2005 Bolivarian Games
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The XV Bolivarian Games
(Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) were a multi-sport event
held between 12–21 August 2005 in Armenia
and Pereira
, Colombia
. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).
s earned by each country. The number of silver medal
s is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medal
s.
Bolivarian Games
The Bolivarian Games are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization...
(Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) 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 between 12–21 August 2005 in Armenia
Armenia, Colombia
Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. The city is located at coordinates 4.5170° north, 75.6830° west, 290 kilometers west of Bogotá. Armenia is a mid-size city located between Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, the 3 largest Colombian cities. The city's area code for phone calls is...
and Pereira
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...
, 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...
. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).
Sports
BilliardsBilliards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
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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.
| 2005 Bolivarian Games Medal Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | 179 | 136 | 105 | 420 | |
| 2 | 173 | 181 | 116 | 470 | |
| 3 | 25 | 68 | 136 | 229 | |
| 4 | 25 | 19 | 58 | 102 | |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 63 | |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| Total | 414 | 416 | 465 | 1295 | |