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	Pan Am: Pan Am Games
		Pan Am was also sponsor of major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup (the only time in 1970) and the Olympic Games (the last time in 1988).
		The Pan American games are a continental version of the Olympic Games which includes the Olympic Program sports and others that are not part of the Olympics.
		The Pan American Games are held every four years in the year prior to the Olympics and organized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO).
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	Pan American Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the Pan American games have lost status and have not received much attention in the sporting press as of late in the United States and Canada.
		The 1999 games in Winnipeg were attended mainly by second-string American athletes and were not covered by any news anchors or television from the major U.S. broadcast networks, although a one-hour highlights package aired on ESPN after the games.
		As early as the 2007 Pan American Games, Curaçao and Sint Maarten of the Netherlands Antilles could be participating in the games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pan_American_Games (474 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 men's and women's tournament fields 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 (477 words)

	Pan-American Games
		The Pan-American Games are a multi-sport, quadrennial festival for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, conducted in a similar manner to the OLYMPIC GAMES and held one year prior to them.
		A comparatively recent event, the first Pan-Am Games were held at Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1951, when 19 nations were officially represented in 18 sports.
		Canada did not officially compete in the 1951 Games (although a small group of Canadian swimmers did give a demonstration in synchronized swimming) but has been a consistent and successful competitor ever since, with Canadian athletes providing many world-class performances in various sports.
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	Pan American Games - Field Hockey Canada
		The Pan American Hockey Federation has announced the pools for the Pan American Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 15 until 25 July 2007.
		The winners of the 2007 Pan American Games qualifies for the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing (China), August 8-24, 2008.
		Field hockey was introduced in the Pan American Games in 1967 (Winnipeg) for the Men, and in 1987 (Indianapolis) for the Women.
	www.fieldhockey.ca /e/nationalteams/panams (0 words)

	Pan American Games - BR Bullpen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The games grew out of the Central American Games which were first organised in the 1920s.
		In 1932, the Pan American Sports Organization was established.
		The first Games were scheduled to be staged in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1942 but they ere postponed until 1951 due to World War II.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Pan_American_Games (103 words)

	Pan-American games - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Pan-American games amateur athletic competition among representatives of countries in the Western Hemisphere.
		The competition, held every four years, follows the organization and eligibility rules of the Olympic games and is held in the year before the Olympics in different host cities.
		There were 19 events in the 1951 games, but a full schedule of Olympic sports now comprises the program.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-panamgam.html (313 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - Pan American Games
		The Central American Games were already in existence, having been hosted by Mexico in 1926 and by Cuba in 1930.
		In 1938, the Central American Games expanded in scope, becoming the Central American and Caribbean Games, and the idea of international sports competition also embracing North America was revived after being on hold for six years.
		As a result, the Pan American Sports Congress was founded at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August of 1940 and delegates agreed that Buenos Aires should host the first Pan American Games in 1942.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/panamgames.shtml (0 words)

	Cuba a force at Pan American Games - Boston.com
		Still the main challenger to the United States in the Pan American Games medals race, Cuba suddenly has some doubts about one of its strongest sports.
		Although the Cubans are favored to win the most boxing medals at the games, which begin Friday, an air of uncertainty surrounds the squad.
		"The Pan American Games will not be a stroll because the competitors have prepared very well," said the 26-year-old Rigondeaux, who is hoping for his third continental crown.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2007/07/10/cuba_a_force_at_pan_american_games (0 words)

	2007 Pan Am Games and World Team Trials
		In order to qualify the division, a nation must finish in the top seven (excluding Brazil) from the combined results of the 2006 and 2007 Pan American Championships or be otherwise invited to participate by the Pan American Judo Union.
		If the #1 seed is not the highest finishing American, then that athlete and the highest ranking American shall then engage in a best of three contest.
		All athletes have a maximum of 48 hours from the naming of the Pan American Games and World Teams to accept or decline their position.
	www.usjudo.org /2007PanAmGamesandWorldTeamTrials.asp (0 words)

	Pan-American Games - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Pan-American Games, quadrennial sports competitions for athletes from the Western hemisphere, modelled after the Olympic Games, and usually held in...
		It was first played at an international games when it appeared at the 1913 Far Eastern Games in Manila, the Philippines.
		The first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896, included swimming races.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pan-American_Games.html (159 words)

