The II Bolivarian Games

Bolivarian Games

The Bolivarian Games are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization...

(Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) were a multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...

 held in December 1947 and January 1948 in Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, Peru

Peru

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. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).

Medal count

The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medal

Gold medal

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s earned by each country. The number of silver medal

Silver medal

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s is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medal

Bronze medal

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1947–48 Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		65	52	43	160
2		15	7	4	26
3		13	18	17	48
4		9	13	10	32
5		8	11	6	25
6		5	6	18	29
Total		115	107	98	320