The IV 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 1961 in Barranquilla

Barranquilla

Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...

, Colombia

Colombia

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

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

 was the only eligible country not to send a delegation.

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

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

s.

1961 Bolivarian Games Medal Count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		76	37	52	165
2		24	68	38	130
3		17	15	36	68
4		16	16	9	41
5		5	13	9	27
Total		138	149	144	431