2010 South American Games

Multi-sport event in Medellin, Colombia

IX South American Games

The official logo of the Medellín 2010 South American Games.

Host city| Medellín
Country| Colombia
Nations| 15 NOCs[1]
Events| 42[1]
Opening| March 19, 2010 (2010-03-19)
Closing| March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
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 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia.[2] 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).[3]

## Participating nations

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15 ODESUR members participated on the games with total of 3,751 athletes, this is the last participation of Netherlands Antilles before the dissolution of their country

*  Argentina
*  Aruba
*  Bolivia
*  Brazil
*  Chile
*  Colombia (hosts)
*  Ecuador
*  Guyana
*  Netherlands Antilles
*  Panama
*  Paraguay
*  Peru
*  Suriname
*  Uruguay
*  Venezuela

## Medal count

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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)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Colombia (COL)*| 144| 124| 104| 372
2|  Brazil (BRA)| 133| 119| 103| 355
3|  Venezuela (VEN)| 89| 77| 97| 263
4|  Argentina (ARG)| 54| 76| 107| 237
5|  Chile (CHI)| 25| 32| 52| 109
6|  Peru (PER)| 19| 19| 33| 71
7|  Ecuador (ECU)| 16| 21| 57| 94
8|  Bolivia (BOL)| 2| 1| 8| 11
9|  Uruguay (URU)| 1| 8| 4| 13
10|  Paraguay (PAR)| 1| 7| 4| 12
11|  Guyana (GUY)| 1| 1| 2| 4
12|  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)| 1| 0| 3| 4
13|  Aruba (ARU)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Panama (PAN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Suriname (SUR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (15 entries)| 486| 485| 580| 1,551

## Sports

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* Archery (28)
* Athletics (44)
* Badminton (6)
* Baseball (1)
* Basketball (2)
* Beach volleyball (2)
* Bowling (15)
* Boxing (14)
* Canoeing (24)
* Cycling (28)
* Diving (9)
* Equestrian (7)
* Fencing (12)
* Football (1)
* Futsal (1)
* Gymnastics (23)
* Handball (2)
* Judo (22)
* Karate (18)
* Roller skating (32)
* Rowing (14)
* Sailing (6)[4]
* Shooting (34)
* Softball (1)
* Squash (7)
* Swimming (44)
* Synchronized swimming (3)
* Table tennis (7)
* Taekwondo (16)
* Tennis (5)
* Triathlon (8)
* Volleyball (2)
* Water polo (2)
* Waterskiing (10)
* Weightlifting (15)
* Wrestling (20)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Parker College Provides Chiropractic Care during South American Games". Planet Chiropractic. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
2. ^ "Olympic Newsdesk: South American Games, Weather Havoc for Paralympics, FIBA Presidency". Around the Rings. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
3. ^ "MEDELLÍN SERÁ LA SEDE DE LOS JUEGOS SUDAMERICANOS 2010," Archived 2006-12-06 at the Wayback Machine NOTICIAS ODESUR, accessed 7 November 2006
4. ^ "2010 SOUTH AMERICAN GAMES MEDELLIN". International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 26 June 2019.

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