1959 PAN AMERICAN GAMES

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 held outside Latin America, they were originally scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio, but the U.S. Congress’ 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. The male athletes’ village was located on the campus of the University of Chicago. The 298 women athletes stayed nearby at the Shoreland Hotel.

Contents

Medal table

Sports

Medal table

''Host country in 'bold'.''

1	United States	'115'	'69'	'52'	'236'
2	Argentina	9	19	11	39
3	Brazil	8	8	6	22
4	Mexico	6	11	12	29
5	Canada	5	19	24	48
6	Chile	5	2	6	13
7	Jamaica	2	4	8	14
8	Cuba	2	4	4	10
9	Bahamas	2	0	0	2
10	Venezuela	1	7	7	15
11	Uruguay	1	3	4	8
12	Panama	0	4	4	8
13	Peru	0	2	5	7
14	Puerto Rico	0	2	4	6
15	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
16	British Guiana	0	0	3	3
17	Dutch Antilles	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1

Sports

★ Athletics

★ Boxing

★ Cycling

★ Diving

★ Football (soccer)