The 2022

South American Youth Games The South American Youth Olympic Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos de la Juventud''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos da Juventude'') is a regional multi-sport event organized by the Organización Deportiva Suramericana (ODESUR). The games a ...

(Spanish:''Juegos Suramericanos de la Juventud''), officially the III South American Youth Games, was an international

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held in

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, from April 28 to May 8. It was the first time for the event to be held in Argentina. The games were originally scheduled to be held from 13 to 25 April 2021, but had to be postponed until 2022 due to the

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Participating teams

All 15 nations of the Organización Deportiva Suramericana (ODESUR) are expected to compete in these Youth Games. * (host) * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Sports

The sports program, which included 26 sports, was revealed by ODESUR on 30 March 2021. * (3) * (6) * (36) * (5) * (2) * (2) * (9) * (2) * (3) * (6) * (1) * (14) * (2) * (8) * (6) * Roller sports ** (4) ** (8) * (2) * (2) * (36) * (3) * (10) * (5) * (3) * (12) * (15)

Calendar

The complete sports schedule was unveiled on 19 March 2022. The schedule of some events was amended after the definitive program by sport was presented.

Medal table

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

led the medal table with a total of 147 medals with

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and hosts

in the second and third place respectively. Only

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and

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Participating teams

Sports

Calendar

Medal table

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Beach handball

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Climbing

Cycling

Fencing

Field hockey

Futsal

Gymnastics

Judo

Karate

Roller sports

Rugby sevens

Skateboarding

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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