1990 South American Games

IV South American Games

1990 South American Games logo
Host city	Lima
Country	Peru
Nations participating	10
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

Sports

Aquatic sports Swimming Athletics Baseball Bowling^‡

Boxing Cycling Road Cycling Track Cycling Fencing

Gymnastics Artistic Gymnastics Rhythmic Gymnastics Judo^† Sailing

Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling

Notes

^†: The male judo competition was reserved to junior representatives (U-20).

^‡: The bowling competition was reserved to junior representatives (U-20).

References

1. Lima 90, PERU - IV JUEGOS SURAMERICANOS - Fecha de apertura: 1 de diciembre de 1990 - Fecha de clausura: 10 de diciembre de 1990 (in Spanish), ODESUR, retrieved August 24, 2012
2. Rodríguez III, Ernesto (2010), LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010 (in Spanish) (1st ed.), Buenos Aires: Alarco Ediciones, p. 192, ISBN 978-987-1367-18-4, retrieved June 2, 2012

External links

• Lima 90 ODESUR page