The IX 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 1981 in Barquisimeto

Barquisimeto

Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo on the Turbio River.-Overview:...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. 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

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

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.

1981 Bolivarian Games medal count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		140	91	67	298
2		39	52	53	144
3		25	22	34	81
4		15	33	42	90
5		12	28	28	68
6		3	7	17	27
Total		234	233	241	708