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	Pan American Overview
		However, World War II forced postponement and, at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, a second congress was held which renewed the commitment to organize the Pan American Games.
		The organization was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of Central America, North America, South America and the Caribbean.
		The Pan American Games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games and precede the Games by a year.
	www.olympic-usa.org /education/panamoverview/panindex.htm (243 words)

	Symbols of the Pan American Games
		Adopted in 1955 after a competition, The Pan American Games Logo was designed by a Mexican, Leoncio Gonzalez Salas, and
		the torch to Winnipeg for the Vth Pan American Games.
		The Pan American Torch was first lit in 1951 on Mt. Olympus in Greece.
	ourworld.cs.com /eblibrarian/Symbols.html (688 words)

	USA Basketball: Women's Pan Am Games History -- 1955
		With a total of five teams competing in the inaugural women's Pan American Games basketball competition, a double round-robin schedule was established, with a game consisting of four quarters.
		By capturing the first gold medal,and recording convincing tournament victories over Chile and Brazil (the silver and bronze medal winners), the USA had staked its claim as a basketball power and made it certain that the U.S. would be the team the other nations would look to beat in 1959.
		Limiting Canada to just two first quarter points, Ruth Cannon was the only player to score in double figures as she finished with 11 points to lead the Americans to a 46-25 win against Canada and improve the USA's record to 4-0.
	www.usabasketball.com /history/wpag_1955.html (569 words)

	Pan American Games Planeta
		The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
		Every four years, the Pan American Games are held the summer before the Olympics.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), created the Pan American Games to help make the American countries more competitive.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/sports/panamgames.html (233 words)

	USA Field Hockey International Games: Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Cup
		The Pan American champion in both the men's and women's events join other continental champions, survivors of Olympic qualifying tournaments and the host nation in completing the 12-team men's and 10-team women's field at the Olympic Games.
		After World War II postponed the original Pan American Games, a second congress was held in London at the 1948 Olympic Games to reaffirm the commitment to the regional event.
		The Pan America Sports Committee was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is headquartered in Mexico City.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/panam.htm (406 words)

	History of the Pan American Games
		The organization governing the Games was renamed, in 1955, as the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO).
		The Pan American Games bring together athletes from the countries of the Americas in a festival of sport and international friendship.
		A second Pan American Sports Congress met at the 1948 London Olympic Games where plans were revived.
	www.aafla.org /8saa/PanAm/pan_am_history.htm (406 words)

	Pan American Games Planeta
		The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
		Every four years, the Pan American Games are held the summer before the Olympics.
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC), created the Pan American Games to help make the American countries more competitive.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/sports/panamgames.html (406 words)

	Jews in Sports from A to M
		American medalists in the Pan American Games were Elaine Cheris, Paul Friedberg, and Jeff Bukantz in 1987 and Nick Bravin, John Friedberg, Chris O'Loughlin, and Joseph Socolof in 1991.
		Americans Yuri Rabinovich of Wayne State and Paul Friedberg of Pennsylvania won the sabre event in the national collegiate championships in 1979 and 1980.
		American Formular One driver Peter Revson, who won the 1973 British and Canadian Grand Prix events and was runner-up at the 1971 Indianapolis 500, was killed during a practice run in 1974.
	www.jewishsports.com /jewsin/history/a2mhistory.htm (406 words)

	USA Field Hockey International Games: Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Cup
		The Pan American champion in both the men's and women's events join other continental champions, survivors of Olympic qualifying tournaments and the host nation in completing the 12-team men's and 10-team women's field at the Olympic Games.
		After World War II postponed the original Pan American Games, a second congress was held in London at the 1948 Olympic Games to reaffirm the commitment to the regional event.
		The idea of a Pan American Games evolved in 1932 when the South American delegation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposed the formation of a regional competition to promote amateur sports in the Americas.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/panam.htm (406 words)

	Waynesburg College Library
		Pan American Games 2nd 1955 Mexico City Mexico
		Pan American Conferences -- see -- Inter American Conferences
		Pan American Conventions -- see -- Pan American Treaties And Conventions
	eberly.waynesburg.edu /search/dpaleobiogeography/dpaleobiogeography/259,-1,0,B/browse (406 words)

