ALBA Games

Map of member states

The ALBA Games (Spanish: Juegos Deportivos del ALBA) are a multi-sport event organized by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). The games are held once every two years.^[1] It was originally intended only for athletes of the ALBA member states but it has expanded to other countries in the Americas.

The first edition was held in 2005 in Havana, Cuba. Since then it was decided that Cuba and Venezuela will be switching editions every two years. However, there is a possibility that other countries may host the games in future editions.^[2]

Games[]

Year	Games	Host City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Sports	Top Medalling Nation
2005		Havana	Cuba	17 June – 30 June	441	8	31	Cuba
2007		Caracas	Venezuela	27 April – 12 May	1,659	30	38	Cuba
2009		Havana	Cuba	15 April – 18 April	691	28	38	Cuba
2011	IV	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	17 July – 30 July	~2,500	~23	35	Venezuela
2013		Quito	Ecuador	June – July	-	-	-	not held
2015		Cochabamba	Bolivia	August – September	-	-	-	not held

All time medal table[]

As of 2011 - note that records for the 2005 Games are incomplete.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	948	562	532	2042
2	Venezuela (VEN)	611	771	695	2077
3	Chile (CHI)	49	54	79	182
4	Ecuador (ECU)	43	77	110	230
5	Colombia (COL)	36	51	64	151
6	El Salvador (SLV)	14	14	21	49
7	Mexico (MEX)	8	8	12	28
8	Bolivia (BOL)	7	15	35	57
9	Panama (PAN)	7	6	4	17
10	Dominican Republic (DOM)	6	23	48	77
11	Argentina (ARG)	6	7	16	29
12	Guatemala (GUA)	3	6	15	24
13	Nicaragua (NIC)	2	1	18	21
14	Peru (PER)	1	5	10	16
15	Brazil (BRA)	1	4	4	9
16	Russia (RUS)	1	2	3	6
17	Honduras (HON)	1	1	5	7
18	Barbados (BAR)	0	2	2	4
19	Puerto Rico (PRI)	0	1	5	6
20	Costa Rica (CRI)	0	1	1	2
21	Guyana (GUY)	0	1	0	1
21	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
23	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	2	2
Totals (23 nations)		1744	1613	1681	5038