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The first Pan American Games were held in 1951, but its history goes back two decades earlier. In 1932, the South American delegation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposed the formation of an organization to promote amateur sports in the Americas. The idea led to the first Pan American Sports Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1940. The 16 countries represented at the meeting formed the Pan American Sports Committee, and agreed to hold the first Pan American Games in 1942 in Buenos Aires, but World War II forced their postponement.
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Fourteen days after the start of the Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games, the thing that has most impressed foreign tourists and journalists is the Brazilian fans' enthusiastic participation during the sporting competitions. By last Sunday, July 22, more than 900,000 people had passed through the gates of the various venues. Tickets for sports such as artistic gymnastics and volleyball sold out even before the Games began.
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US Men's and Women's results during the Pan Am Games held in Winnipeg, Manitoba July 23-Aug. 7, 1999. A team comprised of players from the Men's Under-17, Under-20 and Under-23 teams and the Women's Under-18 team represented the United States. Other nations fielded their full Olympic teams.
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The Pan American Games have been responsible for an increase of 40% in tourism in Rio de Janeiro. While July traditionally sees an average of 450,000 visitors, this year 625,000 people visited the city during the same period. Around 80% of the additional tourists came from neighboring Brazilian states to watch the competitions.
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Pan Am Games was a topic that the members were very interested in and a short discussion was held. The Council is very interested to hear the Report at the Congress. They are very pleased to have the Women Jump and Overall back in the format for the Games.
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The Pan American Games are held every four years during the summer preceding the Olympic Games. In terms of the number of sports and athletes, the Pan American Games are second in size only to the Olympics. The men's soccer tournament has been part of every Pan American games since its inception and in 1999 women's soccer made its debut in.
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