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1994 South American Games

Multi-sport event in Valencia, Venezuela

Field	Value
name	V South American Games
logo	SouthAmGames 1994.png
size	100
caption	1994 South American Games logo
host_city	Valencia
country	VEN
nations	14
athletes	1,599
events	19 sports
opening
closing
opened_by	Rafael Caldera
torch_lighter	Ramón Volcán
stadium	Polideportivo Misael Delgado
previous	1990 Lima
next	1998 Cuenca

The V South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1994 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela, with some events in Puerto Cabello (boxing, judo, karate, wrestling) and Caracas (shooting). The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140315052415/http://www.odesur.org/valencia-94-venezuela/ |archive-date = 2014-03-15 |url-status = dead elsewhere, emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.

Torch lighter at the Polideportivo Misael Delgado was local swimmer Ramón Volcán. Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, and Panamá had their first appearance at the games, enhancing the number of participating nations to 14.

The games were initially awarded to Montevideo, Uruguay, but the local officials declined in 1992.

Participants

14 ODESUR members participated on the games, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles and Panama Debuted on the games for the first time, Colombia previously did not participated because they participated the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Argentina
Aruba (Debut)
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Netherlands Antilles (Debut)
Panama (Debut)
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela (Hosts)

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

Aquatic sports
- [[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming
[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics
[[Image:Baseball pictogram.svg|30px]] Baseball
[[Image:Bowling pictogram.svg|30px]] Bowling
[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] Boxing
[[Image:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg|30px]] Canoeing
Cycling
- [[Image:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|30px]] Road Cycling
- [[Image:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg|30px]] Track Cycling
[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg|30px]] Fencing
[[Image:Football pictogram.svg|30px]] Football
Gymnastics
- [[Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg|30px]] Artistic Gymnastics
- [[Image:Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg|30px]] Rhythmic Gymnastics
[[Image:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] Judo
[[Image:Karate pictogram.svg|30px]] Karate
[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting
[[Image:Softball pictogram.svg|30px]] Softball
[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Table Tennis
[[Image:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|30px]] Taekwondo
[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis
[[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] Weightlifting
[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] Wrestling

References

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

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