1979 Pan American Games

VIII Pan American Games

Official logo of the
San Juan 1979 Pan American Games.

Host city

Country

Puerto Rico

Nations participating

Athletes participating

3,700

Events

250 in 24 sports

July 1

Closing ceremony

July 15

Officially opened by

Main venue

< 1975 Mexico City	1983 Caracas >

The 8th Pan American Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. The 1980 documentary film A Step Away showcased a number of athletes competing in the Games.

Medal count

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7002126000000000000♠126	7001950000000000000♠95	7001450000000000000♠45	7002266000000000000♠266
2	Cuba (CUB)	7001640000000000000♠64	7001470000000000000♠47	7001340000000000000♠34	7002145000000000000♠145
3	Canada (CAN) ^a	7001240000000000000♠24	7001430000000000000♠43	7001710000000000000♠71/7001700000000000000♠70	7002138000000000000♠138/7002137000000000000♠137
4	Argentina (ARG)	7001120000000000000♠12	7000700000000000000♠7	7001170000000000000♠17	7001360000000000000♠36
5	Brazil (BRA)	7000900000000000000♠9	7001130000000000000♠13	7001170000000000000♠17	7001390000000000000♠39

^ The medal count for Canada is disputed.

The 1979 Games were the first one to feature a mascot, which was a running frog holding a torch named Coqui.^[1]

Pan American Games
Sports Medal tables Medalists NOCs Symbols
Summer	1951 Buenos Aires 1955 Mexico City 1959 Chicago 1963 São Paulo 1967 Winnipeg 1971 Cali 1975 Mexico City 1979 San Juan 1983 Caracas 1987 Indianapolis 1991 Havana 1995 Mar del Plata 1999 Winnipeg 2003 Santo Domingo 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2011 Guadalajara 2015 Toronto 2019 Lima 2023
Winter	1990 Las Leñas
Bids	2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

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