1955 Pan American Games

II Pan American Games

Official logo of the Mexico City 1955 Pan American Games.
Host city	Mexico City
Country	Mexico
Nations participating	22
Athletes participating	2,583
Events	146 in 17 sports
Opening ceremony	March 12
Closing ceremony	March 26
Officially opened by	President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
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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

^1	Host nation

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA) ^a	81/88	58	38	177/184
2	Argentina (ARG) ^a	27	31/33	15/20	73/80
3	Mexico (MEX) ^1	17	11	30	58
4	Chile (CHI) ^a	4	7/8	13	24/25
5	Canada (CAN)	4	4	3	11

Note

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

Sports

Athletics (29) () Baseball (1) () Basketball (2) () Boxing (10) () Cycling () Road (2) Track (3) Diving (8) ()

Equestrian (5) () Fencing (7) () Football (1) () Gymnastics () Artistic Gymnastics (12) Modern pentathlon (2) () Rowing (5) () Shooting (16) ()

Swimming (21) () Synchronized swimming (3) () Tennis (5) () Volleyball (2) () Water polo (1) () Weightlifting (7) () Wrestling (8) ()

References

1. "II Pan American Games". la84foundation.org. Retrieved 2009-10-31.