2026 South American Games

The number of athletes entered by a NOC is in parentheses:

A total of 43 sports are scheduled to be contested, 26 of them are in the program of the 2027 Pan American Games scheduled for Lima, Peru and will give nominal places for the event.^[15] The sports of cricket, sport climbing and surfing will be making their debuts during the 2026 South American Games.^[16][17][18] Baseball, basque pelota, modern pentathlon, racquetball and softball will return after not being included for the previous edition of the games. Namely, baseball and softball were last included at the 2010 games. Previously held as a demostration sports, esports and padel were included as official sports for the games, giving out medals for its five and two events, respectively.^[19][20] Basketball, bodybuilding, beach soccer and futsal were dropped from this year's program. Chess, billiards and mixed martial arts will be contested as exhibition/demonstration sports. Cricket was dropped in August 2026 due to a lack of participating teams.^[21]

The schedule was as follows:^[22]

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Sports		September															Events
		12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat
Ceremonies		OC														CC	—N/a
Aquatics	Artistic swimming							●	2	1							3
	Diving		2	3	3	2											10
	Open water swimming		2														2
	Swimming		12	12	10	7											41
	Water polo										●	●	●	●	●	2	2
Archery												●	4	●	6		10
Athletics												9	12	13	12		46
Badminton											●	1	●	●	●	5	6
Baseball
	Baseball										●	●	●	●	●	1	1
	Softball				●	●	●	●	1								1
Basque pelota										●	●	●	●	6			6
Bocce				●	●	1	3										4
Bowling					●	●	2	●	2								4
Boxing			●	●	●	●	●	14									14
Canoeing	Slalom												●	2	6		8
	Sprint												6	6	4		16
Cycling	BMX freestyle			●	2												2
	BMX racing					●	2										2
	Mountain biking			2													2
	Road cycling				2			2									4
	Track cycling									4	2	2	4				12
Equestrian	Dressage		●	1		1											2
	Eventing							●	●	2							2
	Jumping												●	1		1	2
Esports			●	3	●	2											5
Fencing			2	2	2	2	2	2									12
Field hockey			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2					2
Football						●	●	●	●	●	●		1		1		2
Golf					●	●	●	3									3
Gymnastics	Artistic gymnastics		2	2	5	5											14
	Rhythmic gymnastics							●	1	2	5						8
	Trampoline								●	●	5						5
Handball						●	●	●	●	1		●	●	●	●	1	2
Judo								8	8	2							18
Karate													4	4	4		12
Modern pentathlon				●	●	2	2	1									5
Padel												●	●	●	2		2
Racquetball											●	●	●	5	●	2	7
Roller sports	Artistic			●	4												4
	Skateboarding							●	2								2
	Speed			4	4	2											10
Rowing	Coastal rowing											●	5				5
	Rowing				●	6	6	5									17
Rugby sevens								●	●	2							2
Sailing						●	●	●	●	7							7
Shooting					2	3	1	2	4	3							15
Sport climbing												1	1	2	2		6
Squash											●	●	2	3	●	2	7
Surfing					2	2			●	●	●	●	●	●	6		10
Table tennis											●	1	4	●	●	2	7
Taekwondo													4	4	4		12
Tennis											●	●	●	●	3	2	5
Triathlon						2		1									3
Volleyball	Beach volleyball		●	●	●	●	2										2
	Volleyball				●	●	●	●	1		●	●	●	●	1		2
Water skiing								●	2	8							10
Weightlifting				4	4	4	4										16
Wrestling									6	6	6						18
Daily medal events			20	33	40	41	24	38	30	37	18	16	47	46	51	18	459
Cumulative total			20	53	93	134	158	196	226	263	281	297	344	390	441	459
Sports		12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat	Total events
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Most of the events are scheduled to take place across different venues in Rosario, Santa Fe, and Rafaela.^[23] Additionally, softball will take place in Paraná, while Vicente López will host the bowling^[24]and surfing events will be held in Mar del Plata.

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	14	8	6	28
2	Argentina (ARG)*	3	1	7	11
3	Colombia (COL)	2	4	0	6
4	Uruguay (URU)	1	0	0	1
5	Venezuela (VEN)	0	2	3	5
6	Peru (PER)	0	2	0	2
7	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
8	Chile (CHI)	0	0	4	4
9	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		20	18	21	59

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