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. 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.

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	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	Argentina	842	701	664	2207
2	Brazil	649	543	495	1687
3	Venezuela	492	410	445	1347
4	Colombia	409	349	329	1087
5	Chile	316	421	476	1213
6	Peru	168	242	321	731
7	Ecuador	163	227	319	709
8	Uruguay	63	105	129	297
9	Bolivia	31	69	141	241
10	Paraguay	13	34	47	94
11	Panama	11	14	24	49
12	Netherlands Antilles	7	7	17	31
13	Suriname	7	3	11	21
14	Guyana	2	3	9	14
15	Aruba	0	2	13	15
Total		3172	3130	3441	9743

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

External links

• ODESUR website
• South American Games ODESUR page