Friday, May 20, 2022

Pan-American Games : 1951 - -

The Pan American (Pan Am) Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games. The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter

October 26, 1959
Panama issued a set of six stamps commemorating the 1959 Pan-American Games, Chicago, Il between August 28 and September 7Baseball at the Pan-American Games consisted of 9 participants. Games were played at Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field, Chicago
Venezuela - Gold; Puerto Rico - Silver; United States - Bronze

The games were originally awarded to Cleveland, but they had to withdraw their bid to host the event. Chicago and Sao Paulo, Brazil came forward to take over the games, with Chicago being selected to host the event
1971 - Cali, Colombia
Cuba - Gold; United States - Silver, Colombia - Bronze
1987 Indianapolis, In
Cuba - Gold, United States - Silver; Puerto Rico - Bronze
Artmaster included the sport of baseball on their cachet for the 1987 Pan Am Games issue, commemorating the games held in Indianapolis, In
1991 Havana, Cuba
Cuba - Gold; Puerto Rico - Silver; United States - Bronze
1999 Dominican  Republic - (Winnipeg, Canada)
Cuba - Gold; United States - Silver; Canada - Bronze

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