South American Games

South American Games
Abbreviation	JJSS
First event	1978 in La Paz, Bolivia
Occur every	four years
Last event	2022 in Asunción, Paraguay
Next event	2026 in Rosario, Argentina
Purpose	Multi-sport event; for South America
Website	odesur.org

South American Games
South American Games
Games
	1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2023; 2027;
Sports
	Athletics; Field hockey; Football; Futsal; Gymnastics; Handball; Softball; Tennis;

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]

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

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	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	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	Rosario and Santa Fe	Argentina

Para Games

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

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

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		19–28 March

Masters Games

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

All-time medal count

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

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
Sport (discipline)	World	South America	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18

Diving	FINA	ASUA	X	X							X	X	X
Open water swimming										X	X	X	X
Swimming			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Synchronized swimming				X					X		X	X	X
Water polo											X		X

Archery	FITA	AAF			X				X	X	X	X	X
Athletics	IAAF	CONSUDATLE	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Badminton	BWF	BPA								X	X		X
Baseball	IBAF	COPABE	X	X		X	X				X
Basketball	FIBA	ABASU	X	X						X	X	X	X
Basque pelota	FIPV												X
Bocce	CMSB									X
Bodybuilding	IFBB	IFBBSud America						X
Bowling	FIQ	PABCON			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Boxing	AIBA	AMBC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Canoeing	ICF	COPAC					X	X	X	X	X	X	X

BMX racing	UCI	COPACI								X	X	X	X
Mountain biking								X	X	X	X	X	X
Road cycling			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Track cycling			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Equestrian	FEI	PAEC	X	X						X	X	X	X
Fencing	FIE	CPE	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Field hockey	FIH	PAHF								X		X	X

Football	FIFA	CONMEBOL	X	X	X		X				X	X	X
Futsal	FIFA	CONMEBOL						X	X	X	X	X	X

Golf	IGF	FSG							X			X	X

Artistic gymnastics	FIG	CONSUGI	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rhythmic gymnastics						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Trampoline													X

Handball	IHF	PATHF							X	X	X	X	X
Judo	IJF	PJC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Karate	WKF	PKF					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
Roller hockey				X								X
Roller speed skating				X				X	X	X	X	X	X

Rowing	FISA			X	X				X	X	X	X	X
Rugby sevens	WR	SAR										X	X
Sailing	ISAF	SASC		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
Softball	ISF	CONPASA					X		X		X
Squash	WSF	FPS									X		X
Table tennis	ITTF	LATTU		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Taekwondo	WTF	PATU			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tennis	ITF	COSAT	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Triathlon	ITU	PATCO						X	X	X	X	X	X

Beach volleyball	FIVB	CSV									X	X	X
Indoor volleyball	FIVB	CSV	X	X							X	X	X

Water skiing	IWWF	IWWF Pan Am								X	X	X	X
Weightlifting	IWF	PAWC	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

Total events			171	249	193	260	296	357	380	463	486	317	373

References

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

External links

[odesur-1] Ediciones de los Juegos (in Spanish), ODESUR, archived from the original on 16 June 2012, retrieved 5 June 2012

[flame-2] Llama Suramericana (in Spanish), ODESUR, archived from the original on 18 August 2012, retrieved 5 June 2012

[cada-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

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v t e South American Games sports
Individual sports	Athletics Gymnastics Tennis
Team sports	Field hockey Football Futsal Handball Softball

v t e Panam Sports
National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela
Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)
Associated competitions	Pan American Games Junior Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival
Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

v t e Events of the ODESUR
South American Games	La Paz 1978 Rosario 1982 Santiago 1986 Lima 1990 Valencia 1994 Cuenca 1998 Brazil 2002 Buenos Aires 2006 Medellín 2010 Santiago 2014 Cochabamba 2018 Asunción 2022
Beach Games	Uruguay 2009 Manta 2011 Vargas 2014 Rosario 2019
Youth Games	Lima 2013 Santiago 2017 Rosario 2022
Para Games	Santiago 2014