1998 South American Games

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VI South American Games
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1998 South American Games logo
Host city Cuenca
Country Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
Nations14
Athletes1,525
Events24 sports
OpeningOctober 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)
ClosingOctober 31, 1998 (1998-10-31)
Opened by Gustavo Noboa
Athlete's Oath Francisco Encalada
Eliana González
Torch lighter Jefferson Pérez
Main venue Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar

The VI South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1998 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, with some events in Azogues (futsal), Gualaceo (boxing), Guayaquil (bowling, canoeing, sailing, triathlon), Paute (wrestling), and Quito (fencing). 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 Ecuadorian vice-president Gustavo Noboa. Torch lighter at the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar was Olympic gold medalist, racewalker Jefferson Pérez. In honour of the peace treaty between Ecuador and Peru soon to be signed on October 26, 1998, officially ending the recent Cenepa War, the athlete's oath was sworn jointly by Ecuadorian cyclist Francisco Encalada and Peruvian table tennis player Eliana González. [3]

The games were initially scheduled for May 1998, but were postponed mainly because of severe flooding caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon which resulted in more than 300 deaths. For the first time, Guyana participated at the games. However, the Netherlands Antilles were not present, reducing the number of participating countries to 14, as in the year 1994.

Participants

14 ODESUR members participated on the games, Guyana debuted on the games for the first time, Netherlands Antilles did not participated on the 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 (Ecuador)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)1016074235
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)745154179
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)505944153
4Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela  (VEN)504729126
5Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)*334670149
6Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)295446129
7Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)9233870
8Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname  (SUR)4037
9Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)271827
10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)271726
11Flag of Panama.svg  Panama  (PAN)2226
12Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay  (PAR)1146
13Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba  (ARU)0022
14Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana  (GUY)0000
Totals (14 entries)3573574011,115

Sports

References

  1. CUENCA 98, ECUADOR – VI JUEGOS SURAMERICANOS – Fecha de apertura: 21 de octubre de 1998 – Fecha de clausura: 31 de octubre de 1998 (in Spanish), ODESUR, archived from the original on March 15, 2014, retrieved August 25, 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 January 4, 2012, retrieved June 2, 2012
  3. SE INICIA FIESTA DEL DEPORTE (in Spanish), Explored, Quito, Ecuador, October 22, 1998, retrieved August 24, 2012
  4. "Southamerican Games". August 13, 2004. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved July 5, 2024.