Athletics at the South American Games

Athletics competitions have been held at the quadrennial South American Games since the inaugural edition of the Southern Cross Games in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia.

Editions

Games Year Host city Country Events
Men Women Mixed
I 1978 () La Paz  Bolivia 22 13 —
II 1982 () Santa Fe  Argentina 23 16 —
III 1986 () Santiago  Chile 23 17 —
IV 1990 () Lima  Peru 23 19 —
V 1994 () Valencia  Venezuela 24 19 —
VI 1998 () Cuenca  Ecuador 24 21 —
VII 2002 () Belém  Brazil 22 22 —
VIII 2006 () Buenos Aires  Argentina 22 22 —
IX 2010 () Medellín  Colombia 21 21 —
X 2014 () Santiago  Chile 22 22 —
XI 2018 () Cochabamba  Bolivia 23 22 —
XII 2022 () Asunción  Paraguay 24 24 1

Medals

Medal winners for the South American Games were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación).[1] Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners in athletics and their results.[2]

See also

List of South American Games records in athletics

References

  1. ^ Rodríguez III, Ernesto (2010), LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010 (in Spanish) (1a. ed.), Buenos Aires: Alarco Ediciones, p. 192, ISBN 978-987-1367-18-4, archived from the original on 2012-01-04, retrieved June 3, 2012
  2. ^ SOUTH AMERICAN (ODESUR) GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 3, 2012