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