	Pan American Games Planeta
		The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
		Every four years, the Pan American Games are held the summer before the Olympics.
		1955 Pan Am Games - Mexico City, Mexico
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/sports/panamgames.html (406 words)

	Pan American Games Planeta
		The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
		The first Pan American Games opened on Feb. 25, 1951, in Buenos Aires, with 2,513 athletes from 21 countries.
		1955 Pan Am Games - Mexico City, Mexico
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/sports/panamgames.html (406 words)

	WyomingAthletics.com : General Releases :: University of Wyoming : Official Athletic Site
		He was selected second-team All-American in 1954, first-team in the 1955 and was a member of the U.S. Baseball team in the 1955 Pan Am games.
		Nels was an All-American candidate and as a member of the nation's number one defense let the cowboys to their second WAC Championship.
		Crawford earned All-American honors in 1956 and was the NCAA rushing yardage leader with 1,104 yards and was selected the Skyline Conference Back of the Year.
	wyomingathletics.collegesports.com /genrel/wyo-hof.html (406 words)

	PAN AM GAMES
		The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
		In terms of the number of sports and athletes, the Pan American Games are second in size only to the Olympics.
		Therefore, the number of sports in each Pan American Games may vary in other reference materials if individual disciplines are counted as sports.
	www.volleyball.org /panam (406 words)

	African Americans - Rafer Lewis Johnson, American athlete who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
		Johnson competed in his first decathlon in 1954 as a sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles, and in 1955 he won the gold medal at the Pan-American Games.
		American athlete who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
		He made a dramatic appearance to light the torch signaling the opening of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
	www.africanamericans.com /RaferJohnson.htm (406 words)

	Pan American Games Planeta
		The organization governing the Games was renamed the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in 1955 and is currently made up of 42 nations of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
		Every four years, the Pan American Games are held the summer before the Olympics.
		The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) headquarters are located in Mexico City.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/sports/panamgames.html (406 words)

	Mexico City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mexico City hosted the 1955 Pan American Games and then the 1975 Pan American Games after Santiago and São Paulo withdrew.
		Mexico City hosted the 1968 Olympic Games, winning the bids against Buenos Aires, Lyon and Detroit.
		Host cities of the Summer Olympic Games
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexico_City (3081 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News - Article
		It has also played host to the 1954 and 1990 Central American and Caribbean, the 1955 and 1975 Pan American Games, the 1979 World University Games and the 1988 Iberoamerican Championships.
		Last year’s race was Guevara’s seasonal debut, the prelude to a second undefeated year, which saw her win the World title in Paris, the Pan American gold in Santo Domingo and the World Athletics Final in Monaco, as well as improving her Area record to 48.89, the first sub 49-second time since 1996.
		As last year, 13 events will be contested at the Banamex Grand Prix and organizers hope to confirm other top names soon.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=24146.html (3081 words)

	Buenos Aires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buenos Aires hosted the first Pan American Games which started on February 25, 1951, as well as the 1950 and 1990 basketball world championships and the 1978 football (soccer) World Cup (Argentina won that cup on June 25, 1978, defeating the Netherlands by a score of 3-1).
		Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the River Plate, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent, opposite Montevideo, Uruguay.
		The population of Buenos Aires consists primarily of Argentines of Spanish and Italian descent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buenos_Aires (2635 words)

	California Track and Running News -- Regional News Article
		In addition to placing sixth at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Dumas captured the 1959 Pan American Games high jump gold medal.
		From 1955 to 1959, Dumas won or shared five-straight national high jump titles, and was ranked first in the world twice in that span.
		Dumas jumped 6-10 1/4 on June 10, 1955 at the Southern Pacific AAU meet.
	www.caltrack.com /news/conning010604.html (4507 words)

	Rafer Johnson -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Johnson competed in his first decathlon in 1954 as a sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles, and in 1955 he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games.
		in full Rafer Lewis Johnson American athlete who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
		Johnson used perseverance and desire to overcome his lack of height to excel in the NBA.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043865?tocId=9043865 (698 words)

	João Havelange - Freepedia
		It`s being built in Rio de Janeiro a new stadium for the 2007 Pan American Games.
		Between 1958 and 1975, João Havelange served as the president of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), and between 1955 and 1963, he was a member of the Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (Brazilian Olympic Committee).
		He also competed in the Brazilian water polo team in the Olympic Games of 1952, in Helsinki.
	en.freepedia.org /Jo%E3o_Havelange.html (354 words)

