2010 South American Games

IX South American Games
Host city	Medellín, Colombia
Nations participating	15 NOCs
Opening ceremony	March 19
Closing ceremony	March 30
Stadium	Estadio Atanasio Girardot

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The IX South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) was a multi-sport event held between 19–30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), who awarded the Games to the city with 8 votes over the bid by previous host Santiago, Chile (6 votes).^[1]

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal count

The medal count for these 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	Colombia	144	124	104	372
2	Brazil	133	119	103	355
3	Venezuela	89	77	97	263
4	Argentina	54	76	107	237
5	Chile	25	32	52	109
6	Peru	19	19	33	71
7	Ecuador	16	21	57	94
8	Bolivia	2	1	8	11
9	Uruguay	1	8	4	13
10	Paraguay	1	7	4	12
11	Guyana	1	1	2	4
12	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	3	4
13	Aruba	0	0	2	2
14	Panama	0	0	2	2
15	Suriname	0	0	2	2
Total		486	485	580	1551