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, with the next edition to be in Medellín, Colombia in November 2010. 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.

Contents 1 Games 2 Beach Games 3 All-time medal count 4 Sports 4.1 Notes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] 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		15	28	Argentina
2010	IX	Medellín	Colombia	10 March - 21 March
2014	X	Santiago	Chile	25 October - 8 November

[edit] 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

[edit] All-time medal count

The total medal count for all the Games until 2006 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	742	568	501	1811
2	Brazil	406	355	313	1074
3	Venezuela	356	293	285	934
4	Chile	264	337	375	976
5	Colombia	212	176	161	549
6	Peru	140	210	270	620
7	Ecuador	133	184	225	542
8	Uruguay	59	93	120	272
9	Bolivia	29	68	129	226
10	Paraguay	9	22	41	72
11	Panama	7	11	14	32
12	Netherlands Antilles	6	7	14	27
13	Suriname	6	3	5	14
14	Guyana	1	2	7	10
15	Aruba	0	2	10	12
Total		2370	2331	2470	7171

[edit] Sports

The 1998 sports are not readily available.

Sport or Discipline	78	82	82	90	94	98	02	06
Archery			X				X	X
Artistic Gymnastics	X	X	X	X
Athletics (track and field)	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Aquatics[1]			X				X
Baseball	X	X		X	X
Basketball	X	X
Bocce								X
Bowling			X	X	X		X	X
Boxing	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Canoe/Kayak					X		X	X
Cycling	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Equestrianism	X							X
Fencing	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Field hockey								X
Football (soccer)	X	X	X		X
Futsal							X	X
Golf							X
Gymnastics[2]					X		X	X
Handball							X	X
Judo	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Karate					X		X	X
Rowing		X	X				X	X
Rugby								X
Sailing		X	X	X			X	X
Shooting	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Skating[3]		X					X	X
Softball					X
Swimming	X	X		X	X			X
Table tennis		X		X	X		X	X
Taekwondo			X	X	X		X	X
Tennis	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Triathlon							X	X
Volleyball	X	X
Water skiing								X
Weightlifting	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Wrestling	X	X	X	X	X		X	X

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Asian Games
• South Asian Games
• Southeast Asian Games

[edit] External links

• ODESUR website
• South American Games ODESUR page

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