	Isiah Thomas -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		After helping the U.S. team win the gold medal in the Pan-American Games in 1979, he entered Indiana University, leading the Hoosiers to a national championship in 1981.
		The son of Lebanese immigrants, U.S. radio, screen, and television comedian Danny Thomas was born Muzyab Rakhoob on Jan. 6, 1914, in Deerfield, Mich. He starred in the 1950s and 1960s television situation comedy Make Room for Daddy (renamed The Danny Thomas Show in 1957), winning an Emmy award in 1955.
		During his 13-year career, Thomas became the Pistons' all-time leader in points, assists, steals, and games played.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9002948 (856 words)

	Santa Monica Mirror: Rafer Johnson and Friends
		As a UCLA student, he focused on the decathlon, set the first of three world records and won the Pan American Games title in 1955, took the silver medal in the 1956 Olympic games, won three AAU titles between 1956 1960 and the gold medal in the 1960 Olympics.
		A businessman and sometime actor, Johnson was elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and carried the torch at the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics.
		A longtime friend of the Kennedy family and mainstay in the Special Olympics movement, Rafer Johnson is one of the great all-round track athletes in history.
	www.smmirror.com /volume5/issue20/rafer_johnson.asp (165 words)

	Substitute_Member
		This Association has been specially invited to FIMBA events as Brazilian teams, since 2002 at the Pan-American Championship in 2002.
		His sport activities starts in 1953 at Canto do Rio Futebol Clube (Infantil), 1955 - Clube Regatas Icaraí (Infanto Juvenil), 1955 to 1960- Espo
		At the 10° World Senior Games in Saint George - Utah / USA./ in 1996 he has been coach for the 60 years team.
	www.fimba.net /ingles_vocals_tres.htm (290 words)

	Swimmers - MSO
		While swimming age group, Beth attended the 1954 British Empire Championship in Vancouver, the 1955 Pan-American Games in Mexico and the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
		She won the Lou Marsh Trophy, as the outstanding amateur athlete in the country, in 1955 for her efforts in Mexico where she won gold in the 100 Butterfly and 400 Freestyle.
		She also swam in the finals of the 100 Butterfly at the Melbourne Olympics.
	www.mastersswimmingontario.ca /swimmers/swims03.htm (290 words)

	Louis Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in New Rochelle, New York, Lou Jones won the 400 m at the 1955 Pan-American Games, where he set a new world record of 45.4.
		Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (born January 15, 1932) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
		Just four months before the Melbourne Olympics, Jones ran over his 400 m world record, clocking 45.2 at Los Angeles at the Olympic Trials, thus becoming a main favourite at this event in Melbourne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Jones (410 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Rafer Johnson
		Johnson won the decathlon at the 1955 Pan-American Games.
		Johnson became the first black to carry the American flag at the Olympic ceremonies in 1960, and he went on to win a close duel with Yang.
		After nine events, Johnson led by only 67 points and the 1,500-meter run, the final event, was one of his weakest.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/johnsonrafer.shtml (428 words)

	Swimmers - MSO
		While swimming age group, Beth attended the 1954 British Empire Championship in Vancouver, the 1955 Pan-American Games in Mexico and the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
		She won the Lou Marsh Trophy, as the outstanding amateur athlete in the country, in 1955 for her efforts in Mexico where she won gold in the 100 Butterfly and 400 Freestyle.
		She also swam in the finals of the 100 Butterfly at the Melbourne Olympics.
	www.mastersswimmingontario.ca /swimmers/swims03.htm (599 words)

	Metroactive Features Synchronized Swimming
		If anyone can help synchronized swimming evolve from circus act to athletic event, it's male contender Bill May. But the officials at the Pan American Games and the Olympics are going to have to let him in the pool first.
		In 1955, Squire won the men's National AAU Synchronized Swimming Championship--an event which is no longer held under those auspices or under that title, though whether this is because there are simply too few competitors to bother with or because such an activity was discouraged by the powers that be is open to debate.
		Indeed, synchronized swimming may well be the sport that treads furthest from the Olympic creed of citius, altius, fortius (swifter, higher, stronger).
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.10.98/cover/synchroswim-9836.html (5469 words)

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