The Pan-American Games’ development (1955-1959) by Doiara Silva dos Santos

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Chemical Analysis of Surface-Level Ozone Exceedances during the 2015 Pan American Games by Craig A. Stroud, Shuzhan Ren, Junhua Zhang, Michael D. Moran, Ayodeji Akingunola, Paul A. Makar, Rodrigo Munoz-Alpizar, Sylvie Leroyer, Stéphane Bélair, David Sills, Jeffrey R. Brook

“…In July 2015, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) led an intensive field study coincident with Toronto hosting the 2015 Pan American Games. During the field study, the daily 1-h maximum O₃ standard (80 ppbv) was exceeded twice at a measurement site in North Toronto, once on July 12 and again on July 28. …”
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Outdoor Thermal Comfort during Anomalous Heat at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada by Alexandria J. Herdt, Robert D. Brown, Ian Scott-Fleming, Guofeng Cao, Melissa MacDonald, Dave Henderson, Jennifer K. Vanos

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Oral health problems in high-performance athletes at 2019 Pan American Games in Lima: a descriptive study by Catalina Opazo-García, Jeel Moya-Salazar, Karina Chicoma-Flores, Hans Contreras-Pulache

“…Objectives To determine the prevalence of the most common oral pathologies in high-performance athletes during the emergency dental care performed at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (JPL-19). Methodology All reports of athletes (≥18 years old, of both sexes, from 41 countries) who received emergency dental care at Pan American Villas during the JPL-19 were included. …”
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How do infectious diseases affect high‐performance athletes? Norovirus during the Lima 2019 Pan American Games by Hans Contreras‐Pulache, Víctor Carpio‐Quintana, Vanessa Pineda‐Vidangos, Gianmarco Mello Loayza, Jeel Moya‐Salazar

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“We missed the psychological support”: A case study about the preparation of the Brazilian bronze medal kata team for the 2019 Pan American Games by Ana Carolina Paludo, Cintia Lassalvia, Iryna Mazhak, Jan Cacek, Danilo Fernandes da Silva

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Antes da Copa, depois do Pan: o Rio de Janeiro na era dos megaeventos esportivos = Before the World Cup after the Pan American games: Rio de Janeiro in the era of sports mega-events by Miagusko, Edson

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Oiga Vea! (1972): Hacer cine de lo invisible en el marco de los VI Juegos Panamericanos de 1971 by Ana María López C.

“…The organization of the VI Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, in 1971, meant a milestone in the history of the city and the country. …”
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Morphological profile of the best pan-american team handball players by game position by Maria Fátima Glaner

“…The purpose of this study was to characterize the morphological variables, by game position (GP), of male athletes who participated on the X Pan-American Games in Team Handball (XPGTH) and also to analyze the very same variables of the best athletes in relation to other athletes who played in the same GP. 103 athletes were measured, and the national team coaches who participated in the XPGTH selected the best seven players in the Pan-American Games, for each game position. …”
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The Race For Glory by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…For example in 1983 PanAmerican Games in Caracas, 15 athletes in various events tested positive and were disqualified, while many other s left rather than being subjected to being tested for drugs. …”
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"Un pueblo de deportistas". Propaganda y deportes en la Argentina de Perón (1946-1955) by Eduardo Galak

“…In this direction, three informative documentary newsreel films are analyzed: Perón y los Deportes (1951), on the occasion of the First Pan American Games; El Deporte con Perón (1954), made up of images from newsreels that narrated sports successes; and Perón deportista (no date), a newsreel promoting Argentina’s industry and the talents of its President. …”
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The relationship between the countries' performances at the major sport events with their performance at the Olympic Games by Bahman Asgarı, Shahab Bahramı

“…The results showed that there is positive and significantly relationship between the number of medals of gold, silver, bronze and total medals won by countries at former Olympic Games, world championships, Asian and Pan-American Games with the number of Medals of gold, silver, bronze and total medals won at upcoming Olympic Games, However, there is not significantly relationship between the number of medals of gold, silver, bronze and total medals won at all-African Games with the number of medals of gold, silver, bronze and total medals won at Olympic Games.…”
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The institutional configuration of sport policy in Brazil: organization, evolution and dilemmas by Alessandra Mendes, Adriano Codato

“…Brazil has become the center of the spotlight of the whole world recently, amongst many other reasons, one of them was because it was chosen to host a series of mega sporting events - Pan American Games in 2007, Confederations Football Cup in 2013, Fifa Football World Cup 2014 Games and 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016. …”
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Relationship between resilience, optimism, and burnout in Pan-American athletes by Veronica Tutte-Vallarino, Estefanía Malán-Ernst, Mario Reyes-Bossio, Ana Peinado-Portero, Julio Imbernón de Álvaro, Francisco José Ortín Montero, Enrique J. Garcés de Los Fayos Ruiz

“…For this purpose, the Burnout Inventory for Athletes (IBD-r), the Resilience Scale adapted to Spanish, and the Life Orientation Scale-Revised (LOT-R) for optimism were used.MethodsFrom this perspective, the study was approached with 121 Uruguayan athletes who participated in the last Pan-American Games, assuming practically all the subjects who have this level of sport (142) considering gender and type of sport.ResultsThe results indicate that 67% of the sample presents burnout symptoms for the emotional exhaustion dimension, and moderate resilience and optimism. …”
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Effects of weight divisions in time-motion of female high-level Brazilian Jiu-jitsu combat behaviors by Marco Antonio Ferreira dos Santos, Dany Alexis Sobarzo Soto, Michele Andrade de Brito, Michele Andrade de Brito, Ciro José Brito, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, Maamer Slimani, Nicola L. Bragazzi, Hela Znazen, Bianca Miarka

“…Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze high-level BJJ female athletes in the 2020 Pan-American Games by comparing the weight categories on the time-motion analysis. …”
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Revisión del sistema de vigilancia de lesiones y enfermedades durante juegos multideportivos (Review of the injury and illnesses surveillance system during multi-sport games) by Jeel Moya-Salazar, Hugo Rodriguez-Papini, Alejandro Opazo-Zamora, Vanessa Pineda-Vidangos, Victor Carpio-Quintana, Hans Contreras-Pulache

“…In South America, this system was used in the I National Sports Games of Chile, the Summer Olympic Games and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. This review shows the documented experience of the IOC SVLE throughout more of a decade of use of this instrument, demonstrating that the SVLE represents a useful, simple, and agile tool for monitoring health incidents. …”
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