Bolivarian Games

A statue of Simón Bolívar in Caracas, the inspiration for the Games.

The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos, full name Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos) are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The event is open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

History

The first Games were held in 1938 in Bogotá, Colombia for the city's 400th anniversary. They have since been held irregularly, but every four years since 1973, with the last edition in Trujillo, Peru in 2013. Inspired by the events of 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,[1] Alberto Nariño Cheyne was the key designer of the idea of a Games to foster unity among the Bolivarian countries through the means of sport.[2]

Following the first Games, the Bolivarian Sports Organization was formed as a sub-organisation of the Pan American Sports Organization by six founding members from the respective countries – Jorge Rodríguez Hurtado (Bolivia), Alberto Nariño Cheyne (Colombia), Galo Plaza Lasso (Ecuador), Luis Saavedra (Panama), Alfredo Hohagen Diez Canseco (Peru) and Julio Bustamante (Venezuela).[1]

In terms of medals, Peru was dominant in the early years of the competition but Venezuela has consistently been the most successful country since the 1960s.

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR.[3]

Games

Year Games Host city Country Dates Nations Top medalling
nation
1938 I Bogotá  Colombia 6–22 August 6  Peru
1947-48 II Lima  Peru 25 December – 8 January 6  Peru
1951 III Caracas  Venezuela 5–21 December 6  Peru
1961 IV Barranquilla  Colombia 3–16 December 5  Venezuela
1965 V Quito and Guayaquil  Ecuador 20 November – 6 December 6  Venezuela
1970 VI Maracaibo  Venezuela 23 August – 6 September 6  Venezuela
1973 VII Panama City  Panama 17 February – 3 March 5  Venezuela
1977 VIII La Paz  Bolivia 15–29 October 6  Venezuela
1981 IX Barquisimeto  Venezuela 4–14 December 6  Venezuela
1985 X Cuenca, Ambato and Portoviejo  Ecuador 9–18 November 6  Venezuela
1989 XI Maracaibo  Venezuela 14–25 January 6  Venezuela
1993 XII Cochabamba and Santa Cruz  Bolivia 24 April – 2 May 6  Venezuela
1997 XIII Arequipa  Peru 17–26 October 6  Venezuela
2001 XIV Ambato  Ecuador 7–16 September 6  Venezuela
2005 XV Armenia and Pereira  Colombia 12–21 August 6  Venezuela
2009 XVI Sucre  Bolivia 15–26 November 6  Venezuela
2013 XVII Trujillo[4]  Peru 16–30 November 11  Colombia
2017 XVIII Santa Marta  Colombia TBD TBD TBD

Beach Games

Year Games Host city Country Dates Nations Top medalling
nation
2012 I Lima  Peru 1–11 November 10 Peru Peru
2014 II Huanchaco[5]  Peru TDB TDB TDB

Sports

The following table was compiled based on information extracted from a variety of sources.[3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] It should be considered as incomplete.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

     Aquatics –      Cycling –      Football –      Gymnastics –      Roller sports –      Volleyball

Sport (Discipline) Body 38 47 51 61 65 70 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13
World South America
 
Diving FINA ASUA X X X X X X X X X X X X
Swimming X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Synchronized swimming X
Water polo X X X X X
 
Archery FITA AAF X X X
Athletics IAAF CONSUDATLE X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Badminton BWF BPA X
Baseball IBAF COPABE X X X X X X X X X X X X
Basketball FIBA FIBA Americas X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Basque Pelota/
Pelota Nacional 		FIPV X X X
Billiards CMSB CPB X X X X X
Bodybuilding IFBB IFBBSud America X
Bola Criollas FIB X
Bowling FIQ PABCON X X X X X X X X X
Boxing AIBA AMBC X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Caballos amaestrados
(Dressage) 		X
Canoeing ICF COPAC X X X
Chess FIDE CCA X X X X X X
Climbing IFSC X X
Coleo X
 
BMX racing UCI COPACI X X
Mountain biking X X
Road cycling X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Track cycling X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Equestrian FEI PAEC X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Fencing FIE CPE X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Football FIFA CONMEBOL X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Futsal X
 
Golf IGF FSG X X X X
 
Artistic gymnastics FIG UPAG X X X X X X X X X X X X
Rhythmic gymnastics X X X X
 
Judo IJF PJC X X X X X X X X X X X X
Karate WKF PKF X X X X X X
Modern pentathlon UIPM X
Racquetball IRF PARC X X X X
 
Roller speed skating FIRS CPRS X
 
Rowing FISA X X
Rugby IRB CONSUR X
Sailing ISAF SASC X X X X X X
Shooting ISSF CAT X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Softball ISF CONPASA X X X X X X X
Squash WSF FPS X X X
Surfing ISA APAS X X
Table tennis ITTF LATTU X X X X X X X X X X
Taekwondo WTF PATU X X X X X X X
Tennis ITF COSAT X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Triathlon ITU PATCO X X X
 
Beach volleyball FIVB CSV X X X
Volleyball X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Water skiing IWWF IWWF Pan Am X
Weightlifting IWF PAWC X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Wrestling FILA CPLA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
Total sports[6] 16 15 16 12 20 17 16 16 19 18 19 18 21 30 28 30

All-time medal count

The total medal count for all the Games until 2005 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.

