1951 Bolivarian Games
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The Games were officially opened by Germán Suárez Flamerich, who became president of the "Junta de Gobierno" 1950-1952, after the assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud.
A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR.[1] Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.[2]
Participation
A total of 1010 athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:[1]
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Sports
The local Organizing Committee included three popular Venezuelan sports (Basque pelota, Bolas criollas, and Coleo) as exhibition events. The following sports were explicitly mentioned:[1][2][3][4][5]
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- Aquatic sports
- File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Basque pelota pictogram.svg Basque pelota (Template:Detailslink)†
- File:Cue sports pictogram.svg Billiards (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bolas criollas (Template:Detailslink)†
- File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Chess pictogram.svg Chess (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Horseicon.svg Coleo (Template:Detailslink)†
- Cycling
- File:Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Football pictogram.svg Football (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Golf pictogram.svg Golf (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg Modern pentathlon (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling (Template:Detailslink)
†: Exhibition event.
The list might be incomplete.
Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below.[6] This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.
| 1951 Bolivarian Games Medal Count | |||||
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 40 | 39 | 25 | 104 |
| 2 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33 | 31 | 31 | 95 |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 18 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 14 | 21 | 18 | 53 |
| 5 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 108 | 108 | 96 | 312 | |
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