Bolivarian Games
Games

Bolivarian Games

Section Title: Games
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Year	Games	Host City	Host Country	Opened by	Dates	Nations	Events	Top medalling nation

1938	I	Bogotá	Colombia	Alfonso López Pumarejo	6–22 August	6	Peru

1948	II	Lima	Peru	José Luís Bustamante y Rivero	25 December – 8 January	6	Peru

1951	III	Caracas	Venezuela	Germán Suárez Flamerich	5–21 December	6	Peru

1961	IV	Barranquilla	Colombia	Alberto Lleras Camargo	3–16 December	5	Venezuela

1965	V	Quito, Guayaquil	Ecuador	Ramón Castro Jijón	20 November – 6 December	6	Venezuela

1970	VI	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Rafael Caldera	23 August – 6 September	6	Venezuela

1973	VII	Panama City	Panama	Demetrio Basilio Lakas	17 February – 3 March	5	Venezuela

1977	VIII	La Paz	Bolivia	Hugo Banzer	15–29 October	6	Venezuela

1981	VIX	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	Luís Herrera Campins	4–14 December	6	Venezuela

1985	X	Cuenca, Ambato, Portoviejo	Ecuador	León Febres Cordero	9–18 November	6	Venezuela

1989	XI	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Jaime Lusinchi	14–25 January	6	Venezuela

1993	XII	Cochabamba, Santa Cruz	Bolivia	Jaime Paz Zamora	24 April – 2 May	6	Venezuela

1997	XIII	Arequipa	Peru	Alberto Fujimori	17–26 October	6	Venezuela

2001	XIV	Ambato	Ecuador	Roberto Hanze	7–16 September	6	Venezuela

2005	XV	Armenia, Pereira	Colombia	Álvaro Uribe	12–21 August	6	Venezuela

2009	XVI	Sucre	Bolivia	Evo Morales	15–26 November	6	435	Venezuela

2013	XVII	Trujillo	Peru	Ollanta Humala	16–30 November	11	562	Colombia

2017	XVIII	Santa Marta	Colombia	Clara Luz Roldán	11–25 November	11	469	Colombia

2021	XIX	Valles del Tuy	Venezuela	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

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Venezuela obtained the highest number of medals in the 2009 Bolivarian Games in Sucre.

final_sentence: Venezuela obtained the highest number of medals in the 2009 Bolivarian Games in Sucre.