1982 Southern Cross Games
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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 1982 in Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, Argentina
Argentina
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, with some events in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
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and Esperanza
Esperanza, Santa Fe
Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has about 36,000 inhabitants as of the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department....
. This was the second and last edition under this name of what would be renamed the South American Games
South American Games
The South American Games , formerly the Southern Cross Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization .The first...
, organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).
Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medalGold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
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.
| 1 | 114 | 92 | 66 | 272 | |
| 2 | 37 | 51 | 47 | 135 | |
| 3 | 30 | 18 | 27 | 75 | |
| 4 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 75 | |
| 5 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 51 | |
| 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 37 | |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 | |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Total | 249 | 235 | 215 | 699 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
External links
- Rosario 82 ODESUR page