National Games of Colombia

TheNational Games of Colombia,known inSpanishas theJuegos Deportivos Nacionales,is the premiermulti-sport eventofColombiaat national level. The first instance of the event was organized in 1928 and for several years it took place at irregular intervals of time. The Colombian Sports Institute (Spanish:Instituto Colombiano del Deporte) took charge of the organization of the games in 1968. The event has been held regularly every 4 years since 1988.

Valle del Caucahas been the most successful department in the history of the national games (7 times), followed byAntioquia(6 times) and nextBogotá(one time).

Results

Year	Event	Host	Winner
1928	I National Games of Colombia	Valle del Cauca	Not Available (N/A).
1932	II National Games of Colombia	Antioquia	N/A.
1935	III National Games of Colombia	Atlántico	N/A.
1936	IV National Games of Colombia	Caldas	N/A.
1941	V National Games of Colombia	Santander	Valle del Cauca
1950	VI National Games of Colombia	Magdalena	Valle del Cauca
1954	VII National Games of Colombia	Valle del Cauca	Valle del Cauca
1960	VIII National Games of Colombia	Bolívar	Valle del Cauca
1970	IX National Games of Colombia	Tolima	Valle del Cauca
1974	X National Games of Colombia	Risaralda	Valle del Cauca
1980	XI National Games of Colombia	Huila	Antioquia
1985	XII National Games of Colombia	Meta	Antioquia
1988	XIII National Games of Colombia	Quindío	Antioquia
1992	XIV National Games of Colombia	Atlántico	Antioquia
1996	XV National Games of Colombia	Santander	Valle del Cauca
2000	XVI National Games of Colombia	NariñoBoyacá	Antioquia
2004	XVII National Games of Colombia	BogotáCundinamarca	Bogotá
2008	XVIII National Games of Colombia	Valle del CaucaSan Andrés y Providencia	Antioquia
2012	XIX National Games of Colombia	Norte de SantanderCaucaCórdoba	Antioquia
2015	XX National Games of Colombia	TolimaChocó	Antioquia
2019	XXI National Games of Colombia	Bolívar	Valle del Cauca
2023	XXII National Games of Colombia	CaldasRisaraldaQuindíoValle del Cauca	Valle del Cauca

References

• Historia de los Juegos Nacionales
• Página oficial de los Juegos Nacionales 2008
• Reseña de los Juegos Nacionales en El Colombiano