Athletics at the South American Games

Athletics competitions have been held at the quadrennial South American Games since the inaugural edition of the Southern Cross Games in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia.

Editions

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Games Year Host city Country Events
Men Women Mixed
I 1978 (details) La Paz   Bolivia 22 13
II 1982 (details) Santa Fe   Argentina 23 16
III 1986 (details) Santiago   Chile 23 17
IV 1990 (details) Lima   Peru 23 19
V 1994 (details) Valencia   Venezuela 24 19
VI 1998 (details) Cuenca   Ecuador 24 21
VII 2002 (details) Belém   Brazil 22 22
VIII 2006 (details) Buenos Aires   Argentina 22 22
IX 2010 (details) Medellín   Colombia 21 21
X 2014 (details) Santiago   Chile 22 22
XI 2018 (details) Cochabamba   Bolivia 23 22
XII 2022 (details) Asunción   Paraguay 24 24 1

Medals

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Medal winners for the South American Games were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación).[1] Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners in athletics and their results.[2]

See also

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List of South American Games records in athletics

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References

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  1. ^ Rodríguez III, Ernesto (2010), LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010 (in Spanish) (1a. ed.), Buenos Aires: Alarco Ediciones, p. 192, ISBN 978-987-1367-18-4, archived from the original on 2012-01-04, retrieved June 3, 2012
  2. ^ SOUTH AMERICAN (ODESUR) GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 3, 2012