South American Games 2022

[konig 1,504]

26 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

A marriage has now come out of these Games.

 

WTF?

[NaBUru38 208]

Déborah Rodríguez won Uruguay's seventh gold medal at the 800 m run with 2'08.14.

 

The men's handball team was bronze, their best result since 2006 (though Brazil did not enter). The women's team was 5th.

 

In total, Uruguay got a total 40 medals, the fourth best results in 12 editions.

 

https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Juegos-Odesur-Las-medallas-los-logros-y-lo-conseguido-por-Uruguay-en-la-cita-Asuncion-uc835426

 

https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Uruguay-cosecho-40-medallas-en-los-Juegos-Odesur--como-quedo-en-el-medallero--uc835432

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Medal Comparison vs. 2018 (Gold Medals)

Brazil +43

Argentina +16

Aruba +3

Paraguay +2

Uruguay +2

Panama +1

Chile 0

Curacao 0

Ecuador 0

Guyana 0

Suriname -2

Peru -3

Bolivia -4

Venezuela -12

Colombia -15

 

Medal Comparison vs. 2018 (Total Medals)

Brazil +115

Argentina +32

Paraguay +18

Colombia +16

Uruguay +8

Aruba +3

Panama +2

Curacao +1

Chile -1

Guyana -2

Suriname -3

Ecuador -16

Peru -18

Bolivia -26

Venezuela -26

 

The big winner of the South American Games was clearly Brazil who sent a much more competitive team relative to 2018. Despite the downward pressure caused by Brazil, Argentina also had a great games. Despite losing the most gold medals relative to 2018, Colombia still won more medals, thanks to an increase in events. As hosts, Paraguay was able to win a good amount of medals, but struggled to convert them to gold. The previous hosts, Bolivia saw a huge drop in medals getting less than 25% of the medals won in 2018. Venezuela saw large drops while Ecuador and Peru saw drops in the total medals only.