Volleyball at the South American Games
# Volleyball at the South American Games

Volleyball has been in the South American Games event since the first inaugural edition in 1978 in La Paz, Bolivia but cancelled later in the third edition in Santiago, Chile 1986 South American Games then return since the 2010 South American Games in Medellín, Colombia.

## Indoor Volleyball

### Men's tournaments

**Summaries**

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Host | Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1978 Details | La Paz | Argentina | | Bolivia | Paraguay | | |
| 1982 Details | Rosario | Argentina | | Brazil | Peru | | |
| 2010 Details | Medellín | Argentina | 3 – 1 | Venezuela | Colombia | 3 – 1 | Chile |
| 2014 Details | Santiago | Argentina | ^n/a | Chile | Ecuador | ^n/a | Peru |
| 2018 Details | Cochabamba | Argentina | 3 – 2 | Chile | Venezuela | 3 – 1 | Colombia |

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

### Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Chile | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Bolivia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

### Women's tournaments

**Summaries**

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1978 Details | La Paz | Bolivia | | Paraguay | | | |
| 1982 Details | Rosario | Peru | | Brazil | Argentina | | |
| 2010 Details | Medellín | Brazil | 3 – 0 | Argentina | Peru | 3 – 0 | Colombia |
| 2014 Details | Santiago | Argentina | ^n/a | Chile | Brazil | ^n/a | Peru |
| 2018 Details | Cochabamba | Colombia | 3 – 0 | Argentina | Peru | 3 – 0 | Bolivia |

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

### Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Peru | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
