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Bolivarian Games
TypeMulti-sport event
Organising bodyODEBO
Founded1938; 88 years ago (1938)
RegionSouth America
(Andean states)
Nations11 (2022)
RelatedPan American Games
Websiteodebo.org/juegos

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, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico[1] and Venezuela. In 2010, the ODEBO decided to include Chile as the seventh member of ODEBO.[2] Except Panama and the Dominican Republic, all other participating countries are Andean states.

History

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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 most recent edition in Valledupar, Colombia in 2022. Inspired by the events of 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,[3] 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.[4]

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).[3]

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.[5]

Summary

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Games

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Year Ed. Host city Host country [n 1] Opened by Period Nat. Athl. Sports Events Winner
1938 1 Bogotá  Colombia Alfonso López Pumarejo 6–22 Aug 6 17 84  Peru
1948 2 Lima  Peru José Luís Bustamante y Rivero 25 Dec – 8 Jan 6 22 112  Peru
1951 3 Caracas  Venezuela Germán Suárez Flamerich 5–21 Dec 6 22 108  Peru
1961 4 Barranquilla  Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo 3–16 Dec 5 12 145  Venezuela
1965 5 Quito  Ecuador Ramón Castro Jijón 20 Nov – 6 Dec 6 20 142  Venezuela
1970 6 Maracaibo  Venezuela Rafael Caldera 23 Aug – 6 Sep 6 17 189  Venezuela
1973 7 Panama City  Panama Demetrio Basilio Lakas 17 Feb – 3 Mar 5 16 173  Venezuela
1977 8 La Paz  Bolivia Hugo Banzer 15–29 Oct 6 16 185  Venezuela
1981 9 Barquisimeto  Venezuela Luís Herrera Campins 4–14 Dec 6 18 233  Venezuela
1985 10 Cuenca  Ecuador León Febres Cordero 9–18 Nov 6 20 230  Venezuela
1989 11 Maracaibo  Venezuela Jaime Lusinchi 14–25 Jan 6 20 262  Venezuela
1993 12 Cochabamba  Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora 24 Apr – 2 May 6 19 275  Venezuela
1997 13 Arequipa  Peru Alberto Fujimori 17–26 Oct 6 22 318  Venezuela
2001 14 Ambato  Ecuador Roberto Hanze 7–16 Sep 6 29 377  Venezuela
2005 15 Armenia and Pereira  Colombia Álvaro Uribe 12–21 Aug 6 28 415  Venezuela
2009 16 Sucre  Bolivia Evo Morales 15–26 Nov 6 30 435  Venezuela
2013 17 Trujillo[6]  Peru Ollanta Humala 16–30 Nov 11 44 562  Colombia
2017 18 Santa Marta  Colombia Clara Luz Roldán 11–25 Nov 11 34 469  Colombia
2022 19 Valledupar 24 Jun – 5 July 11 32 389  Colombia
2024 20 Ayacucho  Peru Dina Boluarte 29 Nov-8 Dec 10 25 159  Peru
2025 21 Ayacucho and Lima[7] Renzo Manyari 22 Nov- 7 Dec 17 47 480  Colombia
2029 22 Cúcuta  Colombia TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Beach Games

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Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Nations Events Top medalling
nation
2012 1 Lima  Peru Patricia Salas 1–11 Nov 10 64 Peru
2014 2 Huanchaco[8]  Peru Gloria Montenegro Figueroa 3–12 Dec 11 71 Venezuela
2016 3 Iquique[9]  Chile 24 Nov-3 Dec 11 81 Chile
2019 4 Vargas Venezuela Cancelled
Notes
  1. ↑ As recognized by the IOC.

Youth Games

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Year Games Host City Host Country Opened by Dates Nations Events Top medalling
nation
2024 1 Sucre[10]  Bolivia Luis Arce 4–14 Apr 7 234 Colombia

Sports

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The following table was compiled based on information extracted from a variety of sources.[5][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] It should be considered as incomplete.

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

  Aquatics –   Cycling –   Football –   Gymnastics –   Underwater sports –   Volleyball -   Basketball

Sport (Discipline) Body 38 47 51 61 65 70 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22
World South America
 
Diving AQUA ASUA XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Open water swimming XXX
Swimming XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Synchronized swimming XXXX
Water polo XXXXXXXX
 
Archery WA AAF XXXXXX
Athletics World Athletics CONSUDATLE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Badminton BWF BPA XXXX
Baseball WBSC WBSC Americas XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Softball XXXXXXXXXX
 
Basketball FIBA FIBA Americas XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3x3 Basketball X
 
