The South American Beach Games (Spanish: Juegos Suramericanos de Playa; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos de Praia) is a biennial multi-sport event in beach sports between athletes representing nations from South America. It is organised by ODESUR (the South American Sports Organization). The first event was held in 2009.
| South American Beach Games | |
|---|---|
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| Games | |
| Sports | |
| First event | 2009 in Montevideo, Uruguay |
|---|---|
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2023 in Santa Marta, Colombia |
| Purpose | Beach multi-sport event for South America |
| Website | odesur.org |
Editions
edit| Year | Games | Host city | Country | Dates | Nations | Sports | Medals Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | I | Montevideo |  Uruguay
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3–13 December | 15 | 10 |  Brazil
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| 2011 | II | Manta |  Ecuador
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2–12 December | 10 | 9 | Brazil
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| 2014 | III | Vargas |  Venezuela
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14–24 May | 14 | 10 | Venezuela
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| 2019 | IV | Rosario |  Argentina
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14–23 March | 14 | 13 | Argentina
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| 2023 | V | Santa Marta |  Colombia
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14–21 July | 15 | 14 | Colombia
|
Sports
editAs of the last edition (2023), a total of 14 sports are played:
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Medals (2009—2023)
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 52 | 34 | 29 | 115 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 49 | 54 | 54 | 157 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 29 | 39 | 27 | 95 |
| 4 |  Peru (PER) | 26 | 13 | 14 | 53 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 22 | 24 | 20 | 66 |
| 6 | Ecuador (ECU) | 18 | 16 | 21 | 55 |
| 7 |  Chile (CHI) | 15 | 15 | 30 | 60 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 4 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
| 9 |  Paraguay (PAR) | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 |  Aruba (ARU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Panama (PAN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 217 | 217 | 218 | 652 | |