(http://img.thefreedictionary.com/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_PASO.svg.png)The Pan American Games is a multi-sport event open to competitors from all nations of the Western Hemisphere. Patterned after the Olympic Games and sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, the games are held every four years in the year preceding the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina took home more medals than any other country in the first Pan American Games, however, the US has since become the overall medal leader, with a current total of 3,915. Who lights the Pan American torch? Discuss...
Source: First Pan American Games Are Held in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1951) (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Pan+American+Games)