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1991 Pan American Games

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XI Pan American Games
HostHavana,Cuba
Nations39
Athletes4,519
Events331 in 33sports
OpeningAugust 2
ClosingAugust 18
Opened byPresidentFidel Castro
Cauldron lighterJavier Sotomayor
Main venueEstadio Panamericano
Summer
Winter

The1991 Pan American Gameswere held inHavana,Cubafrom 2 to 18 August 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of thePASOcommunity, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was theEstadio Panamericano,a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people.

Host city election[edit]

Havana was the only non-withdrawn bid to host the1991 Pan American Games.At the Pan American Games (ODEPA) Assembly, from November 12 to 14, 1986, inBridgetown,Barbados,Mar del Platawithdrew its bid, leaving Havana as the winner to host the Games.[1]London, Ontario,Canada also submitted a bid, but withdrew from the bid process due to the federal government prohibiting all funding from any international multi-sport events (aside from the1988 Calgary Winter Olympics).[2]

Participating nations[edit]

Sports[edit]

Medal table[edit]

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Cuba1406263265
2United States13012597352
3Canada224659127
4Brazil21213779
5Mexico14233875
Totals (5 entries)327277294898

Mascot[edit]

Tocopan,the mascot of the games

The 1991 Games' mascot namedTocopan,was a combination of the country's national bird "Tocororo" and the first three letters of Panamerican.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Juegos Panamericana Mar del Plata 1995"(in Spanish). 1 June 2016.Retrieved25 January2019.
  2. ^"Can London, Ont. land the Pan Am Games?".CBC.Retrieved26 January2019.

External links[edit]

Preceded by XIPan American Games
Havana

(1991)
Succeeded by