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The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos, full name Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos) are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The event is open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. In 2010, the ODEBO decided to include Chile as seventh member of ODEBO.[1] Except Panama, all other participating countries are Andean states.

A statue of Simón Bolívar in Caracas, the inspiration for the Games.

HistoryEdit

The first Games were held in 1938 in Bogotá, Colombia for the city's 400th anniversary. They have since been held irregularly, but every four years since 1973, with the most recent edition in Santa Marta, Colombia in 2017. Inspired by the events of 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,[2] Alberto Nariño Cheyne was the key designer of the idea of a Games to foster unity among the Bolivarian countries through the means of sport.[3]

Following the first Games, the Bolivarian Sports Organization was formed as a sub-organisation of the Pan American Sports Organization by six founding members from the respective countries – Jorge Rodríguez Hurtado (Bolivia), Alberto Nariño Cheyne (Colombia), Galo Plaza Lasso (Ecuador), Luis Saavedra (Panama), Alfredo Hohagen Diez Canseco (Peru) and Julio Bustamante (Venezuela).[2]

In terms of medals, Peru was dominant in the early years of the competition but Venezuela has consistently been the most successful country since the 1960s.

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR.[4]

GamesEdit

Games Year Host City Host country
(as recognized by IOC) 		Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Top nation
1938 I Bogotá   Colombia Alfonso López Pumarejo 6–22 August 6   Peru
1948 II Lima   Peru José Luís Bustamante y Rivero 25 December – 8 January 6   Peru
1951 III Caracas   Venezuela Germán Suárez Flamerich 5–21 December 6   Peru
1961 IV Barranquilla   Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo 3–16 December 5   Venezuela
1965 V Quito   Ecuador Ramón Castro Jijón 20 November – 6 December 6   Venezuela
1970 VI Maracaibo   Venezuela Rafael Caldera 23 August – 6 September 6   Venezuela
1973 VII Panama City   Panama Demetrio Basilio Lakas 17 February – 3 March 5   Venezuela
1977 VIII La Paz   Bolivia Hugo Banzer 15–29 October 6   Venezuela
1981 VIX Barquisimeto   Venezuela Luís Herrera Campins 4–14 December 6   Venezuela
1985 X Cuenca   Ecuador León Febres Cordero 9–18 November 6   Venezuela
1989 XI Maracaibo   Venezuela Jaime Lusinchi 14–25 January 6   Venezuela
1993 XII Cochabamba   Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora 24 April – 2 May 6   Venezuela
1997 XIII Arequipa   Peru Alberto Fujimori 17–26 October 6   Venezuela
2001 XIV Ambato   Ecuador Roberto Hanze 7–16 September 6   Venezuela
2005 XV Armenia and Pereira   Colombia Álvaro Uribe 12–21 August 6   Venezuela
2009 XVI Sucre   Bolivia Evo Morales 15–26 November 6 435   Venezuela
2013 XVII Trujillo[5]   Peru Ollanta Humala 16–30 November 11 562   Colombia
2017 XVIII Santa Marta   Colombia Clara Luz Roldán 11–25 November 11 469   Colombia
2022 XIX Valledupar   Colombia TBA 24 June – 5 July 11 TBA TBA

Beach GamesEdit

Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Nations Events Top medalling
nation
2012 I Lima   Peru 1–11 November 10 64   Peru
2014 II Huanchaco[6]   Peru 3–12 December 11 71   Venezuela
2016 III Iquique[7]   Chile 24 November - 3 December 11 81   Chile
2019 IV Vargas   Venezuela 22–30 November Cancelled

Youth GamesEdit

Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Nations Events Top medalling
nation
2020 I Sucre[8]   Bolivia

SportsEdit

The following table was compiled based on information extracted from a variety of sources.[4][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] It should be considered as incomplete.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Aquatics –   Cycling –   Football –   Gymnastics –   Underwater sports –   Volleyball

Sport (Discipline) Body 38 47 51 61 65 70 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13
World South America
 
Diving   FINA ASUA X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Open water swimming   X
Swimming   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Synchronized swimming   X X
Water polo   X X X X X X
 
Archery   FITA AAF X X X X
Athletics   IAAF CONSUDATLE X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Badminton   BWF BPA X X
Baseball   IBAF COPABE X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Basketball   FIBA FIBA Americas X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Basque Pelota/
Pelota Nacional		   FIPV X X X X
Billiards   CMSB CPB X X X X X X
Bodybuilding   IFBB IFBBSud America X
Bola Criollas   FIB X
Bowling   FIQ PABCON X X X X X X X X X X
Boxing   AIBA AMBC X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Caballos amaestrados
(Dressage)		   X
Canoeing   ICF COPAC X X X X
Chess   FIDE CCA X X X X X X X
Climbing   IFSC X X X
Coleo   X
 
BMX racing   UCI COPACI X X X
Mountain biking   X X X
Road cycling   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Track cycling   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Equestrian   FEI PAEC X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Fencing   FIE CPE X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Field hockey   FIH PAHF X
 
Football   FIFA CONMEBOL X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Futsal   X X
 
Golf   IGF FSG X X X X X
 
Artistic gymnastics   FIG UPAG X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Rhythmic gymnastics   X X X X X
 
Handball   IHF SCAHC X
Judo   IJF PJC X X 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
Racquetball   IRF PARC X X X X X
Roller speed skating   FIRS CPRS X X
Rowing   FISA X X X
Rugby   IRB CONSUR X
Sailing   ISAF SASC X X X X X X X
Shooting   ISSF CAT X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Softball   ISF CONPASA X X X X X X X X
Squash   WSF FPS X X X X
Surfing   ISA APAS X X X
Table tennis   ITTF LATTU X X X X X X X X X X X
Taekwondo   WTF PATU X X X X X X X X
Tennis   ITF COSAT X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Triathlon   ITU PATCO X X X X
 
Finswimming   CMAS X
Freediving   X
Spearfishing   X
 
Beach volleyball   FIVB CSV X X X
Volleyball   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Water skiing   IWWF IWWF Pan Am X X
Weightlifting   IWF PAWC X X X X X X 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 X X X X X X
Wushu   IWUF PAWF X
 
Total sports[9] 16 15 16 12 20 17 16 16 19 18 19 18 21 30 28 30 44

All-time medal countEdit

The total medal count for all the Games until 2017 is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals won by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Paraguay started competing since the 2013 Bolivarian Games.

As of 2017:

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Venezuela 1856 1487 1145 4488
2   Colombia 1399 1313 1067 3779
3   Peru 592 671 861 2124
4   Ecuador 401 661 1010 2072
5   Panama 192 190 307 689
6   Bolivia 107 182 418 707
7   Chile 87 97 150 334
8   Guatemala 38 45 65 148
9   Dominican Republic 36 33 78 147
10   Paraguay 16 17 21 54
11   El Salvador 9 15 17 41
Total 4731 4702 5147 14578

All time recordsEdit

All-time medal count (Beach Games)Edit

As 2016

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Venezuela 58 50 46 154
2   Chile 48 46 38 132
3   Peru 48 35 47 130
4   Colombia 30 24 29 83
5   Ecuador 19 40 37 96
6   Guatemala 6 3 6 15
7   Paraguay 3 9 9 21
8   El Salvador 3 6 5 14
9   Dominican Republic 1 3 6 10
10   Panama 0 0 2 2
11   Bolivia 0 0 0 0
Total 216 216 215 647

See alsoEdit

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