Caracas, Venezuela
August 14 - 29, 1983
A year before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Caracas Pan American Games welcomed 3,426 athletes from 36 countries. More nations competed in yachting than any other sport. Doping became an issue after officials announced they would conduct sophisticated drug tests. Seventeen athletes tested positive for doping, and a dozen members of the United States men’s track and field team suddenly departed the Games for "personal reasons."