| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | Ecuador sent 39 athletes to the 1975 Pan |
| | | | American Games.It finished 8th position in |
| James Gilkes was one of the best sprinters of | | | | the final medal rankings... |
| South America in the 20th century. At the | | | | |
| 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico, James won | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
| the gold medal in the 200-meters with a time | | | | |
| of 20.4 seconds. He is an idol in his native | | | | Venezuela won the gold medal in baseball in |
| Guyana, an ex-British colony in South | | | | the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago (USA). |
| America. | | | | |
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| | | | El Salvador sent 112 athletes to the 1975 Pan |
| In 1987, Sylvia Poll made history when won | | | | American Games, which were held in Mexico |
| eight medals (3 gold, 3 silver,and 2 bronze) | | | | City,Mexico.The Salvadoran delegation had |
| in the Pan American swimming pool. She became | | | | athletes competing in 15 sports: basketball |
| the first Latin American to win eight medals | | | | (12), baseball (20), boxing (4), cycling (4), |
| in a single Pan American Games. After her | | | | equestrian (5), fencing (9), soccer (19), |
| victory,she was acclaimed in San Jose, the | | | | gymnastics (4), judo (4), wrestling (3), |
| capital city of Costa Rica, as a national | | | | weightlifting (5), swimming (1),tennis(2), |
| heroine. Latin America has produce many | | | | shooting(9), and volleyball (12). |
| swimmers, but none as Sylvia Poll Arenhs... | | | | |
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| | | | Buenos Aires, Argentina´s capital, hosted |
| Belize competed in the 1967 Pan American | | | | the I Pan American Games. The winner was |
| Games for the first time ever. | | | | Argentina with 147 medals. |
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| Jorge Delgado Panchana was an Ecuadorian | | | | Diver Joaquin Capilla won 4 gold medal at two |
| swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200m | | | | successive Pan American Games: Buenos Aires |
| butterfly at the 1975 Pan American Games in | | | | (1951) and Mexico City (1955). He is a hero |
| Mexico. From 1970 to 1978, Jorge Delgado won | | | | in Mexico. |
| several international medals. He was born in | | | | |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador. | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
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| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | Doroteo Flores won the gold medal at the 1955 |
| | | | Pan American Games in the marathon |
| Argentina has competed in the Pan American | | | | competition. Like Atila Solti (shooting) and |
| Games 14 times and has won a total of 247 | | | | Fernanda Portocarrero (gymnastics), he is |
| gold medals.It has more Pan American medals | | | | one of the Guatemala´s best known and |
| that Peru, Puerto Rico, Bolivia and Colombia | | | | well-loved athletes. |
| combined. | | | | |
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| | | | The Brazilian delegation participated in the |
| Bolivia sent 44 athletes to the 1975 Pan | | | | 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali |
| American Games, which were held in | | | | (Colombia), and won 30 medals in such events |
| Mexico...Bolivia is one of the two poorest | | | | as basketball, rowing, shooting, volleyball |
| countries in Latin America. | | | | and sailing. |
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| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... Haiti has competed in |
| | | | the Pan American Games 11 times: Buenos Aires |
| Peru has won a silver medal in women´s | | | | (1951), Chicago (1959), Cali (1971), Mexico |
| volleyball five times at the Pan American | | | | City (1975), San Juan de Puerto Rico (1979), |
| Games: Winnipeg (1967), Cali (1971), Mexico | | | | Caracas (1983), Indianapolis (1987), La |
| City (1975), San Juan de Puerto Rico (1979), | | | | Havana (1991), Buenos Aires (1995), Winnipeg |
| and Indianapolis (1987). | | | | (1999), and Santo Domingo (2003). Haiti is |
| | | | one of the world´s poorest countries. Its |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | per capita income is only slightly above $160 |
| | | | U.S. |