The VII 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...

(Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event

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 in 2002 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

,
São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Curitiba

Curitiba

Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...

 and Belém

Belém

Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...

, all in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR). Originally awarded to Córdoba, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, the Games were moved to Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, following an economic crisis in Argentina. Later, violence between the Colombian government and guerrillas caused 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...

, Chile

Chile

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, Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

 and Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 to threaten to leave the Games, which resulted in the relocation to Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. Colombia did not send a delegation to protest this decision.

Medal count

The medal count for these 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...

 is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medal

Gold medal

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s earned by each country. The number of silver medal

Silver medal

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s is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medal

Bronze medal

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s.

1		148	95	90	333
2		97	70	64	231
3		76	89	80	245
4		24	41	46	111
5		23	32	37	92
6		6	28	30	64
7		3	2	7	12
8		2	8	21	31
9		1	5	6	12
10		0	1	8	9
11		0	1	7	8
12		0	1	2	3
13		0	0	9	9
Total		380	373	407	1160

Sports

• Archery
• Athletics
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Boxing
  Boxing at the 2002 South American Games
  The Boxing Tournament at the 2002 South American Games was held in the Ginásio da Escola de Educação Física in Belém, Brasil from August 5 to August 11, 2002.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-References:***...
  
  
• Canoeing

• Cycling
• Fencing
• Futsal
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Judo
  Judo at the 2002 South American Games
  This page shows the results of the Judo Competition for men and women at the 2002 South American Games, with the finals held on Sunday August 4, 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Super-Lightweight :-Extra-Lightweight :...
  
  

• Karate
• Roller sports
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Swimming

• Triathlon
  Triathlon at the 2002 South American Games
  This page shows the results of the triathlon competition at the 2002 South American Games, held on August 10, 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the second time the sport was a part of the multi-sports event...
  
  
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Belem

• Estádio do Mangueirão - Athletics
• Ginásio da Escola Superior de Educação Física - Aquatics,Boxing and Werstling

Curitiba

• Iguaçu Park - Canoeing
• Curitba-Paranagua Highway - Cycling (road)
• Barigui Park - Cycling (Mountain Bike)
• Botanical Garden Velodrome - Cycling (track)
• Tarumã Gymnasium - Gymnastics

Rio de Janeiro

• Botafogo Gymnasium - Fencing
• Maracanazinho Gymnasium - Futsal
• Tijuca Tennis Club - Judo, Taekwondo
• Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas - Rowing
• CEFAN - Archery
• AMAN
  Academia Militar de Agulhas Negras
  The Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras is the biggest among several schools of formation of combatant officers of the Brazilian Army...
  
  , Resende
  Resende, Rio de Janeiro
  Resende is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 119,801 and its area is 1,144 km².Resendense refers to people or things from Resende, RJ. Its territory boundaries to the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais...
  
   - Shooting
• Posto 6 - Triathlon
• Iate Clube - Sailing

São Paulo

• Lago Alpha Village, Itu
  Itu
  Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...
  
   - Aquatic Skiing
• Paradise Golf Club, Mogi das Cruzes
  Mogi das Cruzes
  Mogi das Cruzes is a municipality in the state of São Paulo metropolitan region of the state capital. The population in 2010 according to the Census population is 387,241 inhabitants, resulting in a population density of 533.90 inhabitants per km ²....
  
   - Golf
• Municipal Gymnasium, São Bernardo do Campo
  São Bernardo do Campo
  São Bernardo do Campo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in southern Metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo microregion. The municipality's total area is 408.45 km ² and a population estimated at 1 July 2009, according to the IBGE, was 810,979 inhabitants, which results in a population...
  
   - Handball
• Ibirapuera Gymnasium - Karate
• Olympic Training and Ressearch Centre - Weightlifitng and Table Tennis.
• Banco do Brasil Athletic Association - Figure Skating
• Sambodromo do Anhembi - Speed Skating
• Bom Retiro Stadium - Softball
• Clube Atlético Monte Líbano - Tennis

External links

• Brasil 2002 ODESUR page
• Official site (from web.archive.org, many links are dead as results etc.)