| "> | | | | María del Milagro París (Costa Rica), and Carlos |
| Road to London 2012! | | | | Berrocal (Puerto Rico). At the 1975 Pan American |
| Argentina | | | | Games in the United Mexican States, he placed first in |
| Did you know- A 105-member team from Argentina | | | | the men's 200-meter freestyle, winning a gold medal |
| participated in the Summer Olympics in the German | | | | for Ecuador. He was named Ecuador's Athlete of |
| city of Munich in the early 1970s. This Spanish-speaking | | | | 1976. Delgado hails from Guayaquil, home to the IV |
| nation competed in 12 sports: athletics (10), boxing (7), | | | | FINA World Championships (1982). |
| cycling (8), equestrian (11), fencing (6), field hockey (18), | | | | Grenada |
| judo (1), rowing (18), sailing (12), shooting (5), swimming | | | | Did you know- Grenada, an English-speaking Island on |
| (6), and wrestling (3). | | | | the Caribbean, is one of the smallest members of the |
| Bolivia | | | | Olympic family, together with Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, |
| Did you know- In the late 70s and early 80s, Bolivia's | | | | and other nations. |
| tennis player Mario Martinez defeated such formidable | | | | Peru |
| international players as Mats Wilander (Sweden), | | | | Did you know- By 1977, the Peruvian team, led by |
| Jimmy Arias (USA), Andrés Gómez (Ecuador), and | | | | Luisa Fuentes Quijandria-one of the Continent's best |
| José Higueras (Spain). | | | | players in the 70s-- won the Women's Volleyball South |
| Brazil | | | | American Championship, followed by Brazil (silver |
| Did you know- Brazil's triple jumper Adhemar Ferreira | | | | medal), Argentina (bronze medal), Chile, Bolivia, |
| da Silva won the Pan American tournament three | | | | Paraguay, Venezuela, and Ecuador. In addition to |
| fives: Buenos Aires '51, Mexico City '55, and Chicago | | | | gaining the international event, Peru earned the right to |
| '59. | | | | compete in the II World Cup in Tokyo (Japan) in |
| Canada | | | | November 1977. Later on, by 1979, the team from |
| Did you know- Canada is one of the biggest and | | | | South America won the silver medal in women's |
| oldest members of the Olympic family. | | | | volleyball at the VIII Pan American Games in San Juan |
| Colombia | | | | de Puerto Rico. |
| Did you know- In Bern (Switzerland), Colombia's | | | | Uruguay |
| shooter Helmut Bellingrodt set a new world record in | | | | Did you know- Uruguay's weightlifter Sergio Lafuente |
| 1974. Despite beating a record that had stood for | | | | Rocha led a 23-member delegation to the Summer |
| many years, Bellingrodt failed to win an Olympic medal | | | | Olympics in Barcelona (Spain). In Europe, Lafuente |
| at the 1976 Olympic Summer in Montreal, Canada. | | | | came in eighth place. |
| Ecuador | | | | Venezuela |
| Did you know- Ecuador's swimmer Jorge Delgado | | | | Did you know- At the IX Pan American Games in |
| Panchana, under coach Jack Nelson's tutelage, led a | | | | Caracas, Venezuela, in 1983, the host country's team |
| national delegation to the XXI Summer Olympics in | | | | reached 5th place, winning a total of 73 Pan American |
| Montreal, Quebec (Canada) in the mid-1970s. In | | | | medals (12 gold, 26 silver, 35 bronze), outpacing Mexico |
| Montreal'76, Mr Delgado was one of Latin America's | | | | and Argentina. |
| best swimmers, together with Djan Madruga (Brazil), | | | | |