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vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">VIII Pan American Games</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg/150px-1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg/225px-1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg/300px-1979_Pan_American_Games_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Host</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>, Puerto Rico</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nations</th><td class="infobox-data">34</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletes</th><td class="infobox-data">3,700</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Events</th><td class="infobox-data">250 in 24 <a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Games_sports" title="Pan American Games sports">sports</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closing</th><td class="infobox-data">July 15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Romero_Barcel%C3%B3" title="Carlos Romero Barceló">Carlos Romero Barceló</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cauldron lighter</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cynthia_Guadalupe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cynthia Guadalupe (page does not exist)">Cynthia Guadalupe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Bithorn_Stadium" title="Hiram Bithorn Stadium">Hiram Bithorn Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: solid 1px #aaa;"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1975_Pan_American_Games" title="1975 Pan American Games">1975 Mexico City</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1983_Pan_American_Games" title="1983 Pan American Games">1983 Caracas</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1979 Pan American Games</b>, officially the <b>VIII Pan American Games</b> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">VIII Juegos Panamericanos</i>) and commonly known as <b>San Juan 1979</b>, were a <a href="/wiki/Multi-sport_event" title="Multi-sport event">multi-sport event</a> governed by the <a href="/wiki/Panam_Sports" title="Panam Sports">Panam Sports</a> Organization (PASO), and were held in <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. Volleyball and some baseball matches were held in <a href="/wiki/Caguas,_Puerto_Rico" title="Caguas, Puerto Rico">Caguas, Puerto Rico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Todor_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Todor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1980 documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/A_Step_Away" title="A Step Away">A Step Away</a></i> showcased a number of athletes competing in the Games. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bidding_process">Bidding process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Pan_American_Games&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bidding process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" title="Bids for the 1979 Pan American Games">Bids for the 1979 Pan American Games</a></div> <p>On May 31, 1973, San Juan was the only candidate city to be a finalist to host the games and thus, San Juan was then selected to host the VIII Pan American Games by PASO at its general assembly in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>, Chile.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PH_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Games">The Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Pan_American_Games&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Pan_American_Games&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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scope="col" style="color:inherit">Rank</th><th scope="col">Nation</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:gold;color:#333">Gold</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="United States at the 1979 Pan American Games">United States</a></th><td>126</td><td>95</td><td>45</td><td>266</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuba at the 1979 Pan American Games">Cuba</a></th><td>64</td><td>47</td><td>34</td><td>145</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada at the 1979 Pan American Games">Canada</a></th><td>24</td><td>43</td><td>71</td><td>138</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentina at the 1979 Pan American Games">Argentina</a></th><td>12</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games" title="Brazil at the 1979 Pan American Games">Brazil</a></th><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>17</td><td>39</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (5 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">235</th><th style="font-weight:bold">205</th><th style="font-weight:bold">184</th><th style="font-weight:bold">624</th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Note</dt></dl> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^</a></b></span> The medal count for <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> is disputed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mascot">Mascot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Pan_American_Games&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg/100px-1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg/150px-1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg/200px-1979_Pan_American_Games_Mascot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption><i>Coqui</i>, the first Pan American Games mascot</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1979 Games were the first one to feature a mascot, which was a running frog holding a torch named <i><a href="/wiki/Coqu%C3%AD" title="Coquí">Coqui</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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