2010 South American Games

IX South American Games
The official logo of the Medellín 2010 South American Games.
Host city Medellín
Country Colombia
Nations participating 15 NOCs
Opening ceremony March 19, 2010 (2010-03-19)
Closing ceremony March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
Officially opened by Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Main venue Estadio Atanasio Girardot
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The IX South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) was a multi-sport event held between 19–30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), who awarded the Games to the city with 8 votes over the bid by previous host Santiago, Chile (6 votes).[1]

Participating nations

Medal count

The medal count for these games 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.

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia (COL)*144124104372
2 Brazil (BRA)133119103355
3 Venezuela (VEN)897797263
4 Argentina (ARG)5476107237
5 Chile (CHI)253252109
6 Peru (PER)19193371
7 Ecuador (ECU)16215794
8 Bolivia (BOL)21811
9 Uruguay (URU)18413
10 Paraguay (PAR)17412
11 Guyana (GUY)1124
12 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)1034
13 Aruba (ARU)0022
 Panama (PAN)0022
 Suriname (SUR)0022
Totals (15 nations)4864855801551

Sports

References

  1. ↑ "MEDELLÍN SERÁ LA SEDE DE LOS JUEGOS SUDAMERICANOS 2010," Archived 2006-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. NOTICIAS ODESUR, accessed November 7, 2006
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