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1982 Southern Cross Games

Multi-sport event in Rosario, Argentina

Field	Value
name	II Southern Cross Games
logo	SouthAmGames 1982.png
size	200
caption	The official logo of the 1982 Southern Cross Games
host_city	Rosario
country	ARG
nations	10
athletes	961
events	20 sports
opening
closing
opened_by	Reynaldo Bignone
President of Argentina (de facto)
torch_lighter	Gerardo Constantini
stadium	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
previous	1978 La Paz
next	1986 Santiago

President of Argentina (de facto)

The II Southern Cross Games (Spanish: Juegos Cruz del Sur) were a multi-sport event held in 1982 in Rosario, Argentina, with some events in Santa Fe, Buenos Aires (sailing) and Esperanza. This was the second and last edition under this name of what would be renamed the South American Games, organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140315052313/http://www.odesur.org/rosario-82-argentina/ |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. Torch lighter was rower Gerardo Constantini.

Colombia and Venezuela had their first appearance at the games resulting in a total of 10 teams participating.

TOC

Venues

The Estadio Gigante de Arroyito was the main venues of the games, hosting the opening ceremony and the football tournaments. Many events were held at different venues located within the limits of Parque de la Independencia, the largest and most important public park in the city, including Newell's Old Boys' and Club Atlético Provincial's indoor arenas, both opened in 1982 to host the event. The Jorge Newbery Municipal Sports Complex, also in the park, hosted the swimming and tennis, while the recently opened Patinódromo Municipal "Roberto Tagliabué" (Municipal Skating Rink) was the site for roller sports events.

The city of Santa Fe hosted the sailing events, the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti (Card) was the venue for athletics and the stadium of National Technological University – Santa Fe Regional Faculty held volleyball matches.

Participants

10 ODESUR member participated Colombia and Venezuela participated debuted on the games, 961 althletes competed on the games

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela

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 961 athletes from 10 countries competed for medals in twenty sports:

Aquatic sports
- [[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming
- [[Image:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Synchronized 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:Gymnastics (trampoline) pictogram.svg|30px]] Trampoline
[[Image:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] Judo†
Roller sports
- [[Image:Artistic roller skating pictogram.svg|30px]] Artistic roller skating
- [[Image:Roller hockey pictogram.svg|30px]] Roller hockey
- [[Image:Speed rolling pictogram.jpg|30px]] Roller speed skating
[[Image:Rowing pictogram.svg|30px]] Rowing
[[Image:Sailing pictogram.svg|30px]] Sailing
[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting
[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Table tennis
[[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

Notes

†: Competition reserved to junior representatives (U-20).

‡: Equestrian is not explicitly listed in the overview of the competitions held at the 1982 games. However, medal winners are published for individual and team show jumping events.

References

Rodríguez III, Ernesto. (2010). "LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010". Alarco Ediciones.
"Inicio | rosario.gob.ar | rosario.gob.ar".
(2015-04-12). "Club Velocidad y Resistencia: Donde el objetivo es la superación constante".

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