Pan American Games
List of Pan American Games
The host city for a Pan American Games is usually chosen six years ahead of their celebration. The process of selection is carried out in two phases that span a two-year period.

Pan American Games

Section Title: List of Pan American Games
Table Section Text: The host city for a Pan American Games is usually chosen six years ahead of their celebration. The process of selection is carried out in two phases that span a two-year period.

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team

I	1951	Buenos Aires	Argentina	President Juan Domingo Perón	25 February	9 March	21	2,513	18	140	Argentina (ARG)

II	1955	Mexico City	Mexico	President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines	12 March	26 March	22	2,583	17	146	United States (USA)

III	1959	Chicago	United States	Milton S. Eisenhower	27 August	7 September	25	2,263	15	166	United States (USA)

IV	1963	São Paulo	Brazil	Adhemar de Barros	20 April	5 May	22	1,665	19	160	United States (USA)

V	1967	Winnipeg	Canada	Prince Philip	23 July	6 August	29	2,361	19	169	United States (USA)

VI	1971	Cali	Colombia	President Misael Pastrana Borrero	30 July	13 August	32	2,935	17	164	United States (USA)

VII	1975	Mexico City	Mexico	President Luis Echeverría	12 October	26 October	33	3,146	19	190	United States (USA)

VIII	1979	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Carlos Romero Barceló	1 July	15 July	34	3,700	21	249	United States (USA)

IX	1983	Caracas	Venezuela	President Luis Herrera Campins	14 August	29 August	36	3,426	22	249	United States (USA)

X	1987	Indianapolis	United States	Vice-President George H. W. Bush	7 August	23 August	38	4,360	27	296	United States (USA)

XI	1991	Havana	Cuba	President Fidel Castro	2 August	18 August	39	4,519	28	331	Cuba (CUB)

XII	1995	Mar del Plata	Argentina	President Carlos Menem	12 March	26 March	42	5,144	34	408	United States (USA)

XIII	1999	Winnipeg	Canada	Governor General Roméo LeBlanc	23 July	8 August	42	5,083	33	330	United States (USA)

XIV	2003	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Hipólito Mejía	1 August	17 August	42	5,223	34	338	United States (USA)

XV	2007	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Carlos Arthur Nuzman	13 July	29 July	42	5,633	33	331	United States (USA)

XVI	2011	Guadalajara	Mexico	President Felipe Calderón	14 October	30 October	42	5,996	36	361	United States (USA)

XVII	2015	Toronto	Canada	Governor General David Johnston	10 July	26 July	41	6,132	36	364	United States (USA)

XVIII	2019	Lima	Peru	26 July	11 August	41	TBD	38	423	TBD

XIX	2023	Santiago	Chile	6 October	22 October	41	TBD	39	TBD	TBD

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Pan American Games, competitions started on March 12 which included 2,583 athletes from 22 countries, competing in 17 sports.

final_sentence: Pan American Games, competitions started on March 12 which included 2,583 athletes from 22 countries, competing in 17 sports.