Barbados_at_the_1991_Pan_American_Games

1991 Pan American Games

1991 Pan American Games

11th edition of the Pan American Games

The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from 2 to 18 August 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people.

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Host city election

Main article: Bids for the 1991 Pan American Games

Havana was the only non-withdrawn bid to host the 1991 Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games (ODEPA) Assembly, from November 12 to 14, 1986, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Mar del Plata withdrew its bid, leaving Havana as the winner to host the Games.[1] London, Ontario, Canada also submitted a bid, but withdrew from the bid process due to the federal government prohibiting all funding from any international multi-sport events (aside from the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics).[2]

Participating nations

Sports

Medal table

Main article: 1991 Pan American Games medal table

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Mascot

Tocopan, the mascot of the games

The 1991 Games' mascot named Tocopan, was a combination of the country's national bird "Tocororo" and the first three letters of Panamerican.

References

  1. [1]
    "Juegos Panamericana Mar del Plata 1995" (in Spanish). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Can London, Ont. land the Pan Am Games?". CBC. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
Preceded by XI Pan American Games
Havana
(1991)		 Succeeded by
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