	Welcome to AVCA - the American Volleyball Coaches Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Pan American Games will showcase all 31 Olympic sports, plus six sports looking for a possible Olympic invitation in the future-including bowling, karate, racquetball, roller sports, squash and water skiing.
		With a little more than one year remaining until the start of the 2004 Olympic Games, the Pan American Games will serve as a major test for U.S. athletes in gauging their preparedness for elite multi-sport competition.
		Also competing as part of the 2003 U.S. Pan American Games Team will be 25 medalists from the 2000 Sydney Games, including weightlifting gold medalist Tara Nott, swimming's eight-time medalist ('96 and '00) Gary Hall Jr., taekwondo gold medalist Steven Lopez, double trap (shooting) gold medalist Kimberly Rhode and archery's double medalist Vic Wunderle.
	www.avca.org /newsletter/PanAmGames7-23-03.asp (947 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pan-American games
		Pan-American games, amateur athletic competition among representatives of countries in the Western Hemisphere.
		The competition, held every four years, follows the organization and eligibility rules of the Olympic games and is held in the year before the Olympics in different host cities.
		There were 19 events in the 1951 games, but a full schedule of Olympic sports now comprises the program.
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	Pan American Games History
		The main idea for creating the Pan American Games was because the leaders of the different sports of the American continent wanted to be more competitive in the Olympic Games.
		These Games were supposed to be held in Chile, and in Ecuador but both countries withdrew for economic problems.
		The North American delegation was taken by surprised, particularly its leaders, because they had underestimated Cubans' power in some of the sports which had been customarily dominated by them.
	www.kyokushincanada.com /panamgames/PanamWinnipeg.htm (0 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Not many stars to watch at Pan American Games
		Decades ago, the Pan Ams were an essential stop for Latin American athletes vying to make their Olympic teams, and the Americans and Canadians also sent their biggest stars.
		The Pan Am Games is unique in that it has six events more than the Olympics – bowling, water skiing, indoor soccer, karate, roller skating and squash – but one of the rowing events was canceled because a minimum of six nations were required to sign up.
		Brazilian organizers insist that the games are an important event to showcase Latin American talent, and say they are trying to revive interest and raise the competitive bar.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20070710-1252-panamsblues.html (0 words)

	Pan Am Games Squash 2007 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Inspired by the holding of the first Central American Games six years earlier, the Latin American representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposed the creation of a competition that would include all the countries in the Americas, for the purpose of strengthening sport activities in the region.
		The Games were a success, mobilizing the entire city to the point where 40 thousand people attended the Opening Ceremony held at the Pacaembu Stadium.
		The Pan American Games have been growing in size and importance with as edition of the event occurs.
	www.squashsite.co.uk /pan_am_games_2007.htm (0 words)

	Pan-American Games results - Fencing.Net Discussion
		Results from the Pan American Games do not count towards Olympic Games qualification, but is a good indicator of how the USA could fare in the regional Olympic qualification event.
		Although the Pan American Games do not count for Olympic qualification, both Kellner and Tiomkin were quick to focus on the upcoming team event, which will serve as an indicator of how the U.S. men’s foil team may fare for Olympic qualification by zone.
		The Pan American Games do not count towards Olympic Games qualification, but is a good indicator of how the U.S. men's foil team could fare in the regional Olympic qualification event.
	www.fencing.net /forums/showthread.php?p=83739 (5175 words)

	FEI : Continental & Regional Games : Pan American Games : History
		The Pan American Games are an Olympic-style competition for athletes from all nations of the Americas.
		The first edition of the Pan American Games was held in 1951, in Buenos Aires.
		The Pan American Games are organized by the Organization Deportiva Panamericana (ODEPA).
	www.horsesport.org /cont_reg_games/panamerican/history.htm?sub=contreggames&active=contreggames2 (0 words)

	Pan American Games \| Planeta
		In 2007 the games are hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
		The first Pan American Games opened on Feb. 25, 1951, in Buenos Aires, with 2,513 athletes from 21 countries.
		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.
	www.planeta.com /ecotravel/sports/panamgames.html (0 words)

	University of Manitoba : Archives & Special Collections : Pan-American Games Society:
		Sixteen national olympic committees sent representatives to the meeting and it was decided that the games would be held every four years beginning in 1942.
		The games, however, were delayed for nine years, the first being held in Buenos Aries, Brazil in 1951.
		The 1955 games were held in Mexico City, the 1959 games in Chicago, the 1963 games at Sao Paulo, Brazil and the 1967 games, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
	www.umanitoba.ca /libraries/units/archives/collections/complete_holdings/ead/html/panam1.shtml (0 words)

