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1955 Pan American Games
2nd edition of the Pan American Games
2nd edition of the Pan American Games
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | II Pan American Games |
| logo | Pan am 1955.jpg |
| size | 200 |
| caption | Poster of the 1955 Pan American Games. |
| host | Mexico City, Mexico |
| nations | 22 |
| athletes | 2,583 |
| events | 146 in 17 sports |
| opening | March 12 |
| closing | March 26 |
| opened_by | President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
| torch_label | Cauldron lighter |
| stadium | Estadio Olímpico Universitario |
| previous | [1951 Buenos Aires](1951-pan-american-games) |
| next | [1959 Chicago](1959-pan-american-games) |
The 1955 Pan American Games, officially known as II Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1955 (), opened on March 12, 1955, at University Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators.
A total of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review and formed ranks upon the infield. The nations paraded into the stadium in Spanish alphabetical order: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Mexico. The hot sun, combined with the high altitude, caused two members of the U.S. team to collapse. Both quickly recovered.
Host city selection
On March 6, 1951, the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) selected Mexico City over Guatemala City to host the II Pan American Games. Seventeen of the eighteen countries participated in the vote, with El Salvador abstaining. Guatemala City received two votes, one from Guatemala and one from Mexico, and Mexico City received the remaining fifteen votes.
Medal table
Sports
- Cycling ()
- [[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|20px]] Road (2)
- [[File:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg|20px]] Track (3)
- Gymnastics ()
- [[Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg|20px|Gymnastics]] Artistic (12)
References
References
- "II Pan American Games". la84foundation.org.
- [https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.co.uk/&httpsredir=1&article=1976&context=gradschool_disstheses The History of the Pan American Games] Curtis Ray Emery, 1964
- [http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/112518_02/8449 Jornal dos Sports] (1955) (in Portuguese)
- (7 March 1951). "Los segundos Juegos Panamericanos serán en México en 1955". El Tiempo.
- (7 March 1955). "Mexico Site Of 1955 Games". Reno Evening Gazette.
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