South American Beach Games

South American Beach Games
Games
2009 2011 2014 2019 2023
Sports
Beach handball Beach rugby Beach soccer Beach tennis Beach volleyball Beach wrestling Open water swimming Rowing beach sprint Sailing Skateboarding Surfing Triathlon Underwater sports Water skiing

South American Beach Games

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

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.

Editions

Year	Games	Host city	Country	Dates	Nations	Sports	Medals Winner
2009	I	Montevideo	Uruguay	3–13 December	15	10	Brazil
2011	II	Manta	Ecuador	2–12 December	10	9	Brazil
2014	III	Vargas	Venezuela	14–24 May	14	10	Venezuela
2019	IV	Rosario	Argentina	14–23 March	14	13	Argentina
2023	V	Santa Marta	Colombia	14–21 July	15	14	Colombia

Sports

As of the last edition (2023), a total of 14 sports are played:

• Beach handball
• Beach rugby
• Beach soccer
• Beach tennis
• Beach volleyball
• Beach wrestling
• Open water swimming
• Rowing beach sprint
• Sailing
• Skateboarding
• Surfing
• Triathlon
• Underwater sports
• Water skiing

Medals (2009—2023)

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

See also

• African Beach Games
• Asian Beach Games
• Mediterranean Beach Games
• World Beach Games

External links

• ODESUR official website