1967 Pan American Games

V Pan American Games

The official logo of the
Winnipeg 1967 Pan American Games.
Host city Winnipeg
Country Canada
Nations participating 29
Athletes participating 2361
Events 169 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony July 23
Closing ceremony August 6
Officially opened by Prince Philip
Main venue Winnipeg Stadium
<  1963 São Paulo 1971 Cali  >

The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.

Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for 1963 São Paulo at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil. The Winnipeg Pan American Society then turned its sights to 1967 and was named host nation at the PASO meeting at the São Paulo Games.

Medal count

For a more comprehensive list, see 1967 Pan American Games medal table.
1 Host nation

To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) a 128/120 69/63 47/42 244/225
2  Canada (CAN) 1 a 17/12 39/37 50/43 106/92
3  Brazil (BRA) 11 10 5 26
4  Argentina (ARG) a 8 14/13 12/11 34/32
5  Mexico (MEX) 7 16 25 48
Note

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

Sports

Venues

The games used 17 different venues with a few still in use after 1967:

Broadcast

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.