South American Games

The South American Games (a.k.a. ODESUR Games; Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: Juegos Cruz del Sur) are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Sudamericana, ODESUR).^[1]

The first Games were held in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia. They have since been held every four years, the last edition was in Medellín, Colombia, in March 2010. Which will be followed by the 2014 edition in Santiago, Chile The Games have had an equivalent to the Olympic Flame since their inception: the South American Flame, which is relayed from Tiahuanaco, Bolivia, to the host city.^[2]

For the XI edition in 2018 there are two bids: Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Barquisimeto, Venezuela. A host will be elected by 2011. Starting from 2014 edition, Para-South American Games was held for South American Paralympic athletes. Just like the Olympic Games, the host city for the South American Games is also the host for Para-South American Games.

The detailed history of the South American Games together with an extensive list of medal winners was published in a book written (in Spanish) by Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Comité Olímpico Argentino under the auspices of the Ministerio de Educación de la Nación in collaboration with the Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación.^[3]

Games

Year	Games	Host city	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Sports	Top medalling nation
1978	I	La Paz	Bolivia	3 November – 12 November	480	8	16	Argentina
1982	II	Rosario	Argentina	26 November – 5 December	961	10	19	Argentina
1986	III	Santiago	Chile	28 November – 8 December	969	10	17	Argentina
1990	IV	Lima	Peru	1 December – 10 December	1,070	10	16	Argentina
1994	V	Valencia	Venezuela	19 November – 28 November	1,599	14	19	Argentina
1998	VI	Cuenca	Ecuador	21 October – 31 October	1,525	14	24	Argentina
2002	VII	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba and Belém	Brazil	1 August – 11 August	2,069	13	24	Brazil
2006	VIII	Buenos Aires	Argentina	9 November – 19 November	2,938	15	28	Argentina
2010	IX	Medellín	Colombia	19 March – 30 March	3,751	15	31	Colombia
2014	X	Santiago	Chile	7 March – 18 March	3,499	14	33	Brazil
2018	XI	Cochabamba	Bolivia

Para Games

Year	Games	Host city	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Sports	Top medalling nation
2014	I	Santiago^[4]	Chile	26 March – 30 March	600+	8	7	Argentina
2018	II	Cochabamba	Bolivia

Youth Games

Year	Games	Host city	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Sports	Top medalling nation
2013	I	Lima	Peru	20 September – 29 September	1200	14	19	Brazil
2017	II	Santiago	Chile

Beach Games

Main article: South American Beach Games

Year	Games	Host city	Country	Dates	Nations	Sports	Top medalling nation
2009	I	Punta del Este/Montevideo	Uruguay	3 December – 13 December	15	9	Brazil
2011	II	Manta	Ecuador	2 December – 12 December	10	9	Brazil
2014	III	Vargas	Venezuela	14 May – 24 May	12	10	Venezuela
2015	IV	Pimentel	Peru	4 December – 13 December	14	12

All-time medal count

The total medal count for all the Games until 2014 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.

South American Games medal count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	842	701	664	2207
2	Brazil	649	543	495	1687
3	Venezuela	492	410	445	1347
4	Colombia	409	349	329	1087
5	Chile	316	421	476	1213
6	Peru	168	242	321	731
7	Ecuador	163	227	319	709
8	Uruguay	63	105	129	297
9	Bolivia	31	69	141	241
10	Paraguay	13	34	47	94
11	Panama	11	14	24	49
12	Netherlands Antilles	7	7	17	31
13	Suriname	7	3	11	21
14	Guyana	2	3	9	14
15	Aruba	0	2	13	15
Total		3172	3130	3441	9743

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

Aquatics – Cycling – Football – Gymnastics – Roller sports – Volleyball

Sport (discipline)	Body		78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14
Sport (discipline)	World	South America	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14

Diving	FINA	ASUA	X	X							X	X
Open water swimming										X	X	X
Swimming			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Synchronized swimming				X					X		X	X
Water polo											X

