The 1951 Pan American Games were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where officials representing the National Olympic Committees of the Americas discussed the staging of an Olympic-style regional athletic competition for the athletes of the Americas.
1951 Pan American Games
River Plate stadium (venue for athletics competitions) during the closing ceremony
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" is Spanish for "fair winds" or "good airs". Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking.
Image: Buenos Aires con las puertas abiertas (cropped)
Image: Caminito en Buenos Aires (31408)
Image: A View of the Obelisk, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Host Site for the 2018 G 20 Leaders' Summit (46114415381)
Image: Torre Monumental (Buenos Aires) edit