2014 South American Games

Multi-sport event in Santiago, Chile

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Host city| Santiago
Country| Chile
Nations| 14 NOCs
Athletes| 3499
Events| 317 in 33 sports
Opening| March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)
Closing| March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Opened by| Sebastián Piñera
Main venue| Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos

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The 2014 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Santiago, Chile. It was the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. Santiago hosted this event for the second time, the first being in 1986. Most of the events took place in and around the National Stadium. The games were held between March 7 to 18.

## Participating nations

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14 countries competed at the games.[1] One fewer that one 2010 South American Games, the Netherlands Antilles did not participate after the Dissolution of their country

* Argentina (510 athletes)
* Aruba (10)
* Bolivia (121)
* Brazil (491)
* Chile (575) (Host)
* Colombia (391)
* Ecuador (264)
* Guyana (8)
* Panama (41)
* Paraguay (191)
* Peru (261)
* Suriname (27)
* Uruguay (235)
* Venezuela (374)

## Bid

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In 2006 Medellin won the bid for the 2010 edition 8 votes to 6, and the runner up Santiago will be organizing the next edition.[citation needed]

The Chilean government said they would invest US$800,000 for the games.[citation needed]

## Sports

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* Aquatics
* Diving (3) (details)
* Open water swimming (3) (details)
* Swimming (34) (details)
* Synchronized swimming (1) (details)
* Archery (5) (details)
* Athletics (44) (details)
* Basketball (2) (details)
* Boxing (12) (details)
* Bowling (4) (details)
* Canoeing (12) (details)
* Cycling (details)
* BMX (2)
* Mountain biking (2)
* Road (4)
* Track (10)
* Equestrian (details)
* Dressage (2)
* Jumping (2)
* Fencing (10) (details)
* Field hockey (2) (details)
* Football (2) (details)
* Futsal (1) (details)
* Golf (2) (details)
* Gymnastics (details)
* Artistic gymnastics (14)
* Rhythmic gymnastics (6)
* Handball (2) (details)
* Judo (14) (details)
* Karate (10) (details)
* Modern pentathlon (3) (details)
* Roller skating (details)
* Figure skating (2)
* Speed skating (6)
* Rowing (9) (details)
* Rugby sevens (2) (details)
* Sailing (6) (details)
* Shooting (15) (details)
* Table tennis (7) (details)
* Taekwondo (7) (details)
* Tennis (5) (details)
* Triathlon (3) (details)
* Volleyball
* Volleyball (2) (details)
* Beach volleyball (2)
* Water skiing (10) (details)
* Weightlifting (15) (details)
* Wrestling (details)
* Freestyle (11)
* Greco-Roman (6)

## Venues

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* The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is being renovated to seat 70,000 and get a new roof, inspired by Berlin's Olympiastadion.[2]
* The Aquatic Center, Tennis Courts, Archery, Handball, Velodrome will be next to the Central Stadium.[2]

## Mascot

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The mascot for this edition of South American Games is Chago, which is based on an Andean condor. According to the organizers, the mascot symbolizes values of effort, dedication and teamwork.[3]

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Chile)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Brazil| 110| 69| 79| 258
2|  Colombia| 53| 49| 64| 166
3|  Venezuela| 47| 40| 63| 150
4|  Argentina| 46| 57| 56| 159
5|  Chile*| 27| 52| 50| 129
6|  Ecuador| 14| 22| 37| 73
7|  Peru| 9| 13| 18| 40
8|  Panama| 4| 3| 8| 15
9|  Paraguay| 3| 5| 2| 10
10|  Uruguay| 3| 4| 5| 12
11|  Suriname| 1| 0| 4| 5
12|  Bolivia| 0| 0| 4| 4
13|  Aruba| 0| 0| 1| 1
14|  Guyana| 0| 0| 0| 0
Totals (14 entries)| 317| 314| 391| 1,022

## References

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1. ^ Countries and their athletes from the official website Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b Passi Olivares, Felipe (13 September 2010). "El Nacional será para 70 mil personas". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
3. ^ "Chago, mascota oficial" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

## External links

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* Official website

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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
* Santa Fe 2026

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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