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Multi-sport event in Buenos Aires, Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The VIII South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held from 9 to 19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some events taking place in Mar del Plata (canoeing, cycling, futsal, handball, roller sports, rowing, triathlon).[1] An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were published elsewhere,[2] emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.
The official logo of the Buenos Aires South American Games. | |
| Host city | Buenos Aires |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Nations | 15 |
| Athletes | 2,770 |
| Events | 28 sports |
| Opening | November 9, 2006 |
| Closing | November 19, 2006 |
| Opened by | Néstor Kirchner |
| Torch lighter | Carlos Espínola |
| Main venue | Estadio del Parque Roca |
The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), who awarded the Games to the city with 10 votes over the bids by previous hosts Cuenca, Ecuador (3 votes) and Lima, Peru (1 vote).
The Games were originally awarded to the first edition host La Paz, Bolivia, but this decision was retracted following domestic instability in Bolivia during 2005. This country did not participate in the subsequent selection process after ODESUR denied its request to reconsider the decision.
Torch lighter at the Estadio del Parque Roca was multiple Olympic medalist, windsurfer Carlos Espínola.
15 ODESUR members participated on the games, Colombia returned from the games because did not participated on the Previous games, Argentina had the most athletes with (544) along with Brazil (424) and Chile (360), the small atheletics the nation was Guyana only sending 4 athletes to the games
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 (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Argentina (ARG)* | 107 | 96 | 93 | 296 |
| 2 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 98 | 85 | 101 | 284 |
| 3 |  Colombia (COL) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 243 |
| 4 |  Brazil (BRA) | 96 | 105 | 101 | 302 |
| 5 |  Chile (CHL) | 37 | 42 | 58 | 137 |
| 6 |  Ecuador (ECU) | 14 | 27 | 38 | 79 |
| 7 |  Peru (PER) | 8 | 13 | 22 | 43 |
| 8 |  Uruguay (URY) | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 |  Paraguay (PRY) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 |  Guyana (GUY) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 |  Panama (PAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Aruba (ABW) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Netherlands Antilles (ANT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 464 | 459 | 515 | 1,438 | |
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†: The competition was reserved to representatives aged under 23.
‡: The competition was reserved to junior representatives (U-20).
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