2014 Para-South American Games

Multi sport event in South America

1st Para-South American Games

Nations| 8[1]
Athletes| approx. 600
Events| 174 in 7 sports[1]
Opening| 26 March 2014
Closing| 30 March 2014
Opened by| Michelle Bachelet
President of Chile[2]
Torch lighter| Juan Carlos Garrido (weightlifting)[2]
Main venue| Estadio Nacional[2]
Website| parasuramericanos.santiago2014.cl

The 2014 South American Para Games, officially known as the 1st Para-South American Games, was a multi-sport event held from 26 to 30 March 2014 in Santiago, Chile.

## Participating nations[edit]

Eight nations competed in this edition of Para-South American Games. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of athletes competing.

* Argentina (102)[3]
* Brazil (81)[4]
* Chile (103)[5]
* Colombia (87)[6]
* Ecuador (17)[7]
* Peru (25)[8]
* Uruguay
* Venezuela (118)[9]

## Sports[edit]

Seven sports were contested in this edition of Para-South American Games.

* Athletics (92) (details)
* Boccia (7) (details)
* Powerlifting (9) (details)
* Swimming (54) (details)
* Table tennis (4) (details)
* Wheelchair basketball (2) (details)
* Wheelchair tennis (6) (details)

## Medal table[edit]

Argentina topped the medal table in the first edition of the Para-South American Games with 112 medals. The host nation, Chile, got 43 medals and finished in fifth place.[10]

* Host nation (Chile)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Argentina (ARG)| 49| 37| 26| 112
2|  Brazil (BRA)| 47| 35| 22| 104
3|  Venezuela (VEN)| 34| 24| 21| 79
4|  Colombia (COL)| 33| 43| 37| 113
5|  Chile (CHI)*| 10| 16| 27| 53
6|  Ecuador (ECU)| 1| 5| 2| 8
7|  Uruguay (URU)| 0| 2| 0| 2
8|  Peru (PER)| 0| 0| 5| 5
Totals (8 entries)| 174| 162| 140| 476

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Para-South American Games to open in Santiago". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
2. ^ a b c "PRESIDENTA BACHELET INAUGURA LOS JUEGOS PARASURAMERICANOS DE SANTIAGO 2014". Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
3. ^ "Empiezan los primeros Juegos parasudamericanos". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). 26 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
4. ^ "Brasil terá 81 atletas nos Jogos Parasul-Americanos". brasil.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
5. ^ "Chile confirma delegación de 103 atletas para Juegos Parasuramericanos 'Santiago 2014'". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 23 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
6. ^ "Colombia con 87 deportistas en los Juegos Parasuramericanos 2014" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
7. ^ "Ecuador con 17 deportistas en Parasuramericanos". La Hora. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
8. ^ "A dejar en alto al Perú". Diario Uno (in Spanish). 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
9. ^ "Criollos a los parasuramericanos con muchas ganas de triunfar". zonadeportiva.net (in Spanish). 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
10. ^ "Juegos Parasuramericanos: Chile finalizó quinto en el medallero con 10 preseas de oro". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-03-11)

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Events of the ODESUR

South American
Games|

* La Paz 1978
* Rosario 1982
* Santiago 1986
* Lima 1990
* Valencia 1994
* Cuenca 1998
* Brazil 2002
* Buenos Aires 2006
* Medellín 2010
* Santiago 2014
* Cochabamba 2018
* Asunción 2022

Beach Games|

* Uruguay 2009
* Manta 2011
* Vargas 2014
* Rosario 2019
* Santa Marta 2023

Youth Games|

* Lima 2013
* Santiago 2017
* Rosario 2022

Para Games|

* Santiago 2014

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