1955 Pan American Games

2nd edition of the Pan American Games II Pan American Games Pan am 1955.jpg 200 Poster of the 1955 Pan American Games. Mexico City, Mexico 22 2,583 146 in 17 sports March 12 March 26 President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Cauldron lighter Estadio Olímpico Universitario 1951 Buenos Aires 1959 Chicago The 1955 Pan American Games, officially known as II Pan American Games (es II Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Mexico 1955 (es México 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.http://www.la84foundation.org/8saa/PanAm/mexico55a.htm II Pan American Games la84foundation.org 2009-10-31 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100506030652/http://www.la84foundation.org/8saa/PanAm/mexico55a.htm 2010-05-06 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 History of the Pan American Games Curtis Ray Emery, 1964Jornal dos Sports (1955) (in Portuguese) 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.Los segundos Juegos Panamericanos serán en México en 1955 The second Pan American Games will be in Mexico in 1955 El Tiempo UP 7 March 1951 Buenos Aires, Argentina es 15 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19510307&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 7 February 2019Mexico Site Of 1955 Games Reno Evening Gazette 7 March 1955 Buenos Aires, Argentina 14 https://newspaperarchive.com/reno-evening-gazette-mar-07-1951-p-14/ 7 February 2019 Medal table MEX flagPASO 1955 MEX 81 58 38 27 32 17 4 7 13 2 3 12 1 4 8 1 0 1 18 10 31 yes 2 5 9 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 NED Netherlands Antilles 1 1 0 4 4 3 Sports 22em Athletics 29 Baseball 1 Basketball 2 Boxing 10 Cycling (Cycling at the 1955 Pan American Games) 20px Road (2) 20px Track (3) Diving 8 Equestrian 5 Fencing 7 Football 1 Gymnastics (Gymnastics at the 1955 Pan American Games) 20px|Gymnastics Artistic (12) Modern pentathlon 2 Rowing 5 Shooting 16 Swimming 21 Synchronized swimming 3 Tennis 5 Volleyball 2 Water polo 1 Weightlifting 7 Wrestling 8 References External links Mexico City 1955 - II Pan American Games - Official Report at PanamSports.org Buenos Aires II Pan American Games Mexico City (1955) Chicago