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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.

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 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  Brazil
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

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
Open water swimming X X
Swimming X X X X X X X X
Synchronized swimming X X X
Water polo X
 
Archery FITA AAF X X X X
Athletics IAAF CONSUDATLE X X X X X X X X X
Badminton BWF BPA X X
Baseball IBAF COPABE X X X X X
Basketball FIBA FIBA Americas X X X X
Bocce CMSB X
Bodybuilding IFBB IFBBSud America X
Bowling FIQ PABCON X X X X X X X
Boxing AIBA AMBC X X X X X X X X X
Canoeing ICF COPAC X X X X X
 
BMX racing UCI COPACI X X
Mountain biking X X X X
Road cycling X X X X X X X X X
Track cycling X X X X X X X X
 
Equestrian FEI PAEC X X X X
Fencing FIE CPE X X X X X X X X X
Field hockey FIH PAHF X
 
Football FIFA CONMEBOL X X X X X
Futsal X X X X
 
Golf IGF FSG X
 
Artistic gymnastics FIG UPAG X X X X X X X X X
Rhythmic gymnastics X X X X X X
Trampoline X X
 
Handball IHF PATHF X X X
Judo IJF PJC X X X X X X X X X
Karate WKF PKF X X X X X
Racquetball IRF PARC X
 
Artistic roller skating FIRS CPRS X X X X X
Roller hockey X
Roller speed skating X X X X X
 
Rowing FISA X X X X X
Rugby IRB CONSUR X
Sailing ISAF SASC X X X X X X X
Scuba Diving X
Shooting ISSF CAT 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
Taekwondo WTF PATU X X X X X X X
Tennis ITF COSAT X X X X X X X X X
Triathlon ITU PATCO X X X X
 
Beach Volleyball FIVB CSV X
Volleyball X X X
 
Water Skiing IWWF IWWF Pan Am X X
Weightlifting IWF PAWC X X X X X X X X X
Wrestling FILA CPLA X X X X X X X X X
 
Total events 171 249 193 260 296 357 380 463 486

See also

References

  1. ^ Ediciones de los Juegos (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved June 5, 2012
  2. ^ Llama Suramericana (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved June 5, 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 978-987-1367-18-41, retrieved June 3, 2012 {{citation}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)


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