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

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19381BogotáAlfonso López Pumarejo6–22 Aug 61784
19482LimaJosé Luís Bustamante y Rivero25 Dec – 8 Jan 622112
19513CaracasGermán Suárez Flamerich5–21 Dec622108
19614BarranquillaAlberto Lleras Camargo3–16 Dec 512145
19655Quito20 Nov – 6 Dec 620142
19706MaracaiboRafael Caldera23 Aug – 6 Sep 617189
19737Panama CityDemetrio Basilio Lakas17 Feb – 3 Mar 516173
19778La PazHugo Banzer15–29 Oct 616185
19819BarquisimetoLuís Herrera Campins4–14 Dec 618233
198510CuencaLeón Febres Cordero9–18 Nov 620230
198911MaracaiboJaime Lusinchi14–25 Jan 620262
199312CochabambaJaime Paz Zamora24 Apr – 2 May619275
199713ArequipaAlberto Fujimori17–26 Oct 622318
200114AmbatoRoberto Hanze7–16 Sep 629377
200515Armenia and PereiraÁlvaro Uribe12–21 Aug 628415
200916SucreEvo Morales15–26 Nov 630435
201317Trujillo[4] Ollanta Humala16–30 Nov 1144562
201718Santa MartaClara Luz Roldán 11–25 Nov 1134469
202219Valledupar24 Jun – 5 July1132389
202420AyacuchoTBA28 November-7 DecemberTBATBA25TBATBA
202521Ayacucho and Lima[5] TBA22 November- 7 DecemberTBATBATBATBATBA
202922CúcutaTBATBATBATBATBATBATBA

Beach Games

width=20Yearwidth=20Gameswidth=200Host Citywidth=100Host Countrywidth=200Opened bywidth=180Dateswidth=20Nationswidth=20Eventswidth=100Top medalling
nation
20121Lima1–11 November1064 Peru
20142Huanchaco[6] 3–12 December1171
20163Iquique[7] 24 November - 3 December1181 Chile
20194Vargas
Notes

Youth Games

width=20Yearwidth=20Gameswidth=200Host Citywidth=100Host Countrywidth=200Opened bywidth=180Dateswidth=20Nationswidth=20Eventswidth=100Top medalling
nation
20241Sucre[8] TBATBATBATBATBA

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)Body38475161657073778185899397010509131722
WorldSouth America
 
WAQUASUA
X
X
X
X
 
WAAAFX
World AthleticsCONSUDATLEX
BWFBPAX
WBSCCOPABEX
 
FIBAFIBA AmericasX
X
 
FIPV
CMSBCPB
IFBBIFBBSud America
FIB
FIQPABCONX
AIBAAMBCX
ICFCOPACXX
FIDECCA
IFSC
 
UCICOPACIX
X
X
X
 
FEIPAECX
FIECPEX
FIHPAHF
 
FIFACONMEBOLXX
X
 
IGFFSGX
 
FIGCONSUGIX
X
X
 
IHFSCAHCX
IJFPJCX
WKFPKFX
UIPM
IRFPARC
FIRSCPRS
FISAX
World RugbyCONSURX
ISAFSASCX
CATX
WBSCCONPASAX
WSFFPSX
ISAAPAS
ITTFLATTUX
WTFPATUX
ITFCOSATX
ITUPATCOX
 
CMAS
 
FIVBCSVX
X
 
IWWFIWWF Pan AmX
IWFPAWCX
UWWCPLAX
IWUFPAWF
 
Total sports16 15 16 12 20 17 16 16 19 18 19 18 21 30 28 30 44 45 43

Nations

Core (6)

ODEBO (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana) / Andean Community (Andean States):

Invited Nations (5)

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

Central America

Caribbean

South America

Members

ODEBO Members of the National Olympic Committees include:

NameOlympic CommitteeAdmitted in
Bolivian Olympic Committee1938
ChileChilean Olympic Committee2010
ColombiaColombian Olympic Committee1938
EcuadorEcuadorian National Olympic Committee1938
PanamaPanama Olympic Committee1938
PeruPeruvian Olympic Committee1938
Venezuelan Olympic Committee1938

Medals

Games (1938-2022)

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.

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
RankNationGoldSilverBronze width=60Total
11861155511884604
21562138111464089
36217159352271
444269910482189
5196198335729
6124146221491
7109193421723
85857122237
9456388196
1023323691
1113202255
Total50545059556215675

All time records

Beach Games (2012-2016)

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
RankNationGoldSilverBronze width=60Total
1585046154
2484638132
3483547130
430242983
519403796
663615
739921
836514
913610
100022
110000
Total216216215647

Youth Games (2024)

Sport in Americas

See also

External links

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: Trujillo podría ser la próxima sede de los Bolivarianos . Trujillo could be the next home of the Bolivarian Games . CPNRadio . January 11, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110121084023/http://www.cpnradio.pe/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287:trujillo-podria-ser-la-proxima-sede-de-los-bolivarianos&catid=53:atletismo&Itemid=97 . January 21, 2011 . dead . es.
  5. Web site: XX Juegos Bolivarianos 2025 se realizarán en Ayacucho y Lima . ODEBO.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: COB se reúne con el Alcalde de Sucre con miras a los Bolivarianos 2020. www.comiteolimpicoboliviano.org.bo. 30 July 2018. es.
  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: Medallería - XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos . 2017-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045810/https://www.juegosbolivarianos2017.com/medalleria/ . 2017-12-01 . dead .
  12. 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 .

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