1997 Bolivarian Games
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The opening ceremony that took place on October 17, 1997, at the Estadio Monumental de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín in Arequipa, Perú.[1] The Games were officially opened by Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. Torch lighter was 70-year-old former cyclist Hernán Llerena,[1] who won 4 gold medals at the 1947–48 Bolivarian Games and another gold medal at the 1951 Bolivarian Games.[2]
Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.[3]
Participation
About 1710 athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:[4] Template:Div col
- Template:Country data Bolivia (324)
- Template:Country data Colombia (304)
- Template:Country data Ecuador (285)
- Template:Country data Panama (103)
- Template:Country data Peru (488)
- Template:Country data Venezuela (491)
Template:Div col end The numbers might include coaches, because other sources publish smaller numbers.[5][6]
Sports
The following 20 sports (+ 1 exhibition) were explicitly mentioned:[3][5][7] Template:Div col
- Aquatic sports
- File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Climbing.png Climbing (Template:Detailslink)†
- Cycling
- File:Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Football pictogram.svg Football (Template:Detailslink)‡
- Gymnastics
- File:Judo pictogram.svg Judo (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Karate pictogram.svg Karate (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Softball pictogram.svg Softball (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis (Template:Detailslink)
- File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo (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)
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†: Exhibition event.
‡: The competition was reserved to youth representatives (U-17).[8]
Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below.[9] 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.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 121 | 110 | 84 | 315 |
| 2 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 119 | 93 | 75 | 287 |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 50 | 66 | 95 | 211 |
| 4 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 24 | 37 | 73 | 134 |
| 5 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 5 | 24 | 33 |
| 6 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 |
| Total | 320 | 316 | 368 | 1004 | |
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