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

Year Games Host city Country Dates Athletes 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 Argentina8427016642207
2 Brazil6495434951687
3 Venezuela4924104451347
4 Colombia4093493291087
5 Chile3164214761213
6 Peru168242321731
7 Ecuador163227319709
8 Uruguay63105129297
9 Bolivia3169141241
10 Paraguay13344794
11 Panama11142449
12 Netherlands Antilles771731
13 Suriname731121
14 Guyana23914
15 Aruba021315
Total3172313034419743

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
World South America
 
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 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 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

  1. Ediciones de los Juegos (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved 5 June 2012
  2. Llama Suramericana (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved 5 June 2012
  3. 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
  4. "Para-South American Games to open in Santiago". paralympic.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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