2001 Bolivarian Games
The XIV Bolivarian Games were a multi-sport event held between September 7–16, 2001, in Ambato, Ecuador. Some events took place in Guayaquil and in Quito. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization.
The opening ceremony took place on September 7, 2001, at the Estadio Bellavista in Ambato, Ecuador. The Games were officially opened by Ecuadorean Minister for Education, Culture and Sports Roberto Hanze as a delegate for president Gustavo Noboa. Torch lighter was racewalker, olympic gold medalist Jefferson Pérez.
Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.
Venues
Ambato hosted the following competitions: athletics, basketball, bodybuilding, boxing, chess, climbing, football, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, karate, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestlingGuayaquil hosted the following competitions: archery, baseball, beach volleyball, billiards, bowling, canoeing, racquetball, rowing, shooting, softball, surfing, swimming, triathlon, yachting
Quito hosted the following competitions: cycling, equestrian, fencing
Participation
About 2000 athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:*
Sports
The following 29 sports were explicitly mentioned:- Aquatic sports
- * Swimming
- Archery †
- Athletics
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Billiards
- Bodybuilding †
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Chess †
- Climbing †
- Cycling
- * Road cycling
- * Track cycling
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Football ‡
- Gymnastics
- * Artistic gymnastics
- * Rhythmic gymnastics
- Judo
- Karate
- Racquetball
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Softball
- Squash
- Surfing †
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- * Beach volleyball
- * Volleyball
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
‡: The competition was reserved to youth representatives.