Basque Pelota/
Pelota Nacional		 FIPV XXXX
Billiards WCBS CPB XXXXXX
Bodybuilding IFBB IFBBSud America X
Bola Criollas FIB X
Bowling IBF PABCON XXXXXXXXXXXX
Boxing World Boxing AMBC XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Equestrianism X
Canoeing ICF COPAC XXXXXX
Chess FIDE CCA XXXXXXX
Climbing World Climbing XXX
Coleo X
 
BMX racing UCI COPACI XXXXX
Mountain biking XXXXX
Road cycling XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Track cycling XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
Equestrian FEI PAEC XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Fencing FIE CPE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Field hockey FIH PAHF X
 
Football FIFA CONMEBOL XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Futsal XXXX
 
Golf IGF FSG XXXXXXX
 
Artistic gymnastics World Gymnastics CONSUGI XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rhythmic gymnastics XXXXXXX
Trampoline XX
 
Handball IHF SCAHC XXX
Judo IJF PJC XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Karate WKF PKF XXXXXXXXX
Modern pentathlon UIPM X
Racquetball IRF PARC XXXXXX
Roller speed skating WS CPRS XXX
Rowing FISA XXXXX
Rugby World Rugby CONSUR XXX
Sailing WS SASC XXXXXXXXX
Shooting ISSF CAT XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Squash World Squash FPS XXXXXX
Surfing ISA APAS XXX
Table tennis ITTF LATTU XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Taekwondo WTF PATU XXXXXXXXXX
Tennis ITF COSAT XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Triathlon TRI PATCO XXXXXX
 
Finswimming CMAS X
Freediving X
Spearfishing X
 
Beach volleyball FIVB CSV XXXXX
Volleyball XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
Water skiing IWWF IWWF Pan Am XXXX
Weightlifting IWF PAWC XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Wrestling UWW CPLA XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Wushu IWUF PAWF X
 
Total sports[11] 16151612201716161918191821302830444543


The sport of cricket is set to debut in the 2025 Bolivarian Games.[34]

Nations

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Andean Community Member states (South America except Mercosur)

Core (6)

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ODEBO (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana) / Andean Community (Andean States):

  • Bolivia Bolivia
  • Colombia Colombia
  • Ecuador Ecuador
  • Panama Panama
  • Peru Peru
  • Venezuela Venezuela

Invited Nations (5)

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The invited countries are not members of ODEBO but they are invited since 2013

Central America

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  • El Salvador El Salvador
  • Guatemala Guatemala

Caribbean

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  • Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

South America

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  • Chile Chile
  • Paraguay Paraguay

Members

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ODEBO Members of the National Olympic Committees include:

Name Olympic Committee Admitted in
Bolivia Bolivian Olympic Committee 1938
Chile Chilean Olympic Committee 2010
Colombia Colombian Olympic Committee 1938
Ecuador Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee 1938
Panama Panama Olympic Committee 1938
Peru Peruvian Olympic Committee 1938
Venezuela Venezuelan Olympic Committee 1938

Medals

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Games (1938-2024)

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The total medal count for all the Games until 2024 is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals won by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. Chile, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Paraguay started competing since the 2013 Bolivarian Games.

Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Venezuela1877158512184680
2 Colombia1606141611624184
3 Peru6707539622385
4 Ecuador45171010792240
5 Panama196199341736
6 Chile154169240563
7 Bolivia113199440752
8 Dominican Republic6059129248
9 Guatemala4874106228
10 Paraguay23323691
11 El Salvador15222663
Total52135218573916170

All time records

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Beach Games (2012-2016)

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Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Venezuela585046154
2 Chile484638132
3 Peru483547130
4 Colombia30242983
5 Ecuador19403796
6 Guatemala63615
7 Paraguay39921
8 El Salvador36514
9 Dominican Republic13610
10 Panama0022
11 Bolivia0000
Total216216215647

Youth Games (2024)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia735155179
2 Venezuela634846157
3 Chile304047117
4 Ecuador25323289
5 Peru202654100
6 Bolivia9193967
7 Panama771125
8Team ODEBO0101
Totals (8 entries)227224284735
Source: I Bolivarian Youth Games Sucre 2024 – Medal table

Sport in Americas

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See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Historia". odebolivariana.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Creacion Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). Juegos Bolivarianos. Retrieved on 2009-11-27.
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  5. 1 2 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
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  7. ↑ "XX Juegos Bolivarianos 2025 se realizarán en Ayacucho y Lima". ODEBO.
  8. ↑ El Telégrafo (July 22, 2013). "Huanchaco será sede de los II Juegos Bolivarianos de Playa" [Huanchaco selected as host city for the 2nd Bolivarian Beach Games] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
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  34. ↑ "CWI attempts to expand cricket in Americas through FECA initiative". ESPNcricinfo. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  35. 1 2 3 "Medallería - XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
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