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).

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.

For the XI edition in 2018 there are two bids: Cochabamba, Bolivia and Barquisimeto, Venezuela. A host will be elected by 2011.

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	25 October - 8 November

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		12	9	Brazil
2011	II	Manta	Ecuador	2 December - 12 December
2013	III	Isla Margarita and La Guaira	Venezuela	3 December - 13 December

All-time medal count

The total medal count for all the Games until 2010 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	796	644	608	2048
2	Brazil	539	474	416	1429
3	Venezuela	445	370	382	1197
4	Colombia	356	300	265	921
5	Chile	289	369	426	1084
6	Peru	159	229	303	691
7	Ecuador	149	205	282	636
8	Uruguay	60	101	124	285
9	Bolivia	31	69	137	237
10	Paraguay	10	29	45	84
11	Panama	7	11	16	34
12	Netherlands Antilles	7	7	17	31
13	Suriname	6	3	7	16
14	Guyana	2	3	9	14
15	Aruba	0	2	12	14
Total		2855	2816	3050	8721

Sports

The 1998 sports are not readily available.

Sport or Discipline	78	82	82	90	94	98	02	06	10	14
Archery			X				X	X	X
Artistic gymnastics	X	X	X	X				X	X
Athletics	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Aquatics.			X				X		X
Badminton									X
Baseball	X	X		X	X				X
Basketball	X	X							X
Bocce								X
Bowling			X	X	X		X	X	X
Boxing	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Canoe/Kayak					X		X	X	X
Cycling	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Equestrianism	X							X	X
Fencing	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Field hockey								X
Football (soccer)	X	X	X		X				X
Futsal							X	X	X
Golf							X
Gymnastics					X		X	X	X
Handball							X	X	X
Judo	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Karate					X		X	X	X
Roller Hockey										X
Rowing		X	X				X	X	X
Rugby								X
Sailing		X	X	X			X	X	X
Shooting	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Skating		X					X	X
Softball					X				X
Swimming	X	X		X	X			X	X
Table tennis		X		X	X		X	X	X
Taekwondo			X	X	X		X	X	X
Tennis	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Triathlon							X	X	X
Volleyball	X	X							X
Water skiing								X	X
Weightlifting	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Wrestling	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X

See also

• Asian Games
• South Asian Games
• Southeast Asian Games

External links

• ODESUR website
• South American Games ODESUR page