2026 South American Games

The XIII South American Games (Spanish: XIII Juegos Suramericanos Santa Fe 2026) were a multi-sport event held between 12 and 26 September 2026 in Rosario, Santa Fe, and Rafaela, Argentina. It is the third time the Games have taken place in the country after the 1982 Games in Rosario and the 2006 Games in Buenos Aires.

The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Argentine Olympic Committee, the government of the Argentine Republic and the local provincial government. Many of the events were part of the qualification system for the 2027 Pan American Games, set to be held in Lima, Peru.

Opening ceremony The opening ceremony took place at National Flag Memorial in Rosario and featured musical performances from Soledad Pastorutti, Abel Pintos, Juan Carlos Baglietto, Luck Ra, Cacho Deicas, Valentino Merlo, and Agustín Rada Aristarán. Pastorutti also composed the games' official song "Late el Sur".

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

(638) (host) (13) (220) (468) (523) (405) (17) (180) (31) (87) (337) (468) (13) (336) (374)

Sports A total of 43 sports were contested, 26 of them are in the program of the 2027 Pan American Games, and gave nominal places for the event. The sports of sport climbing and surfing made their debuts. Basque pelota, modern pentathlon, racquetball and softball returned after not being included for the previous edition of the Games. Namely, softball was last included at the 2010 Games. Previously held as demonstration sports, esports and padel were included as official sports for the first time. Basketball, bodybuilding, beach soccer and futsal were dropped from this year's program. Chess, billiards and mixed martial arts were contested as exhibition/demonstration sports. Cricket was planned, but was dropped in August 2026 due to a lack of participating teams.

Aquatics

Volleyball

Calendar The schedule was as follows:

OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Gold medal eventsCCClosing ceremony

SportsSeptemberEvents12thSat13thSun14thMon15thTue16thWed17thThu18thFri19thSat20thSun21stMon22ndTue23rdWed24thThu25thFri26thSatCeremoniesOC CCAquatics Artistic swimming

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| 3 Diving | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2

| 6 Open water swimming | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2

| 2 Swimming | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |10 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |7

| 41 Water polo

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 | 10 Athletics

| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |9 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |13 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 | 46 Badminton

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| 4 Bowling

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| 4 Boxing | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |14

| 14Canoeing Slalom

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 | 8 Sprint

| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | 16Cycling BMX freestyle

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| 2 BMX racing

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| 2 Mountain biking

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| 2 Road cycling

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| 4 Track cycling

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| 12Equestrian Dressage | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1

| 2 Eventing

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| 2 Jumping

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 Esports | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2

| 5 Fencing | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2

| 12 Field hockey | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2

| 2 Football

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| 3 Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5

| 14 Rhythmic gymnastics

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| 8 Trampoline

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| 5 Handball

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| 18 Karate

| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | 12 Modern pentathlon

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| 5 Padel

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | 2 Racquetball

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |27 Roller sports Artistic

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| 4 Skateboarding

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| 2 Speed

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| 10 Rowing Coastal rowing

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| 5 Rowing

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| 17 Rugby sevens

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| 2 Sailing

| 7 Shooting

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| 15 Softball

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| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | 6 Squash

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |27 Surfing

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| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 | 10 Table tennis

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| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | 12 Tennis

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| 3 Volleyball Beach volleyball | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |●

2026 South American Games

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