South American Games 2018

The 11th South American Games took place from May 26th to June 8th 2018 in Cochabamba , Bolivia . For the second time, Bolivia was the host country of the Games. In 1978 the Games were first played in La Paz .

Award

Bolivia (with Cochabamba) as well as Venezuela ( Puerto La Cruz ) and Peru ( Lima ) applied to host the games. After both Venezuela and Peru withdrew their applications, Cochabamba was unanimously chosen as the venue.

Participating Nations

14 countries with a total of 4010 athletes took part in the South American Games. The number in brackets indicates the number of athletes with whom the respective delegation started.

Argentina  (534)  Aruba  (10)  Bolivia  (617)  Brazil  (316)  Chile  (449)  Ecuador  (234)  Colombia  (461)

Guyana  (11)  Panama  (55)  Paraguay  (252)  Peru  (447)  Suriname  (13)  Uruguay  (217)  Venezuela  (394)

sports

There are 37 sports in the program at the South American Games.

badminton basketball beach volleyball Archery bowling Boxing fencing Soccer Futsal Weightlifting golf Handball hockey

Judo canoe karate athletics Modern pentathlon Pelota Racquetball wheel horse riding Wrestling Roller skate rowing

rugby shoot swim sailing squash Taekwondo tennis Table tennis Triathlon do gymnastics volleyball Water-skiing

Links marked in bold lead to the detailed results of the games

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Colombia	94	74	71	239
02	Brazil	90	58	56	204
03	Venezuela	43	59	55	157
04th	Argentina	42	60	63	165
05	Chile	38	34	60	132
06th	Ecuador	25th	17th	52	94
07th	Peru	22nd	29	41	92
08th	Paraguay	6th	10	14th	30th
09	Uruguay	5	10	17th	32
10	Bolivia	4th	15th	15th	34
11	Panama	2	4th	4th	10
12	Suriname	2	-	1	3
13	Aruba	-	2	1	3
14th	Guyana	-	1	4th	5

Web links

• Official site (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cochabamba realizará los Juegos Suramericanos del 2018. In: eltiempo.com. December 14, 2013, accessed July 31, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Listado de Deportes. In: cochabamba2018.bo. Retrieved August 5, 2018 (Spanish).