| "> | | | | while giving up 656. During that event, Colombia lost |
| Brazil | | | | 143-76 to the Soviet Union (present-day Russia), one |
| Did you know- The 2016 Olympic Games will be held in | | | | of the worst results in basketball history! |
| Rio de Janeiro -one of the country's largest cities. Rio | | | | Jamaica |
| won the election at the expense of Madrid (Spain) and | | | | Did you know- Jamaica had won Olympic gold medals |
| Chicago (America). Brazil, under the leadership of | | | | before the Island became an independent nation in the |
| Carlos Arthur Nuzman (one of the most important | | | | Caribbean. |
| Olympic leaders in the Planet), had been the only Latin | | | | Peru |
| American country in the world to submit a bid for the | | | | Did you know - Cecilia Tait Villacorta participated to |
| 2016 Summer Olympics. | | | | three World Championships with two medals in 1982 |
| Bolivia | | | | (Lima, Peru) and 1986 (Prague, Czechoslovakia). Like |
| Did you know- Bolivia has had many popular | | | | Flo Hyman (U.S.A) and Lang Ping (People's Republic of |
| sportswomen in the 20th century: Julia Iriarte (track & | | | | China), Latin America's athlete Tait is one of the best |
| field/ Bolivarian champ in the 40s), Antonieta Arizaga | | | | volleyball players in history. Her name was engraved |
| (aquatics/ Bolivarian champ in 1977), Betty Saavedra | | | | on the wall of honour in the Estadio Nacional (National |
| (South American silver medalist in 1978), Giovanna | | | | Stadium) of Lima, the capital city of Peru. This former |
| Morejon (athletics/ South American champ), Maria | | | | athlete was a congresswoman in her native country. |
| Ortuno (basketball), Katherine Moreno (swimming), | | | | During her sporting career, between 1976 and 1988, |
| Mary Sanjinez (athletics/ South American champ in | | | | she had attended several international events such as |
| 1981), Lynda Spenst (athletics), Guadalupe Yañez | | | | Olympic Games (Moscow'80, Los Angeles '84, and |
| (South American silver medalist in 1978), and Maria | | | | Seoul '88), World Cups, South American |
| Villarroel ( the tallest volleyball player in the nation). | | | | Championships, and the Pan American Games (San |
| Colombia | | | | Juan'79, Caracas'83, and Indianapolis'87). She has |
| Did you know- Colombia hosted the FIBA World | | | | played in Brazil, Japan, and Italy. |
| Tournament in the early 80s. Like host country, the | | | | Puerto Rico |
| men's basketball team, with Jim McGregor (USA) as | | | | Did you know- The Island's most popular sports are |
| coach, won the right to compete in the semi-finals, | | | | archery, athletics, baseball (national sport), basketball, |
| together with the USSR, America, Yugoslavia (now | | | | bowling, boxing, judo, softball, swimming, tennis, and |
| Serbia), Spain, Australia, and Canada. However, the | | | | volleyball. On the other hand, Roberto Clemente |
| local team had a particularly difficult championship, | | | | (baseball) is the national idol on the Island. |
| losing all five matches and scoring only 473 points | | | | |