2014 South American Games

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2014 South American Games Logo.png
Host city Santiago
Country Chile
Nations 14 NOCs
Athletes3499
Events317 in 33 sports
OpeningMarch 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)
ClosingMarch 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Opened by Sebastián Piñera
Main venue Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos

The 2014 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Santiago, Chile. It was the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. Santiago hosted this event for the second time, the first being in 1986. Most of the events took place in and around the National Stadium. The games were held between March 7 to 18.

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Participating nations

14 countries competed at the games. [1] One fewer that one 2010 South American Games, the Netherlands Antilles did not participate after the Dissolution of their country

Bid

In 2006 Medellín won the bid for the 2010 edition 8 votes to 6, and the runner up Santiago will be organizing the next edition.[ citation needed ]

The Chilean government said they would invest US$800,000 for the games.[ citation needed ]

Sports

Venues

Mascot

The mascot for this edition of South American Games is Chago, which is based on an Andean condor. According to the organizers, the mascot symbolizes values of effort, dedication and teamwork. [3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Chile)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1106979258
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 534964166
3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 474063150
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 465756159
5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile*275250129
6Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 14223773
7Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 9131840
8Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 43815
9Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 35210
10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 34512
11Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1045
12Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 0044
13Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 0011
14Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0000
Totals (14 entries)3173143911,022

References

  1. ↑ Countries and their athletes from the official website Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Passi Olivares, Felipe (13 September 2010). "El Nacional será para 70 mil personas". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Chago, mascota oficial" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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