History of the Games from 1951 to the present : The origins of the Pan American Games

In the summer of 1932, while the Olympic Games were being celebrated in Los Angeles, some members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) advanced the idea that a competition in which all the countries of the Americas would participate should be created. Eight years later, the idea having gained acceptance, the participants at the first Pan American Sports Congress — held in 1940, in Buenos Aires — decided, among other things, that the inaugural Games would be held in that city, in 1942. However, the event was postponed because of the Second World War and the ravages it was still causing. In 1948, after a hiatus of twelve years, the Summer Olympic Games were held again, in London. On that occasion, the Pan American Sports Congress ratified the election of Buenos Aires as the host city for the Pan American Games of 1951. <a href="https://medium.com/@aguilosusie/history-of-the-games-from-1951-to-the-present-the-origins-of-the-pan-american-games-716a3ee5e595">Click Here</a>