South American Games
Games

South American Games

Section Title: Games
Table Section Text: None

Year	Games	Host City	Host Country	Opened by	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Sports	Top medalling nation

1978	I	La Paz	Bolivia	Juan Pereda	3 November – 12 November	480	8	16	Argentina

1982	II	Rosario	Argentina	Reynaldo Bignone	26 November – 5 December	961	10	19	Argentina

1986	III	Santiago	Chile	Augusto Pinochet	28 November – 8 December	969	10	17	Argentina

1990	IV	Lima	Peru	Alberto Fujimori	1 December – 10 December	1,070	10	16	Argentina

1994	V	Valencia	Venezuela	Rafael Caldera	19 November – 28 November	1,599	14	19	Argentina

1998	VI	Cuenca	Ecuador	Gustavo Noboa	21 October – 31 October	1,525	14	24	Argentina

2002	VII	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, Belém	Brazil	Almir Gabriel	1 August – 11 August	2,069	13	24	Brazil

2006	VIII	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Néstor Kirchner	9 November – 19 November	2,938	15	28	Argentina

2010	IX	Medellín	Colombia	Álvaro Uribe	19 March – 30 March	3,751	15	31	Colombia

2014	X	Santiago	Chile	Sebastián Piñera	7 March – 18 March	3,499	14	33	Brazil

2018	XI	Cochabamba	Bolivia	Evo Morales	26 May – 8 June	4,010	14	35	Colombia

2022	XII	Asunción	Paraguay

Sentence(s)

The first Games were held in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia.

final_sentence: The first Games were held in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia.