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South American Games

The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: Juegos Suramericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: Juegos Cruz del Sur) is a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the ODESUR (acronym for "Organización Deportiva Suramericana" – South American Sports Organization.[1]

South American Games
Games
Sports
South American Games
AbbreviationJJSS
First event1978 in La Paz, Bolivia
Occur everyfour years
Last event2022 in Asunción, Paraguay
Next event2026 in Curicó, Chile
PurposeMulti-sport event
for South America
Websiteodesur.org

The first Games were held in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia. They have since been held every four years, with the most recent edition in 2018 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. 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 were two bids: Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Barquisimeto, Venezuela, with the final hosting decision in favour of Cochabamba in 2011. Starting with the 2014 edition, the South American Para Games are 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 Argentine Olympic Committee under the auspices of the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Sports Secretary of Argentina.[3]

Games edit

Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Athletes Nations Sports Top medalling
nation
1978 1 La Paz   Bolivia Juan Pereda 3 – 12 November 480 8 16   Argentina
1982 2 Rosario   Argentina Reynaldo Bignone 26 Nov – 5 Dec 961 10 19   Argentina
1986 3 Santiago   Chile Augusto Pinochet 28 Nov – 8 Dec 969 10 17   Argentina
1990 4 Lima   Peru Alberto Fujimori 1 – 10 December 1,070 10 16   Argentina
1994 5 Valencia   Venezuela Rafael Caldera 19 – 28 November 1,599 14 19   Argentina
1998 6 Cuenca   Ecuador Gustavo Noboa 21 – 31 October 1,525 14 24   Argentina
2002 7 Belém, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo   Brazil Almir Gabriel, Fernando Henrique Cardoso and others (each city had its own opening ceremonies) 1 – 11 August 2,069 13 24   Brazil
2006 8 Buenos Aires   Argentina Néstor Kirchner 9 – 19 November 2,938 15 28   Argentina
2010 9 Medellín   Colombia Álvaro Uribe 19 March – 30 March 3,751 15 31   Colombia
2014 10 Santiago   Chile Sebastián Piñera 7 March – 18 March 3,499 14 33   Brazil
2018 11 Cochabamba   Bolivia Evo Morales 26 May – 8 June 4,010 14 35   Colombia
2022 12 Asunción   Paraguay Diego Galeano Harrison 1 – 15 October 4,476 15 34   Brazil
2026 13 Curicó   Chile Gabriel Boric Font 12 - 26 September

Para Games edit

Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Athletes Nations Sports Top medalling
nation
2014 1 Santiago[4]   Chile Michelle Bachelet 26 March – 30 March 600+ 8 7   Argentina
2018 – Cochabamba[5]   Bolivia Cancelled

Youth Games edit

Main article: South American Youth Games
Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Athletes Nations Sports Top medalling
nation
2013 1 Lima   Peru 20 September – 29 September 1200 14 19   Brazil
2017 2 Santiago   Chile Michelle Bachelet 29 September – 8 October 1279 14 20   Brazil
2022 3 Rosario   Argentina April 28 - May 8 2500 15 26   Brazil

Beach Games edit

Main article: South American Beach Games
Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Athletes Nations Sports Top medalling
nation
2009 1 Punta del Este/Montevideo   Uruguay 3–13 December 12 9   Brazil
2011 2 Manta   Ecuador 2–12 December 675 13 10   Brazil
2014 3 Vargas   Venezuela 14–24 May 12 10   Venezuela
2017 – Pimentel   Peru Cancelled
2019 4 Rosario   Argentina 14–23 March 14 13   Argentina
2023 5 Santa Marta   Colombia 14–21 July 800 15 14   Colombia

Masters Games edit

Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Athletes Nations Sports Top medalling
nation
2021 – Santiago   Chile Cancelled[6]

All-time medal count edit

The total medal count for all the Games until 2022 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 942 826 801 2569
2   Brazil 872 701 637 2210
3   Colombia 582 501 498 1581
4   Venezuela 566 512 557 1635
5   Chile 392 486 598 1476
6   Ecuador 213 265 403 881
7   Peru 209 289 399 897
8   Uruguay 75 129 165 369
9   Bolivia 35 86 162 283
10   Paraguay 27 70 75 172
11   Panama 16 19 37 72
12   Suriname 9 3 12 24
13   Netherlands Antilles 7 7 17 31
14   Aruba 3 7 14 24
15   Guyana 2 5 15 23
16   Curaçao 0 1 0 1
Total 3950 3907 4389 12246

Sports edit

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 18 22
World South America
 
Diving   FINA ASUA X X X X X X
Open water swimming   X X X X X
Swimming   X X X X X X X X X X X
Synchronized swimming   X X X X X X
Water polo   X X X
 
Archery   FITA AAF X X X X X X X
Athletics   IAAF CONSUDATLE X X X X X X X X X X X X
Badminton   BWF BPA X X X X
Baseball   IBAF COPABE X X X X X
Basketball   FIBA ABASU X X X X X X X
Basque pelota   FIPV X
Bocce   CMSB X X
Bodybuilding   IFBB IFBBSud America X X
Bowling   FIQ PABCON X X X X X X X X X X
Boxing   AIBA AMBC X X X X X X X X X X X X
Canoeing   ICF COPAC X X X X X X X X
 
BMX racing   UCI COPACI X X X X X
Mountain biking   X X X X X X X
Road cycling   X X X X X X X X X X X X
Track cycling   X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Equestrian   FEI PAEC X X X X X X X
Fencing   FIE CPE X X X X X X X X X X X X
Field hockey   FIH PAHF X X X X
 
Football   FIFA CONMEBOL X X X X X X X X
Futsal   X X X X X X X
Beach soccer   X
 
Golf   IGF FSG X X X X
 
Artistic gymnastics   FIG CONSUGI X X X X X X X X X X X X
Rhythmic gymnastics   X X X X X X X X X
Trampoline   X X
 
Handball   IHF PATHF X X X X X X
Judo   IJF PJC X X X X X X X X X X X X
Karate   WKF PKF X X X X X X X X
Modern pentathlon   UIPM X X
Racquetball   IRF PARC X X
 
Artistic roller skating   FIRS CPRS X X X X X X X X
Roller hockey   X X
Roller speed skating   X X X X X X X
 
Rowing   FISA X X X X X X X X
Rugby sevens   WR SAR X X X
Sailing   ISAF SASC X X X X X X X X X X
Scuba diving   X
Shooting   ISSF CAT X X X X X X X X X X X X
Softball   ISF CONPASA X X X
Squash   WSF FPS X X X
Table tennis   ITTF LATTU X X X X X X X X X X
Taekwondo   WTF PATU X X X X X X X X X X
Tennis   ITF COSAT X X X X X X X X X X X X
Triathlon   ITU PATCO X X X X X X X
 
Beach volleyball   FIVB CSV X X X X
Indoor volleyball   X X X X X X
 
Water skiing   IWWF IWWF Pan Am X X X X X
Weightlifting   IWF PAWC X X X X X X X X X X X X
Wrestling   UWW CPLA X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Total events 171 249 193 260 296 357 380 463 486 317 373

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ediciones de los Juegos (in Spanish), ODESUR, archived from the original on 16 June 2012, retrieved 5 June 2012
  2. ^ Llama Suramericana (in Spanish), ODESUR, archived from the original on 18 August 2012, 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, archived from the original on 4 January 2012, retrieved 3 June 2012
  4. ^ "Para-South American Games to open in Santiago". paralympic.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "South American Paralympics Cancelled". Around the Rings. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ^ ODESUR volvió a suspender los Juegos Sudamericanos Máster Santiago 2022

External links edit

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