1967 Pan American Games

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Winnipeg 1967 Pan American Games.

Host city

Winnipeg

Country

Canada

Nations participating

Athletes participating

2361

Events

169 in 19 sports

Opening ceremony

July 23

Closing ceremony

August 6

Officially opened by

Prince Philip

Main venue

Winnipeg Stadium

< 1963 São Paulo	1971 Cali >

The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.

Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for 1963 São Paulo at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil. The Winnipeg Pan American Society then turned its sights to 1967 and was named host nation at the PASO meeting at the São Paulo Games.

Medal count

For a more comprehensive list, see 1967 Pan American Games medal table.

¹	Host nation

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA) ^a	7002128000000000000♠128/7002120000000000000♠120	7001690000000000000♠69/7001630000000000000♠63	7001470000000000000♠47/7001420000000000000♠42	7002244000000000000♠244/7002225000000000000♠225
2	Canada (CAN) ¹ ^a	7001170000000000000♠17/7001120000000000000♠12	7001390000000000000♠39/7001370000000000000♠37	7001500000000000000♠50/7001430000000000000♠43	7002106000000000000♠106/7001920000000000000♠92
3	Brazil (BRA)	7001110000000000000♠11	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	7001260000000000000♠26
4	Argentina (ARG) ^a	7000800000000000000♠8	7001140000000000000♠14/7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12/7001110000000000000♠11	7001340000000000000♠34/7001320000000000000♠32
5	Mexico (MEX)	7000700000000000000♠7	7001160000000000000♠16	7001250000000000000♠25	7001480000000000000♠48

Note

^ The medal counts for the United States, Canada and Argentina are disputed.

Sports

Venues

The games used 17 different venues with a few still in use after 1967:

Winnipeg Stadium – opened in 1953 it was used for the opening ceremonies; it was demolished in 2013 for re-development as retail and commercial site known as The Plaza at Polo Park
Pan Am Stadium, University of Manitoba – hosted track and field and used renamed University Stadium
Pan Am Pool – Swimming and diving; re-used for 1999 Pan Am Games and now in use as public pool
Winnipeg Velodrome – Cycling; demolished 1998 and now site of retail stores
Royal Alexandra Hotel - Press Centre; built in 1908 it closed shortly after the Games ended and demolished in 1971

Broadcast

CBC Television

References

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 2027

Winter	1990 Las Leñas

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