# 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games

The 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games, officially the I Bolivarian Beach Games, is an international multi-sport event that is being held from November 1–11, 2012 in Lima, Peru. With approximately 1,500 athletes from 10 nations participating in 15 sports. The Bolivarian Beach are organized by the ODEBO, the Bolivarian Sports Organization.
The 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games saw the participation of Chile for the first time as a Bolivarian team, Chile had joined ODEBO not long before the games. The event also was the first time ODEBO invited not-bolivarian countries to join the 7 registered countries.

## The Games
### Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the games took place on November 1, 2012, at 8:00 pm Peruvian Standard Time (-05:00 UTC) at Manuel Bonilla Stadium.

### Participating teams

All 6 members of ODEBO competed at the Games plus the 4 invited members from PASO for a total of 10 countries.

### Sports

* Beach handball (2) (details)
* Beach rugby (2) (details)
* Beach soccer (1) (details)
* Beach tennis (5) (details)
* Beach volleyball (2) (details)
* Canoeing (6) (details)
* Open water swimming (4) (details)
* Rowing (8) (details)
* Sailing (8) (details)
* Subaquatic
** Freediving (2) (details)
** Open water swimming with swimfins (2) (details)
** Spearfishing (1) (details)
* Surfing (8) (details)
* Triathlon (3) (details)
* Waterskiing (10) (details)

### Calendar

| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
| November | November | 1st Thu | 2nd Fri | 3rd Sat | 4th Sun | 5th Mon | 6th Tue | 7th Wed | 8th Thu | 9th Fri | 10th Sat | 11th Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | OC | | | | | | | | | | CC | |
| Beach handball | Beach handball | | ● | ● | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Beach rugby | Beach rugby | | | | | | | ● | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Beach soccer | Beach soccer | | | | | ● | ● | ● | | ● | 1 | | 1 |
| Beach tennis | Beach tennis | | | ● | ● | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
| Beach volleyball | Beach volleyball | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | 2 | 2 |
| Canoeing | Canoeing | | | | ● | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 6 |
| Open water swimming | Open water swimming | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Rowing | Rowing | | | | | | | | | ● | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Sailing | Sailing | | | | | | ● | 3 | ● | 1 | 4 | | 8 |
| Freediving | Freediving | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 5 |
| Surf | Surf | | | ● | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 8 |
| Triathlon | Triathlon | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Waterskiing | Waterskiing | ● | ● | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | 10 |
| Total Events | Total Events | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 64 |
| Cumulative Total | Cumulative Total | 2 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 57 | 64 | |
| November | November | 1st Thu | 2nd Fri | 3rd Sat | 4th Sun | 5th Mon | 6th Tue | 7th Wed | 8th Thu | 9th Fri | 10th Sat | 11th Sun | Events |

## Medal table

Final medal tally
| $^1$ | Host nation |
* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Peru (PER)* | 21 | 12 | 13 | 46 |
| 2 | Venezuela (VEN) | 19 | 11 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 11 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Ecuador (ECU) | 6 | 13 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Paraguay (PAR) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Guatemala (GUA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | El Salvador (ESA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 192 |
Medal table reflecting the final results as of November 11, 2012.