2009 South American Beach Games

2009 South American Beach Games

Nations participating	15
Events	10 sports
Opening ceremony	2 December 2009
Closing ceremony	13 December 2009
Ceremony venue	Estadio Arenas del Plata
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The I Beach South American Games was a multi-sport event held from 2 to 13 December 2009 in Montevideo and Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Games was organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).

Participating teams

15 nations of the Organización Deportiva Suramericana (ODESUR) competed in these Beach Games.^[1]

Argentina  Aruba  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Ecuador  Guyana

Netherlands Antilles  Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Suriname  Uruguay  Venezuela (Host)

Medal count

The medal count for these Beach Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	12	6	7	25
2	Argentina	9	5	8	22
3	Venezuela	2	4	2	8
4	Ecuador	2	0	1	3
5	Colombia	1	3	1	5
6	Peru	1	2	0	3
7	Uruguay	0	5	3	8
8	Chile	0	1	5	6
9	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Total		27	27	27	81

Sports

• Beach handball
• Beach rugby
• Beach soccer
• Beach volleyball
• Fitness (demonstration)
• Marathon swimming
• Sailing
• Surfing
• Triathlon
• Water ski

References

1. "Paises Participantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 December 2009.

External links

• Official website