1990 South American Games

IV South American Games

1990 South American Games logo

Host city

Lima

Country

Peru

Nations participating

Athletes participating

1,070

Events

16 sports

Opening ceremony

December 1, 1990

Closing ceremony

December 10, 1990

Officially opened by

Alberto Fujimori

Torch Lighter

Cecilia Tait

Main venue

Estadio Nacional del Perú

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The IV South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1990 in Lima, Peru, with some events in Arequipa (cycling and weightlifting) and Trujillo (artistic gymnastics and taekwondo). The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).^[1] An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were published elsewhere,^[2] emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.

The games were officially opened by Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. Torch lighter at the Estadio Nacional del Perú was Olympic silver medalist, volleyball player Cecilia Tait.

Colombia rather preferred to participate at the Central American and Caribbean Games at Ciudad de México taking place almost at the same time, and sent no athletes. Venezuela also preferred to participate at the Central American and Caribbean Games, but sent at least a small contingent of 56 athletes.

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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	68	73	46	187
2	Peru	50	59	76	185
3	Chile	40	38	60	138
4	Brazil	37	21	19	77
5	Venezuela	27	22	15	64
6	Ecuador	21	23	18	62
7	Uruguay	13	13	15	41
8	Bolivia	2	9	24	35
9	Suriname	2	0	1	3
10	Paraguay	0	4	2	6
Total		260	262	176	798