The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) constitute a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics. The competition is held between athletes from nations of the Americas, held every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games. The competition was first held in 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Women's artistic gymnastics joined the program in 1963.
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- 1959 Chicago Pan American Games
- 1963 São Paulo Pan American Games
- 1967 Winnipeg Pan American Games
- 1971 Cali Pan American Games
- 1975 Mexico City Pan American Games
- 1979 San Juan Pan American Games
- 1983 Caracas Pan American Games
- 1987 Indianapolis Pan American Games
- 1991 Havana Pan American Games
- 1995 Mar del Plata Pan American Games
- 1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games