IX South American Games

The official logo of the Medellín 2010 South American Games.
Host city	Medellín
Country	Colombia
Nations	15 NOCs[1]
Events	42[1]
Opening	March 19, 2010 (2010-03-19)
Closing	March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
Opened by	Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Main venue	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
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The IX South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia.^[2] The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), who awarded the Games to the city with 8 votes over the bid by previous host Santiago, Chile (6 votes).^[3]

Participating nations

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.

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia (COL)*	144	124	104	372
2	Brazil (BRA)	133	119	103	355
3	Venezuela (VEN)	89	77	97	263
4	Argentina (ARG)	54	76	107	237
5	Chile (CHI)	25	32	52	109
6	Peru (PER)	19	19	33	71
7	Ecuador (ECU)	16	21	57	94
8	Bolivia (BOL)	2	1	8	11
9	Uruguay (URU)	1	8	4	13
10	Paraguay (PAR)	1	7	4	12
11	Guyana (GUY)	1	1	2	4
12	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	3	4
13	Aruba (ARU)	0	0	2	2
	Panama (PAN)	0	0	2	2
	Suriname (SUR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (15 entries)		486	485	580	1551

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