Rush-hour traffic Motion on the Bay Area freeways was lighter than normal because the game Competition , being played Competition at Candlestick Park in San Francisco , was about to begin Process_start , and this may have prevented Preventing_or_letting a larger loss Earnings_and_losses of life , as several of the Bay Area 's major transportation structures suffered Bodily_harm catastrophic failures Catastrophe .

Torch lighter was former road racing cyclist Rubén Darío Gómez , gold medallist at the 1961 Bolivarian Games Competition .

Damage was lighter than first feared , but the sugar industry suffered Influence substantial losses .