1990 South American Games

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IV South American Games
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Host city Lima
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Nations10
Athletes1,070
Events16 sports
OpeningDecember 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)
ClosingDecember 10, 1990 (1990-12-10)
Opened by Alberto Fujimori
Torch lighter Cecilia Tait
Main venue Estadio Nacional del Perú

The IV South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1990 in Lima, Peru, with some events in Arequipa (cycling and weightlifting) and Trujillo (artistic gymnastics and taekwondo). The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR). [1] An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were published elsewhere, [2] emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.

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The games were officially opened by Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. Torch lighter at the Estadio Nacional del Perú was Olympic silver medalist, volleyball player Cecilia Tait.

Colombia rather preferred to participate at the Central American and Caribbean Games at Ciudad de México taking place almost at the same time, and sent no athletes. Venezuela also preferred to participate at the Central American and Caribbean Games, but sent at least a small contingent of 56 athletes.

Participants

10 ODESUR members participated on the games, Colombia did not participate because preferred to participate the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games

Medal count

The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina  (ARG)687346187
2Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)*505976185
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)403860138
4Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil  (BRA)37211977
5Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela  (VEN)27221564
6Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)21231862
7Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)13131541
8Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)292435
9Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname  (SUR)2013
10Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay  (PAR)0426
Totals (10 entries)260262276798

Sports

Notes

: The male judo competition was reserved to junior representatives (U-20).

: The bowling competition was reserved to junior representatives (U-20).

References

  1. Lima 90, PERU - IV JUEGOS SURAMERICANOS - Fecha de apertura: 1 de diciembre de 1990 - Fecha de clausura: 10 de diciembre de 1990 (in Spanish), ODESUR, archived from the original on 2014-03-14, retrieved August 24, 2012
  2. Rodríguez III, Ernesto (2010), LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010 (in Spanish) (1st ed.), Buenos Aires: Alarco Ediciones, p. 192, ISBN   978-987-1367-18-4, archived from the original on 2012-01-04, retrieved June 2, 2012