The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people.
Havana was the only non-withdrawn bid to host the 1991 Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games, Barbados, Mar del Plata withdrew its bid, leaving Havana as the winner to host the Games.
The Games’ mascot, Tocopan, was a combination of the country’s national bird “Tocororo” and the first three letters of Panamerican.
