Bids for the 1979 Pan American Games

1979 Pan American Games bidding results
City	NOC	Round 1
San Juan	Puerto Rico	Unanimous

San Juan had attempted to submit a bid for the 1975 Pan American Games, but had to withdraw, as the official documents on the proposal were incomplete. In 1972, a group of athletes created the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games (COPAN); overlooked by Arturo L. Carrión Muñoz and Germán Rieckehoff, the committee made preparations to host the 1979 Games.^[1][2]

In 1973, the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR) submitted a bid to PASO to host the games. The other bidding country Bolivia had withdrawn its bid, but San Juan still had to convince PASO that the city was able to host a successful event.^[1][2] In part to ensure that San Juan was the host of the games, Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon announced that the Puerto Rican government was willing to contribute up to $7 million to fund the 1979 Pan American Games.^[4]

• Bolivia