1978 Southern Cross Games
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Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
held from November 3 to November 12, 1978 in La Paz
La Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, with some events in Cochabamba
Cochabamba
Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...
and Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
. This was the first edition of what would later be the South American Games
South American Games
The South American Games , formerly the Southern Cross Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization .The first...
, organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).
A total number of 480 athletes competed for medals in sixteen sports: Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Judo, Shooting, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medalGold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
s earned by each country. The number of silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
s is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
s.
| 1 | 91 | 53 | 45 | 189 | |
| 2 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 76 | |
| 3 | 20 | 42 | 44 | 109 | |
| 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 | |
| 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 35 | |
| 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 32 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 171 | 163 | 141 | 475 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
External links
- La Paz 78 ODESUR page