1955 Pan American Games

II Pan American Games

Poster of the 1955 Pan American Games.
Host	Mexico City, Mexico
Nations	22
Athletes	2,583
Events	146 in 17 sports
Opening	March 12
Closing	March 26
Opened by	President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
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The 1955 Pan American Games, officially known as II Pan American Games (Spanish: II Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Mexico 1955 (Spanish: México 1955), opened on March 12, 1955, at University Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators.

A total of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review and formed ranks upon the infield.^[1] The nations paraded into the stadium in Spanish alphabetical order: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Mexico.^[2][3] The hot sun, combined with the high altitude, caused two members of the U.S. team to collapse. Both quickly recovered.

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	MEX	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	81	58	38	177
2	Argentina	27	32	17	76
3	Mexico*	18	10	31	59
4	Chile	4	7	13	24
5	Canada	4	4	3	11
6	Venezuela	2	5	9	16
7	Brazil	2	3	12	17
8	Colombia	2	3	1	6
9	Cuba	1	4	8	13
10	Panama	1	1	0	2
11	Guatemala	1	0	1	2
12	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
13	Uruguay	0	6	2	8
14	Puerto Rico	0	2	2	4
15	Jamaica	0	2	1	3
16	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	2	3
17	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
Totals (17 entries)		144	139	141	424