Everything about 1959 Pan American Games totally explained
The 3rd
Pan American Games opened on
August 27,
1959 in sunny 90°F (32°C) heat before 40,000 people in
Chicago,
Illinois,
United States. The first Pan American Games were held outside
Latin America. They were originally scheduled for
Cleveland, Ohio, but the U.S. Congress’s decision to cut $5,000,000 in federal funding forced the city to withdraw as host. Chicago, led by Mayor
Richard J. Daley, then became the choice of PASO.
The Games opened at Chicago’s
Soldier Field, with 2,263 athletes competing in eighteen sports.
Yachting was on the sports program for the first time. Swimming events were held in the Olympic size pool in
Portage Park on the city's
Northwest Side. The male athletes’ village was located on the campus of the
University of Chicago. The 298 female athletes stayed nearby at the Shoreland Hotel.
Medal table
Host country in bold.
| 1 |
|
115 |
69 |
52 |
236 |
| 2 |
|
9 |
19 |
11 |
39 |
| 3 |
|
8 |
8 |
6 |
22 |
| 4 |
|
6 |
11 |
12 |
29 |
| 5 |
|
5 |
19 |
24 |
48 |
| 6 |
|
5 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
| 7 |
|
2 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
| 8 |
|
2 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
| 9 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 10 |
|
1 |
7 |
7 |
15 |
| 11 |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
| 12 |
|
0 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
| 13 |
|
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
| 14 |
|
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
| 15 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 16 |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| 17 |
Dutch Antilles |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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