Pan American Games

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History

However, the Pan Am games have lost status and have not received much attention in the sporting press as of late in the United States and Canada. The 1999 games in Winnipeg were attended mainly by second-string American athletes and were not covered by any news anchors or television from the major U.S. broadcast networks, although a one-hour highlights package aired on ESPN after the games. 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, to be held in 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.

There have been attempts to hold Pan American Winter Games as well, but these have been without much success. The planned 1989 edition had to be postponed until a year later due to bad weather conditions, and even then only the alpine events could be held. The edition for 1993 was cancelled completely, and the Pan American Winter Games have not been held since.

Locations of Pan American Games

For a more detailed table, see Overview of the Pan American Games.

Argentina

Mexico

United States

Brazil

Canada

Colombia

Mexico

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

United States

Cuba

Argentina

Canada

Dominican Republic

Brazil

Mexico

Medals table

All-Time Pan American Games Medal Count
Pos	Nation				Total
1	United States	1651	1207	821	3679
2	Cuba	722	496	440	1658
3	Canada	309	503	627	1439
4	Argentina	247	263	330	840
5	Brazil	187	243	335	765
6	Mexico	139	193	378	710
7	Venezuela	61	133	189	383
8	Colombia	43	89	149	281
9	Chile	31	65	99	195
10	Puerto Rico	18	66	101	185
11	Jamaica	18	28	58	104
12	Dominican Republic	13	37	68	118
13	Uruguay	11	21	40	72
14	Ecuador	9	9	26	44
15	Trinidad & Tobago	8	16	22	46
16	Peru	5	24	50	79
17	Guatemala	5	9	27	41
18	Bahamas	4	9	6	19
19	Costa Rica	4	6	10	20
20	Suriname	4	2	5	11
21	Netherlands Antilles	3	9	15	27
22	Panama	2	19	24	45
23	Guyana	2	4	10	16
24	Bermuda	1	4	3	8
25	US Virgin Islands	0	4	5	9
26	Barbados	0	3	6	9
	El Salvador	0	3	6	9
28	Nicaragua	0	3	5	8
29	Haiti	0	2	4	6
30	Cayman Islands	0	2	0	2
31	Paraguay	0	1	5	6
32	Honduras	0	1	3	4
33	Bolivia	0	1	2	3
34	Grenada	0	1	1	2
35	Dominica	0	1	0	1
36	Belize	0	0	2	2
37	Antigua & Barbuda	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
40	Aruba	0	0	0	0
	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0
	Saint Kitts & Nevis	0	0	0	0
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Participating Nations

Antigua & Barbuda

Canada

Grenada

Paraguay

Sports

External links

• [2007 Official Website]
• [2003 Official Website]
• [Pan American Games Fan Pages]
• [link]

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