1998 South American Games

Multi-sport event in Cuenca, Ecuador September 2015 VI South American Games SouthAmGames 1998.png 100 1998 South American Games logo Cuenca ECU Ecuador 14 1,525 357 in 24 sports 1998 10 21 1998 10 31 Gustavo Noboa Francisco Encalada Eliana González Jefferson Pérez Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar 1994 Valencia 2002 Brazil 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). CUENCA 98, ECUADOR – VI JUEGOS SURAMERICANOS – Fecha de apertura: 21 de octubre de 1998 – Fecha de clausura: 31 de octubre de 1998 http://odesur.org/cuenca-98-ecuador/ ODESUR Spanish August 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140315052214/http://www.odesur.org/cuenca-98-ecuador/ March 15, 2014 dead mdy-all An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were published elsewhere, Rodríguez III Ernesto 2010 LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO – Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978–2010 Alarco Ediciones Buenos Aires https://www.scribd.com/doc/41949572/Libro-I-Juegos-Odesur-Ernesto-Rodriguez-III June 2, 2012 Spanish 978-987-1367-18-4 192 1st https://web.archive.org/web/20120104102158/http://www.scribd.com/doc/41949572/Libro-I-Juegos-Odesur-Ernesto-Rodriguez-III January 4, 2012 dead mdy-all 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. October 22, 1998 SE INICIA FIESTA DEL DEPORTE http://www.explored.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/se-inicia-fiesta-del-deporte-104303.html Explored, Quito, Ecuador Spanish August 24, 2012 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 1900 (Hosts) Guyana Panama Paraguay 1990 Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela 1954 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. ECU 101 60 74 74 51 54 50 59 44 50 47 29 VEN 1930 33 46 70 yes 29 54 46 9 23 38 4 0 3 2 7 18 2 7 17 2 2 2 1 1 4 PAR 1990 0 0 2 0 0 0 Sports 22em Aquatic sports 30px Swimming 30px Athletics 30px Bodybuilding 30px Bowling 30px Boxing 30px Canoeing Cycling 30px Mountain Biking 30px Road Cycling 30px Track Cycling 30px Fencing 30px Futsal Gymnastics 30px Artistic Gymnastics 30px Rhythmic Gymnastics 30px Judo2004-08-13 Southamerican Games http://pju.org/eventos/ingles/campeonatos/event8.htm 2024-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20040813164031/http://pju.org/eventos/ingles/campeonatos/event8.htm August 13, 2004 30px Karate 30px Racquetball Roller sports 30px Artistic roller skating 30px Roller speed skating 30px Rowing 30px Sailing 30px Shooting 30px Table Tennis 30px Taekwondo 30px Tennis 30px Triathlon 30px Weightlifting 30px Wrestling References External links Cuenca 98 ODESUR page Category:South American Games S South American Games South American Games S Category:Multi-sport events in Ecuador Category:Sport in Cuenca, Ecuador Category:October 1998 sports events in South America