2013 Bolivarian Games

Host city election

The Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO) selected initially Panama City as the host for the 17th Bolivarian Games on May 5, 2010. ODEBO selected the city, after both opposing bids from Venezuela and Ecuador were dismissed. Venezuela's bid fell through, due to not getting general support from then Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Ecuador's bid was just not handed in on time, in order to be an official one.

On October 20, 2010, ODEBO decided to withdraw Panama City as host, .ODEBO explained that Panama's Olympic Committee has actually two committees with two co-presidents in conflict, Miguel Vanegas and Miguel Sánchiz, one recognized by Panama's Supreme Court of Justice and the other one recognized by IOC. Ricardo Martinelli, Panama's president, commented: "I'm going to kill both of them... I will publicly ask both of them to hand over their resignations for the good of this country and stop with their petty personal interests.

Early 2011, Trujillo began to bid, to replace Panama City, as host of the 2013 Bolivarian Games. ODEBO's Games commission traveled to the Peruvian city to make a visual inspection of its facilities. The review found that Trujillo is capable of hosting the Games and unofficially stated that the city will host the 2013 Bolivarian Games. The official announcement was given on February 7, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro. Trujillo city will house about 4000 athletes from 11 countries in a modern sports complex.

Sport venues

• Mansiche Sports Complex
  • Estadio Mansiche (Ceremonies venue, located in the Historic Centre of Trujillo city.)
  • Coliseo Gran Chimu
• Sports Complex Chicago
• Gildemeister Swimming Pool
• Huanchaco Sports Center
• La Esperanza Sports Center

|File:Polideportivo Huaca del Sol.jpg |Polideportivo Huaca del Sol |File:PiscinaOlimpicaMansiche.jpg |Pool Mansiche |File:Inauguración XVII Juegos Bolivarianos Trujillo 2013.jpg |Estadio Chan Chan

Participating teams

All 6 nations of ODEBO competed in these Games. For the first time in Games' history, five non-ODEBO teams was given permission to participate as well. Number in parentheses represents number of athletes for each team.

• (355)
• (388)
• (514)
• ** (232)
• (578)
• ** (135)
• ** (380)
• (111)
• ** (103)
• (Host Nation) (795)
• (789)

Note: ** denotes non-ODEBO team.

Sports

For the 2013 Bolivarian Games, 561 events in 44 sports was contested here. These Games was the first time that rugby was played at the Bolivarian Games. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

Aquatics

Gymnastics

Volleyball

Calendar

Medal table

Key: Final medal tally.

References

References

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6. "(Spanish)Trujillo a un paso de ser la sede de los Juegos Bolivarianos 2013".
7. "(Spanish)Trujillo: Construirán villa deportiva para los Juegos Bolivarianos".
8. (April 2019). "(Spanish)La Esperanza Sports Center}}{{Dead link".
9. link. (2013-12-02)
10. "2013 Bolivarian Games Calendar (in Spanish)".
11. "2013 Bolivarian Games Medal Tally by Country".