1998 South American Games

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VI South American Games
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1998 South American Games logo
Host city Cuenca
Country ECU
Nations participating 14
Athletes participating 1,525
Events 24 sports
Opening ceremony October 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)
Closing ceremony October 31, 1998 (1998-10-31)
Officially opened by Gustavo Noboa
Athlete's Oath Francisco Encalada
Eliana González
Torch Lighter Jefferson Pérez
Main venue Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
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The VI South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1998 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, with some events in Azogues (futsal), Gualaceo (boxing), Guayaquil (bowling, canoeing, sailing, triathlon), Paute (wrestling), and Quito (fencing). The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).[1] An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were published elsewhere,[2] emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.

The games were officially opened by Ecuadorian vice-president Gustavo Noboa. Torch lighter at the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar was Olympic gold medalist, racewalker Jefferson Pérez. In honour of the peace treaty between Ecuador and Peru soon to be signed on October 26, 1998, officially ending the recent Cenepa War, the athlete's oath was sworn jointly by Ecuadorian cyclist Francisco Encalada and Peruvian table tennis player Eliana González.[3]

The games were initially scheduled for May 1998, but were postponed mainly because of severe flooding caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon which resulted in more than 300 deaths. For the first time, Guyana participated at the games. However, the Netherlands Antilles were not present, reducing the number of participating countries to 14, as in the year 1994.

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 Argentina 101 60 74 235
2 Colombia 74 51 54 179
3 Brazil 50 59 44 153
4 Venezuela 50 47 29 126
5 Ecuador 33 46 70 149
6 Chile 29 54 46 129
7 Peru 9 23 38 70
8 Suriname 4 0 3 7
9 Bolivia 2 7 18 27
10 Uruguay 2 7 17 26
11 Panama 2 2 2 6
12 Paraguay 1 1 4 6
13 Aruba 0 0 2 2
14 Guyana 0 0 0 0
Total 357 357 401 1115

Sports

References

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