1955 Pan American Games

II Pan American Games

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Mexico City 1955 Pan American Games.

Host city

Country

Mexico

Nations participating

Athletes participating

2,583

Events

146 in 17 sports

Opening ceremony

March 12

Closing ceremony

March 26

Officially opened by

Main venue

< 1951 Buenos Aires	1959 Chicago >

The 2nd Pan American Games opened on March 12, 1955, in the University Stadium (now Olympic Stadium) in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators.

A total number of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review and formed ranks upon the infield.^[1] The nations paraded into the stadium in Spanish alphabetical order: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Curaçao, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, 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.

Medal count

For a more comprehensive list, see 1955 Pan American Games medal table.

¹	Host nation

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA) ^a	7001810000000000000♠81/7001880000000000000♠88	7001580000000000000♠58	7001380000000000000♠38	7002177000000000000♠177/7002184000000000000♠184
2	Argentina (ARG) ^a	7001270000000000000♠27	7001310000000000000♠31/7001330000000000000♠33	7001150000000000000♠15/7001200000000000000♠20	7001730000000000000♠73/7001800000000000000♠80
3	Mexico (MEX) ¹	7001170000000000000♠17	7001110000000000000♠11	7001300000000000000♠30	7001580000000000000♠58
4	Chile (CHI) ^a	7000400000000000000♠4	7000700000000000000♠7/7000800000000000000♠8	7001130000000000000♠13	7001240000000000000♠24/7001250000000000000♠25
5	Canada (CAN)	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	7001110000000000000♠11

^ The medal counts for the United States, Argentina and Chile are disputed.

Pan American Games

Sports Medal tables Medalists NOCs Symbols

Summer	1951 Buenos Aires 1955 Mexico City 1959 Chicago 1963 São Paulo 1967 Winnipeg 1971 Cali 1975 Mexico City 1979 San Juan 1983 Caracas 1987 Indianapolis 1991 Havana 1995 Mar del Plata 1999 Winnipeg 2003 Santo Domingo 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2011 Guadalajara 2015 Toronto 2019 Lima 2023 2027

Winter	1990 Las Leñas

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