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Venezuela140110558073263
2 Colombia8779117572545
3 Peru4635186071588
4 Ecuador2554386851382
5 Panama183175269627
6 Bolivia76140296512
Total3265323734219923

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Creacion (Spanish). Juegos Bolivarianos. Retrieved on 2009-11-27.
  2. ↑ Historia de los Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos. EABolivia (2009-11-13). Retrieved on 2009-11-27.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gamarra Zorrilla, José, Bolivia Olímpica Capítulos VI al VIII (PDF) (in Spanish), ANDES Academia del Conocimiento y el Desarrollo "Fernando Diez de Medina", retrieved June 28, 2012
  4. ↑ CPNRadio (December 23, 2010). Trujillo seriá la sede de los juegos Bolivarianos 2013 "Trujillo seriá la sede de los Juegos Bolivarianos 2013" (in Spanish).
  5. ↑ El Telégrafo (July 22, 2013). Huanchaco será sede de los II Juegos Bolivarianos de Playa "Huanchaco será sede de los II Juegos Bolivarianos de Playa" (in Spanish).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS DESDE 1938 HASTA 2009 (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Peruano, retrieved June 28, 2012
  7. ↑ PARTICIPACION HISTORICA DEL PERU (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Peruano, retrieved June 28, 2012
  8. ↑ CUADRO DE MEDALLISTAS ECUATORIANOS EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS J. D. B. POR EDICIÓN (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, retrieved June 28, 2012
  9. ↑ XIX JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS "AMBATO 2001" - MEDALLISTAS DE ORO POR DEPORTE DE ECUADOR (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, retrieved June 28, 2012
  10. ↑ XV JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS "ARMENIA-PEREIRA-CARTAGENA-BOGOTA (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, retrieved June 28, 2012
  11. ↑ Quesada F., Estewil (April 24, 1993), Comienza el Ciclo Olímpico (in Spanish), El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia, retrieved June 30, 2012
  12. ↑ Comienza el Ciclo Olímpico (in Spanish), El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia, May 30, 2000, retrieved June 30, 2012
  13. ↑ AREQUIPA CAPITAL BOLIVARIANA (in Spanish), Explored, Quito, Ecuador, October 16, 1997, retrieved June 30, 2012
  14. ↑ HOY SE INAUGURAN LOS JUEGOS BOLIVARIANOS DE AMBATO (in Spanish), Explored, Quito, Ecuador, September 7, 2001, retrieved June 30, 2012
  15. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis; Cornejo, Alfonzo (September 3, 2005), Bolivarian Games: Soccer Tournaments, RSSSF -- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved June 30, 2012
  16. ↑ HISTORIA DEL BOXEO EN COLOMBIA (in Spanish), boxeodecolombia, retrieved June 30, 2012
  17. ↑ Tiro Olímpico. Historial de Medallas (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Venezolana de Tiro, retrieved June 30, 2012
  18. ↑ Participantes en Ciclos Olímpicos (in Spanish), Federación Peruana de Lucha Amateur, September 21, 2010, retrieved June 30, 2012
  19. ↑ Se inician hoy los Juegos Bolivarianos (in Spanish), La Prensa, Panamá, September 7, 2001, retrieved June 30, 2012
  20. ↑ XIV Juegos Bolivarianos Ambato 2001 (in Spanish), Diario HOY, Quito, Ecuador, retrieved June 30, 2012
  21. ↑ XV Juegos Bolivarianos 2005 - Armenia - Pereira (in Spanish), retrieved June 30, 2012
  22. ↑ CARACAS EN RETROSPECTIVA - JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS BOLIVARIANOS 1951 (in Spanish), September 1, 2012, retrieved October 23, 2012
  23. ↑ ECUADOR SE CLASIFICO EN SEGUNDO TERMINO (in Spanish), El Tiempo, August 23, 1938, pp. 4, 7 (original page no.: 6,13), retrieved October 24, 2012
  24. ↑ RESULTADOS GENERALES DE LOS JUEGOS BOLIVARIANOS (in Spanish), El Tiempo, August 23, 1938, pp. 4, 5 (original page no.: 6,7), retrieved October 24, 2012
  25. ↑ Méndez, Jorge (December 29, 1947), La Ciudad de los Virreyes Está de Fiesta por los Juegos Bolivarianos - Sin complejos de inferioridad debemos ganar el béisbol - Un balance de las justas bolivarianos por Jorge Méndez, enviad especial de EL TIEMPO a Lima (in Spanish), El Tiempo, p. 7 (original page no.: 13), retrieved October 25, 2012
  26. ↑ El Atletismo Llega a su Etapa Final - Triunfos de Colombia en Natación , Tiro, Ajedrez, Billar - Panamá y el Perú Acaparon las Victorias en la Pruebas de la Jornada de Atletismo (in Spanish), El Tiempo, December 11, 1951, p. 6 (original page no.: 10), retrieved October 26, 2012
  27. ↑ COLOMBIA CAMPEON BOLIVARIANO DE FUTBOL - Bríllante Tríunfo de Forero en la Prueba de Fondo - Holder, de Panamá, Quebró los Records Bolivariano y Panamericano de pesas - Perú conquistó el pentathlon moderno - Lloreda ganó la prueba contra reloj - Exitos de Panamá y Venezuela en boxeo (in Spanish), El Tiempo, December 17, 1951, p. 10 (original page no.: 17), retrieved October 26, 2012
  28. ↑ Quesada, Estewil (January 15, 1989), En la Inauguración de los Bolivarianos - Folclor por encima de la fantasía (in Spanish), El Tiempo, retrieved January 18, 2013

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