1993 Bolivarian Games
# 1993 Bolivarian Games

The XII Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) were a multi-sport event held between April 24 - May 2, 1993, in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).

There were two opening ceremonies that took place on April 24, 1993, at the Estadio Félix Capriles in Cochabamba, and at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

In Cochabamba, the Games were officially opened by Bolivian president Jaime Paz Zamora. Torch lighter was long distance runner Johnny Pérez, who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1981 Bolivarian Games.

Immediately after the end of the ceremony in Cochabamba, the president and a number of officials from the organizing committee rushed by plane to Santa Cruz to attend the other inauguration.

Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.

## Venues

Cochabamba hosted the following sports: athletics (Estadio Félix Capriles), cycling (Circuito Bolivariano), football (Estadio Félix Capriles), judo, karate, racquetball (Country Club), table tennis (Coliseo José Castro), taekwondo, and volleyball.

Santa Cruz hosted the following sports: basketball, boxing (Coliseo John Pictor Blanco), equestrianism, fencing, gymnastics, shooting (Polígono de Santa Cruz), swimming, tennis, weightlifting (Coliseo Gilberto Menacho), and wrestling.

## Participation

About 1300 athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:

* Bolivia
* Colombia (170)
* Ecuador
* Panama
* Peru (174)
* Venezuela

## Sports

The following 19 sports were explicitly mentioned:

* Aquatic sports
   * Swimming (details)
* Athletics (details)
* Basketball (details)
* Boxing (details)
* Cycling
   * Road cycling (details)
   * Track cycling (details)
* Equestrian (details)
* Fencing (details)
* Football $(details)^†$
* Gymnastics (artistic) (details)
* Judo (details)
* Karate (details)
* Racquetball (details)
* Shooting (details)
* Table tennis (details)
* Taekwondo (details)
* Tennis $(details)^†$
* Volleyball (details)
* Weightlifting (details)
* Wrestling (details)

$^†:$ The competition was reserved to youth representatives (U-17).

## Medal count

The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. A slightly different number of medals was published elsewhere. 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.

1993 Bolivarian Games Medal Count :

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Venezuela | 116 | 78 | 58 | 252 |
| 2 | Colombia | 84 | 54 | 31 | 169 |
| 3 | Peru | 32 | 43 | 56 | 131 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 22 | 46 | 69 | 137 |
| 5 | Bolivia | 12 | 48 | 80 | 140 |
| 6 | Panama | 10 | 6 | 18 | 34 |
| Total | Total | 276 | 275 | 312 | 863 |
