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01-01-2002
Pan-American Games

Author: GERALD REDMOND

The Pan-American Games are a multi-sport, quadrennial festival for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, conducted in a similar manner to theOLYMPIC GAMES and held one year prior to them. A comparatively recent event, the first Pan-Am Games were held at Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1951, when 19 nations were officially represented in 18 sports. Since then they have been celebrated at Mexico City (Mexico), 1955 and 1975; Chicago (US), 1959; So Paulo (Brazil), 1963; Winnipeg (Canada), 1967; Cali (Colombia), 1971; San Juan (Puerto Rico), 1981; Caracas (Venezuela), 1983; Indianapolis ...

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