South American Games

The South American Games, also known as Juegos ODESUR or Juegos Suramericanos in South American parlance , are a major sporting event in South America. The event has taken place every four years since it was first held in 1978. In 2013 the South American Youth Games were played for the first time .

Venues

year	Games	place	country	date	Athletes	Nations	sports	Most successful nation
1978	I.	La Paz	Bolivia	November 3rd to 12th	480	8th	16	Argentina
1982	II	Rosario	Argentina	November 26th to December 5th	961	10	19th	Argentina
1986	III	Santiago de Chile	Chile	November 28th to December 8th	969	10	17th	Argentina
1990	IV	Lima	Peru	December 1st to 10th	1070	10	16	Argentina
1994	V	Valencia	Venezuela	November 19-28	1599	14th	19th	Argentina
1998	VI	Cuenca	Ecuador	October 21st to 31st	1525	14th	24	Argentina
2002	VII	Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Curitiba , Belém	Brazil	August 1st to 11th	2069	13	24	Brazil
2006	VIII	Buenos Aires	Argentina	November 9th to 19th	2938	15th	28	Argentina
2010	IX	Medellin	Colombia	March 19-30	3751	15th	31	Colombia
2014	X	Santiago de Chile	Chile	March 7th to March 18th	3499	14th	31	Brazil
2018	XI	Cochabamba	Bolivia	May 26th to June 8th	4010	14th	37	Colombia
2022	XII	Asunción	Paraguay

Web links

• odesur.org ( Memento from August 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )