flag|Paraguay}} * {{flag|Peru}} * {{flag|Puerto Rico}} {{col-break}} * {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} * {{flag|Saint Lucia}} * {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} * {{flag|Sint Maarten}} * {{flag|Suriname}} * {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} * {{flag|United States}} * {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} * {{flag|Uruguay}} * {{flag|Venezuela}} {{col-end}} == Sports == {| | * [[Archery at the Pan American Games|Archery]] * [[Athletics at the Pan American Games|Athletics]] * [[Badminton at the Pan American Games|Badminton]] * [[Baseball at the Pan American Games|Baseball]] * [[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Basketball]] * [[Beach volleyball at the Pan American Games|Beach volleyball]] * [[Bowling at the Pan American Games|Bowling]] * [[Boxing at the Pan American Games|Boxing]] * [[Canoe/Kayak at the Pan American Games|Canoe/Kayak]] * [[Cycling at the Pan American Games|Cycling]] * [[Diving at the Pan American Games|Diving]] * [[Equestrian at the Pan American Games|Equestrian]] * [[Fencing at the Pan American Games|Fencing]] * [[Futsal at the Pan American Games|Futsal (indoor football)]] * [[Football at the Pan American Games|Football (soccer)]] * [[Gymnastics at the Pan American Games|Gymnastics]] * [[Hockey at the Pan American Games|Hockey]] * [[Handball at the Pan American Games|Handball]] * [[Heptathlon at the Pan American Games|Heptathlon]] * [[Judo at the Pan American Games|Judo]] * [[Karate at the Pan American Games|Karate]] * [[Modern pentathlon at the Pan American Games|Modern pentathlon]] |width=22| |valign=top| * [[Polo at the Pan American Games|Polo]] * [[Racquetball at the Pan American Games|Racquetball]] * [[Rhythmic gymnastics at the Pan American Games|Rhythmic gymnastics]] * [[Roller sports at the Pan American Games|Roller sports]] * [[Rowing at the Pan American Games|Rowing]] * [[Rugby union at the Pan American Games|Rugby union]] * [[Sailing at the Pan American Games|Sailing]] * [[Shooting at the Pan American Games|Shooting]] * [[Softball at the Pan American Games|Softball]] * [[Squash at the Pan American Games|Squash]] * [[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Swimming]] * [[Synchronized swimming at the Pan American Games|Synchronized swimming]] * [[Table tennis at the Pan American Games|Table tennis]] * [[Taekwondo at the Pan American Games|Taekwondo]] * [[Tennis at the Pan American Games|Tennis]] * [[Trampoline at the Pan American Games|Trampoline]] * [[Triathlon at the Pan American Games|Triathlon]] * [[Volleyball at the Pan American Games|Volleyball]] * [[Water polo at the Pan American Games|Water polo]] * [[Water skiing at the Pan American Games|Water skiing]] * [[Weightlifting at the Pan American Games|Weightlifting]] * [[Wrestling at the Pan American Games|Wrestling]] |} ==Panamerican Torch== [[Image:Atocha.jpg|50px|right|2007 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 São Paulo in 1963 whe the torch was lit in Brasilia by Guarani indigiens. ==See also== *[[Winter Pan American Games]] *[[2007 Pan American Games]] *[[2011 Pan American Games]] == External links == * [http://www.rio2007.org.br/ Rio 2007 Official Website] * [http://panamgames2003.com/ Santo Domingo 2003 Official Website] * [http://www.quadrodemedalhas.com/en/pan-american-games/pan-american-games-2007-rio-de-janeiro.htm Pan American Games - Rio de Janeiro 2007] * [http://www.aafla.org/8saa/PanAm/panam_main.htm Poster Images from the Pan American Games from 1951 to 1999] * [http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/esp/index.asp?lng=en Guadalajara 2011 Games] * [http://odepapaso.org/ ODEPA/PASO Official Website] {{Panamgames}} [[Category:Pan American Games| ]] [[Category:Multi-sport events]] [[ca:Jocs Panamericans]] [[de:Panamerikanische Spiele]] [[et:Pan-Ameerika mängud]] [[es:Juegos Panamericanos]] [[fr:Jeux Panaméricains]] [[id:Pan American Games]] [[it:Giochi panamericani]] [[nl:Pan-Amerikaanse Spelen]] [[ja:パンアメリカン競技大会]] [[no:Pan amerikanske leker]] [[pl:Igrzyska Panamerykańskie]] [[pt:Jogos Pan-americanos]] [[ru:Панамериканские игры]] [[simple:Pan American Games]] [[fi:Pan-Amerikan kisat]] [[sv:Panamerikanska spelen]] [[th:แพนอเมริกันเกมส์]] [[zh:泛美運動會]]