Bolivarian Games Explained

Bolivarian Games
Label1:	Type
Data1:	Multi-sport event
Label2:	Organising body
Label3:	Founded
Label4:	Region
Data4:	South America (Andean states)
Label5:	Nations
Data5:	11 (2022)
Label6:	Related
Label7:	Website

The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos, full name Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos) are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The event is open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. In 2010, the ODEBO decided to include Chile as the seventh member of ODEBO.^[1] Except Panama, all other participating countries are Andean states.

History

The first Games were held in 1938 in Bogotá, Colombia for the city's 400th anniversary. They have since been held irregularly, but every four years since 1973, with the most recent edition in Valledupar, Colombia in 2022. Inspired by the events of 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,^[2] Alberto Nariño Cheyne was the key designer of the idea of a Games to foster unity among the Bolivarian countries through the means of sport.^[3]

Following the first Games, the Bolivarian Sports Organization was formed as a sub-organisation of the Pan American Sports Organization by six founding members from the respective countries – Jorge Rodríguez Hurtado (Bolivia), Alberto Nariño Cheyne (Colombia), Galo Plaza Lasso (Ecuador), Luis Saavedra (Panama), Alfredo Hohagen Diez Canseco (Peru) and Julio Bustamante (Venezuela).^[2]

In terms of medals, Peru was dominant in the early years of the competition but Venezuela has consistently been the most successful country since the 1960s.

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR.

Summary

Games

width =px	Year	width =px	Ed.	width =px	Host city	width =px	Host country	width =px		width =px	Period	width =px		width =px		width =px	Sports	width =px	Events	width =px
1938	I	Bogotá		Alfonso López Pumarejo	6–22 Aug	6		17	84
1948	II	Lima		José Luís Bustamante y Rivero	25 Dec – 8 Jan	6		22	112
1951	III	Caracas		Germán Suárez Flamerich	5–21 Dec	6		22	108
1961	IV	Barranquilla		Alberto Lleras Camargo	3–16 Dec	5		12	145
1965	V	Quito			20 Nov – 6 Dec	6		20	142
1970	VI	Maracaibo		Rafael Caldera	23 Aug – 6 Sep	6		17	189
1973	VII	Panama City		Demetrio Basilio Lakas	17 Feb – 3 Mar	5		16	173
1977	VIII	La Paz		Hugo Banzer	15–29 Oct	6		16	185
1981	VIX	Barquisimeto		Luís Herrera Campins	4–14 Dec	6		18	233
1985	X	Cuenca		León Febres Cordero	9–18 Nov	6		20	230
1989	XI	Maracaibo		Jaime Lusinchi	14–25 Jan	6		20	262
1993	XII	Cochabamba		Jaime Paz Zamora	24 Apr – 2 May	6		19	275
1997	XIII	Arequipa		Alberto Fujimori	17–26 Oct	6		22	318
2001	XIV	Ambato		Roberto Hanze	7–16 Sep	6		29	377
2005	XV	Armenia and Pereira		Álvaro Uribe	12–21 Aug	6		28	415
2009	XVI	Sucre		Evo Morales	15–26 Nov	6		30	435
2013	XVII	Trujillo^[4]		Ollanta Humala	16–30 Nov	11		44	562
2017	XVIII	Santa Marta		Clara Luz Roldán	11–25 Nov	11		34	469
2022	XIX	Valledupar			24 Jun – 5 July	11		32	389
2024	XX	Ayacucho		TBA	29 Nov – 9 Dec	TBA	TBA	25	TBA	TBA
2028	XXI	Guayaquil		TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Beach Games

width=20	Year	width=20	Games	width=200	Host City	width=100	Host Country	width=200	Opened by	width=180	Dates	width=20	Nations	width=20	Events	width=100	Top medalling nation
2012	I	Lima			1–11 November	10	64	Peru
2014	II	Huanchaco^[5]			3–12 December	11	71
2016	III	Iquique^[6]			24 November - 3 December	11	81	Chile
2019	IV	Vargas

Notes

Youth Games

width=20	Year	width=20	Games	width=200	Host City	width=100	Host Country	width=200	Opened by	width=180	Dates	width=20	Nations	width=20	Events	width=100	Top medalling nation
2024	I	Sucre^[7]		TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Sports

The following table was compiled based on information extracted from a variety of sources. It should be considered as incomplete.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

Aquatics – Cycling – Football – Gymnastics – Underwater sports – Volleyball - Basketball

Sport (Discipline)	Body		38	47	51	61	65	70	73	77	81	85	89	93	97	01	05	09	13	17	22
World	South America
		FINA	ASUA
																						X
																						X
																						X
																						X
		FITA	AAF																			X
		IAAF	CONSUDATLE																			X
		BWF	BPA																			X
		IBAF	COPABE																			X
		FIBA	FIBA Americas																			X
																						X
		FIPV
		CMSB	CPB
		IFBB	IFBBSud America
		FIB
		FIQ	PABCON																			X
		AIBA	AMBC																			X
		ICF	COPAC																		X	X
		FIDE	CCA
		IFSC
		UCI	COPACI																			X
																							X
																						X
																						X
		FEI	PAEC																			X
		FIE	CPE																			X
		FIH	PAHF
		FIFA	CONMEBOL													X						X
																						X
		IGF	FSG																			X
		FIG	CONSUGI																			X
																						X
																						X
		IHF	SCAHC																			X
		IJF	PJC																			X
		WKF	PKF																			X
		UIPM
		IRF	PARC
		FIRS	CPRS
		FISA																				X
		IRB	CONSUR																			X
		ISAF	SASC																			X
			CAT																			X
		ISF	CONPASA																			X
		WSF	FPS																			X
		ISA	APAS
		ITTF	LATTU																			X
		WTF	PATU																			X
		ITF	COSAT																			X
		ITU	PATCO																			X
		CMAS
		FIVB	CSV																			X
																						X
		IWWF	IWWF Pan Am																			X
		IWF	PAWC																			X
		UWW	CPLA																			X
		IWUF	PAWF
Total sports				16	15	16	12	20	17	16	16	19	18	19	18	21	30	28	30	44	45	43

