The South American University Games (, ) is
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...
between
student athlete
Student athlete (or student–athlete) is a term used principally in universities in the United States and Canada to describe students enrolled at postsecondary educational institutions, principally colleges and universities, but also at sec ...
s from
South America
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n countries. It is organised by the
Confederación Sudamericana Universitaria de Deportes (COSUD, South American Confederation of University Sport) and was first held in 2004 to provide additional competition for South Americans athletes before the global
Universiade
The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a Blend word, portmanteau of the wor ...
meeting.
It was originally scheduled on a quadrennial basis, but since 2010 it has been held irregularly. The
Pan American University Games was founded in 2018 and the
South American
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event has been scheduled in odd-numbered years since then.
I FISU AMERICA GAMES
. ASCUN. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
Editions
South American University Games
FISU America Games
Pan American University Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20210724010116/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_University_Games
Pan American University Games
Edition Year Host city Country Sports Competitors Dates
1 2018 São Paulo BRA 9 1500 July
2 2020 Mérida, Mérida VEN 15 3000 June
2018 medal table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Brazil (BRA) 318 141 64 523
2 Chile (CHI) 21 19 29 69
3 Mexico (MEX) 20 25 24 69
4 Argentina (ARG) 12 24 29 65
5 United States (USA) 11 11 9 31
6 Uruguay (URU) 4 0 0 4
7 Colombia (COL) 3 6 12 21
8 Costa Rica (CRC) 0 4 5 9
9 Honduras (HON) 0 1 5 6
10 Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
11 Peru (PER) 0 0 1 1
12 Jamaica (JAM) 0 0 0 0
13 Paraguay (PAR) 0 0 0 0
Totals (13 nations) 389 231 179 799
Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20210719201620/http://fisuamerica.com/en/news/todos-los-resultados-de-unos-juegos-historicos-all-results-of-historical-games/
Sports
Programme
References
{{International multi-sport events
Recurring sporting events established in 2004
Student sports competitions
Multi-sport events in South America
Quadrennial sporting events