	PAN AMERICAN GAMES Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Cuban high jump great Javier Sotomayor was stripped of his gold medal at the Pan American Games on Wednesday after testing positive for cocaine, the biggest drug scandal to hit track and field since Ben Johnson at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
		Mario Vasquez Rana, president of the Pan American Sports Organization, said that in doping cases, his group does not differentiate a recreational drug such as cocaine from a performance-enhancing substance such as a steroid.
		Sotomayor is the third athlete, all gold medalists, and the second high jumper to test positive at these games.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19990805/ai_n10534287 (515 words)

	Pentathlon is Taormina's ticket back to Olympics - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Pan Am Games, a continental version of the Olympics, hit their peak of U.S. popularity in 1987 when held in Indianapolis and when Havana was the host in 1991.
		Johnson is the American Cup champion and Liukin is the two-time defending national all-around champ.
		Among the competitors at the Pan American Games, scheduled Friday through July 29 in Rio de Janeiro, are several U.S. Olympians and promising athletes who could be at next year's Olympics in Beijing.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2007-07-10-panam-taormina_N.htm?csp=34 (0 words)

	Pan American Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		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 Pan American Games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games and precede the Games by a year.
		In terms of the number of sports and athletes, the Pan American Games are second in size only to the Olympics.
	www.olympic-usa.org /education/panamoverview/panindex.htm (0 words)

	Pan American Games open in Winnipeg
		Laumann won a silver medal in rowing in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Morris won gold in the 1984 Los Angeles Games in kayak.
		They also had carried the torch to the '67 Winnipeg Games in a 600-kilometre trek but were not even allowed to attend that opening.
		"It is a testimony to the people of Winnipeg that the Pan American Games in their history have only been held twice in Canada, and in each occasion the decision making body has selected Winnipeg," said Princess Anne.
	www.canoe.ca /PanAmGamesArchive/jul23_open.html (0 words)

	In Brazil, Pan Am Games Gaffe Stirs Anti-American Sentiment - New York Times
		Brazilian government and civic officials are hoping that a successful staging of the games will strengthen their bids to win the 2016 Summer Olympics for Rio and the FIFA World Cup throughout Brazil in 2014.
		Copies of the statement, which was translated into Portuguese by the American Embassy, have been sent to the Brazilian Olympic Committee, the games’ organizing committee, the Pan American Sports Organization and Maia.
		Maia said American athletes could probably expect to hear additional boos as a result of the gaffe, especially in sports where the two countries are traditional rivals, like basketball.
	www.nytimes.com /2007/07/10/sports/othersports/10panam.html?ex=1341720000&en=fde6ff97c656f469&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (0 words)

	Active.com - Olympic Hopefuls Head to Pan American Games
		A team of six American triathletes, including Sarah Haskins, Sara McLarty, Andy Potts and Brian Fleischmann from Colorado Springs, will be representing the United States at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 15.
		They regularly train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs with coach Cliff English and have worked on a variety of skills during their run to the Pan American Games.
		She is a very strong swimmer, and she creates situations where we have a gap in the swim and we can work together on the bike and then come off the bike and have a lead on the run," said Haskins.
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	Pan American Games-2007 set in Rio de Janeiro 13 - 20 July 2007
		The Pan-American Games will be the largest-ever sports event the Brazilian city has hosted.
		It will be touch if construction of the 45,000 seat João Havelange Stadium and the Pan American Village, where the athletes will live, and the renovations to the Maracanazinho gym, the volleyball venue, and Autorace Sports Center will be finished in time.
		Construction on the Autorace track was delayed for 15 months because of a court battle as some groups fought to keep the construction suitable for Formula One and other car races.
	www.newsahead.com /PREVIEW07/Pan_American_Games_Jul_07.htm (0 words)

	2003 Pan American Games
		The Pan American Games are the world's second largest sporting event in terms of sports and athletes behind the Olympic Summer Games.
		This idea evolved and as a result the first Pan American Congress was celebrated where it was agreed that the first Pan American Games were to be staged in 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
		The second Pan American Congress was celebrated during the Olympic Games held in 1948 in London, Great Britain, where the participants agreed once again to organize the Games.
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