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1978 Southern Cross Games

Multi-sport event in La Paz, Bolivia

Field	Value
name	I Southern Cross Games
logo	SouthAmGames 1978.png
size	100
host_city	La Paz
country	BOL
nations	8
athletes	480
events	16 sports
opening
closing
opened_by	Juan Pereda
President of Bolivia
athlete_oath	Edgar Cueto
torch_lighter	Roberto Prado
stadium	Estadio Olímpico Hernando Siles
next	1982 Rosario

President of Bolivia

The I Southern Cross Games (Spanish: Juegos Cruz del Sur) were a multi-sport event held from November 3 to November 12, 1978, in La Paz, Bolivia, with some events in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

La Paz already organized last year's Bolivarian Games and, with the necessary infrastructure already being present, hosted the majority of the events. Cochabamba hosted men's basketball, judo, tennis, and men's volleyball, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, hosted equestrian, fencing, women's volleyball, and weightlifting.

This was the first edition of what would later be the South American Games, organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140315052219/http://www.odesur.org/la-paz-78-bolivia/ |archive-date = 2014-03-15 |url-status = dead An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were published elsewhere, emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams. There is a further publication emphasizing on the Bolivian athletes.{{ Citation

The South American Torch was lit by Bolivian athletes Roberto Prado in La Paz, Isabel Alemán in Cochabamba, and José Ernesto Roca in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The Athlete's Oath was sworn by cyclist Edgar Cueto in La Paz, by judoka Ladislao Moravek in Cochabamba, and by fencer Luís Darío Vásquez in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Participants

8 ODESUR nations participated of the first games with 480 athletes

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay

Medal count

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.

Sports

A total number of 480 athletes competed for medals in sixteen sports:

Aquatics
- [[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming
[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics
[[Image:Baseball pictogram.svg|30px]] Baseball†
[[Image:Basketball pictogram.svg|30px]] Basketball
[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] Boxing
Cycling
- [[Image:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|30px]] Road Cycling
- [[Image:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg|30px]] Track Cycling
[[Image:Equestrian pictogram.svg|30px]] Equestrian
[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg|30px]] Fencing
[[Image:Football pictogram.svg|30px]] Football
Gymnastics
- [[Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg|30px]] Artistic gymnastics
[[Image:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] Judo
[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting
[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis
[[Image:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg|30px]] Volleyball
[[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] Weightlifting
[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] Wrestling

Note:† One source only references 15 events with no indication for baseball in the medal lists.

References

Rodríguez III, Ernesto. (2010). "LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010". Alarco Ediciones.

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