Archery	FITA	AAF			X				X	X	X	X
Athletics	IAAF	CONSUDATLE	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Badminton	BWF	BPA								X	X
Baseball	IBAF	COPABE	X	X		X	X				X
Basketball	FIBA	ABASU	X	X						X	X	X
Bocce	CMSB									X
Bodybuilding	IFBB	IFBBSud America						X
Bowling	FIQ	PABCON			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Boxing	AIBA	AMBC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Canoeing	ICF	COPAC					X	X	X	X	X	X

BMX racing	UCI	COPACI								X	X	X
Mountain biking								X	X	X	X	X
Road cycling			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Track cycling			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Equestrian	FEI	PAEC	X	X						X	X	X
Fencing	FIE	CPE	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Field hockey	FIH	PAHF								X		X

Football	FIFA	CONMEBOL	X	X	X		X				X	X
Futsal	FIFA	CONMEBOL						X	X	X	X	X

Golf	IGF	FSG							X			X

Artistic gymnastics	FIG	UPAG	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rhythmic gymnastics						X	X	X	X	X	X	X


Handball	IHF	PATHF							X	X	X	X
Judo	IJF	PJC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Karate	WKF	PKF					X	X	X	X	X	X
Modern pentathlon	UIPM											X
Racquetball	IRF	PARC						X

Artistic roller skating	FIRS	CPRS		X				X	X	X	X	X
Roller hockey				X								X
Roller speed skating				X				X	X	X	X	X

Rowing	FISA			X	X				X	X	X	X
Rugby sevens	IRB	CONSUR										X
Sailing	ISAF	SASC		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Scuba diving					X
Shooting	ISSF	CAT	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Softball	ISF	CONPASA					X		X		X
Squash	WSF	FPS									X
Table tennis	ITTF	LATTU		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Taekwondo	WTF	PATU			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tennis	ITF	COSAT	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Triathlon	ITU	PATCO						X	X	X	X	X

Beach volleyball	FIVB	CSV									X	X
Indoor volleyball	FIVB	CSV	X	X							X	X

Water skiing	IWWF	IWWF Pan Am								X	X	X
Weightlifting	IWF	PAWC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Wrestling	FILA	CPLA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Total events			171	249	193	260	296	357	380	463	486	317

References

↑ Ediciones de los Juegos (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved 5 June 2012
↑ Llama Suramericana (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved 5 June 2012
↑ Rodríguez III, Ernesto (2010), LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010 (in Spanish) (1a. ed.), Buenos Aires: Alarco Ediciones, p. 192, ISBN 978-987-1367-18-4, retrieved 3 June 2012
↑ "Para-South American Games to open in Santiago". paralympic.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

ODESUR website
South American Games ODESUR page

Events of the ODESUR

South American Games	1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Beach Games	2009 2011 2014 2015

Youth Games	2013

Pan American Sports Organization (PASO)

National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela

Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)

Associated competitions	Pan American Games Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival

Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Continental	African Games Asian Games Summer Winter Beach Indoor and Martial Arts European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Associations	Commonwealth Games Inter-Allied Games¹ Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹ World Outgames

Communities	Croatian World Games Gay Games Islamic Solidarity Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Women's Islamic Games¹ World Indigenous Games Worldwide Nomad Games

Disabled sport	Deaflympics Défi sportif IWAS World Games Armed forces Invictus Games Warrior Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games

Youth and students	Asian Youth Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games European Youth Olympic Festival Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games World Youth Games¹

Other sport	Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games Central African Games¹

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	Pan-Asian Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹ Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Children of Asia International Sports Games¹ Southeast Southeast Asian Games ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Central Asian Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Games¹ South Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Inter-continental	Afro-Asian Games¹ Arafura Games Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames FESPIC Games¹ Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Nordic Games¹ Pacific Ocean Games¹ Pan Arab Games

National

Americas	Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors

Asia	Bangladesh China All-China Games National Games of China National Peasants' Games India Indian Empire¹ Indonesia Japan Malaysia Para Mongolia Pakistan Philippines National Games Batang Pinoy Palaro Singapore South Korea Summer Winter Thailand youth Vietnam

Europe	Albania¹ Nazi Germany¹ Netherlands Poland (youth) Soviet Union (youth)¹

Oceania	Western Australia (high school)²

NCSG³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Historical¹

Pre Modern Olympics (in chronological order, 1900BC–1852AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Goodwill Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad South African Games Spartakiad Workers' Olympiads

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