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1998 South American Games

Multi-sport event in Cuenca, Ecuador

Field	Value
name	VI South American Games
logo	SouthAmGames 1998.png
size	100
caption	1998 South American Games logo
host_city	Cuenca
country	ECU Ecuador
nations	14
athletes	1,525
events	24 sports
opening
closing
opened_by	Gustavo Noboa
athlete_oath	Francisco Encalada
Eliana González
torch_lighter	Jefferson Pérez
stadium	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
previous	1994 Valencia
next	2002 Brazil

Eliana González The VI South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1998 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, with some events in Azogues (futsal), Gualaceo (boxing), Guayaquil (bowling, canoeing, sailing, triathlon), Paute (wrestling), and Quito (fencing). The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140315052214/http://www.odesur.org/cuenca-98-ecuador/ |archive-date = March 15, 2014 |url-status = dead elsewhere, emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.

The games were officially opened by Ecuadorian vice-president Gustavo Noboa. Torch lighter at the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar was Olympic gold medalist, racewalker Jefferson Pérez. In honour of the peace treaty between Ecuador and Peru soon to be signed on October 26, 1998, officially ending the recent Cenepa War, the athlete's oath was sworn jointly by Ecuadorian cyclist Francisco Encalada and Peruvian table tennis player Eliana González.

The games were initially scheduled for May 1998, but were postponed mainly because of severe flooding caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon which resulted in more than 300 deaths. For the first time, Guyana participated at the games. However, the Netherlands Antilles were not present, reducing the number of participating countries to 14, as in the year 1994.

Participants

14 ODESUR members participated on the games, Guyana debuted on the games for the first time, Netherlands Antilles did not participated on the games

Argentina
Aruba
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador (Hosts)
Guyana
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
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

Aquatic sports
- [[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming
[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics
[[Image:Bodybuilding pictogram.svg|30px]] Bodybuilding
[[Image:Bowling pictogram.svg|30px]] Bowling
[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] Boxing
[[Image:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg|30px]] Canoeing
Cycling
- [[Image:Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg|30px]] Mountain Biking
- [[Image:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|30px]] Road Cycling
- [[Image:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg|30px]] Track Cycling
[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg|30px]] Fencing
[[Image:Futsal pictogram.svg|30px]] Futsal
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:Racquets pictogram.svg|30px]] Racquetball
Roller sports
- [[Image:Artistic roller skating pictogram.svg|30px]] Artistic roller skating
- [[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:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|30px]] Taekwondo
[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis
[[Image:Triathlon pictogram.svg|30px]] Triathlon
[[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.
(2004-08-13). "Southamerican Games".

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