1971 Pan American Games
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The 6th Pan American Games
Pan American Games
The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

 were held in Cali, Colombia
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

, from July 30 to August 13, 1971. (One source dates the Games from July 25 to August 8.) The then called "Salsa World Capital", located at the foot of the Andes Mountains, hosted a total of 2,935 athletes from 32 countries, who participated in seventeen sports. (One source says 4,000 athletes) The highlight of the opening ceremony was a synchronised dance routine involving 12,000 young girls dressed in native costumes.

Participating nations

British Honduras (BIZ)

Venues

The main stadium was the Estadio Pascual Guerrero. Some events were held in the Coliseo El Pueblo
Coliseo El Pueblo
Coliseo El Pueblo is an indoor sporting arena located in Cali, Colombia. Opened in 1971 for the 1971 Pan American Games, the capacity of the arena is 18,000 and is used mostly for basketball, most notably as the venue of the latter states of the 1982 FIBA World Championship.Also the arena is used...

. Boxing
Boxing
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 was staged in the Plaza de Toros Cañaveralejo, a Cali bullring
Bullring
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. Some complaints were made about the barracks-style housing, which was woefully overcrowded. In an effort to protect the athletes from students who had protested the amount of money that Colombia was spending on the games, security-minded officials surrounded the athletes' village with barbed wire and guards carrying rifles. The overcrowding caused it to be dubbed "Claustrophobia Manor" by the athletes. Other concerns centered on mosquitoes, the altitude, faulty plumbing, dysentery and pickpockets.

Medal count

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1 105 73/74 40/39 218
2 31/30 49 25/24 105/103
3 19 20 41/42 80/81
4 9 7 14 30
5 7 11 23 41


Note
The medal counts for the United States
United States
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, Cuba
Cuba
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 and Canada
Canada
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are disputed.
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