Nations

Core (6)

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Invited Nations (5)

The invited countries are not members of ODEBO but they are invited since 2013

Central America

• El Salvador
• Guatemala

Caribbean

• Dominican Republic

South America

• Chile
• Paraguay

Members

ODEBO Members of the National Olympic Committees include:

Name	Olympic Committee	Admitted in
	Bolivian Olympic Committee	1938
Chile	Chilean Olympic Committee	2010
Colombia	Colombian Olympic Committee	1938
Ecuador	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee	1938
Panama	Panama Olympic Committee	1938
Peru	Peruvian Olympic Committee	1938
	Venezuelan Olympic Committee	1938

All-time medal count

The total medal count for all the Games until 2022 is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals won by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. Chile, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Paraguay started competing since the 2013 Bolivarian Games.

As of 2022:

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=60	Total
1		1861	1555	1188	4604
2		1562	1381	1146	4089
3		621	715	935	2271
4		442	699	1048	2189
5		196	198	335	729
6		124	146	221	491
7		109	193	421	723
8		58	57	122	237
9		45	63	88	196
10		23	32	36	91
11		13	20	22	55
Total		5054	5059	5562	15675

All time records

• Colombia holds the record for the highest number of gold medals won for a country in a single edition, obtaining 213 gold medals at the 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta as the host nation.^[8]
• Colombia holds the record for the biggest lead of gold medals to second place, obtaining a margin of 119 gold medals over Venezuela in Santa Marta 2017.^[9]
• Colombia holds the record for the biggest lead of total medals to second place, 168 medals more than Venezuela in 2017.^[10]
• Venezuela holds the record for the highest number of total medals obtained in a single edition with 476 in the 2009 Bolivarian Games in Sucre.^[11]

All-time medal count (Beach Games)

As 2016

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=60	Total
1		58	50	46	154
2		48	46	38	132
3		48	35	47	130
4		30	24	29	83
5		19	40	37	96
6		6	3	6	15
7		3	9	9	21
8		3	6	5	14
9		1	3	6	10
10		0	0	2	2
11		0	0	0	0
Total		216	216	215	647

Sport in Americas

• Sport in North America
• Sport in South America

See also

• Andean Community
• Latin America
• Southern Cone
• Pan American Games
• Parapan American Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games
• Central American Games
• South American Games
• Ibero American Games
• Caribbean Games
• ALBA Games
• American frontier
• The Guianas
• Caribbean South America
• Caribbean Free Trade Association

External links

• • 2001 Bolivarian Games results
• 2005 Bolivarian Games official website
• 2009 Bolivarian Games official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historia. odebolivariana.org. es. 21 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827142505/http://www.odebolivariana.org/index.php/institucion/historia. 27 August 2016. dead.
2. http://www.juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co/home/creacion.aspx?m=3 Creacion
3. http://www.eabolivia.com/deportes/2456-historia-de-los-juegos-deportivos-bolivarianos.html Historia de los Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos
4. Web site: seriá la sede de los juegos Bolivarianos 2013 Trujillo seriá la sede de los Juegos Bolivarianos 2013. CPNRadio . December 23, 2010. es.
5. Web site: Huanchaco será sede de los II Juegos Bolivarianos de Playa. Huanchaco selected as host city for the 2nd Bolivarian Beach Games. El Telégrafo. July 22, 2013. es. October 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203044808/http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/deportes/item/huanchaco-sera-sede-de-los-ii-juegos-bolivarianos-de-playa.html. December 3, 2013. dead.
6. News: Iquique acogerá III Juegos Bolivarianos de Playa 2016. 20 August 2016. ODEBA. 7 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827092937/http://odebolivariana.org/index.php/our-blog/240-iquique-sede-bolivarianos-de-playa. 27 August 2016. dead.
7. Web site: COB se reúne con el Alcalde de Sucre con miras a los Bolivarianos 2020. www.comiteolimpicoboliviano.org.bo. 30 July 2018. es.
8. Web site: Medallería - XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos . 2017-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045810/https://www.juegosbolivarianos2017.com/medalleria/ . 2017-12-01 . dead .
9. Web site: Medallería - XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos . 2017-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045810/https://www.juegosbolivarianos2017.com/medalleria/ . 2017-12-01 . dead .
10. Web site: Medallería - XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos . 2017-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045810/https://www.juegosbolivarianos2017.com/medalleria/ . 2017-12-01 . dead .
11. Web site: Tabla de medallería histórica - XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos . 2017-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045903/https://www.juegosbolivarianos2017.com/item/articulo/22155/categoria_cms/1285/editor/1/ . 2017-12-01 . dead .