IV Pan American Games
Poster of the 1963 Pan American Games.
HostSão Paulo, Brazil
Nations22
Athletes1,665
Events160 in 19 sports
OpeningApril 20
ClosingMay 5
Opened byGovernor Adhemar de Barros
Cauldron lighterJosé Telles da Conceição
Main venuePacaembu Stadium

The 1963 Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Host city selection

For the first time, two cities submitted bids to host the 1963 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). On August 25, 1959, São Paulo was selected over Winnipeg to host the IV Pan American Games by the PASO at the VII Pan American Sports Congress in Chicago, United States.[1][2]

Medal count

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1065637199
2 Brazil*14211853
3 Canada11272664
4 Argentina8151639
5 Cuba46414
Totals (5 entries)143125101369

Participating nations

According to the Brazilian Olympic Committee, twenty-two nations sent competitors to São Paulo, but only twenty-one were listed.[3] Barbados took part in the Pan American Games for the first time.[4] Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic competed in 1959 but did not participate in the 1963 Games.[5]

Sports

Venues

The games used 11 different venues:

References

  1. ↑ "City Loses Out". Winnipeg Free Press. Chicago. AP. 26 August 1959. p. 2. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Souza, Camila (16 April 2007). "São Paulo — coração do Pan de 1963" [São Paulo - heart of the Pan of 1963]. Educacional (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ↑ São Paulo 1963 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Brazilian Olympic Committee, retrieved October 30, 2011.
  4. ↑ Harris, Alan (September 20, 2011), "Pan Am medal prospects not looking good", The Barbados Advocate, archived from the original on 2012-05-12, retrieved October 30, 2011.
  5. ↑ Chicago 1959 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Brazilian Olympic Committee, retrieved October 30, 2011.
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