A number of organizational deficits was reported. Initially, the games were scheduled between September 12–24, 2009. On July 1, 2009, the games were postponed to the new date because of "technical problems". The construction works on the sports facilities did not proceed fast enough. The infrastructure was not yet finished even when the games were already officially opened. Some sports like cycling and baseball had to be relocated to secondary venues like Cochabamba at short notice. Other sports like athletics, billiards, fencing, table tennis, taekwondo, or volleyball were experiencing problems because of the lack of equipment. Some sports like roller sports were cancelled completely. Weightlifting competitions had to start already on October 30, 2009, because the world championships would have been contemporaneously else. In equestrianism, the transfer of the horses to Bolivia could not be guaranteed. In shooting, the shotgun competitions were relocated to Lima, Perú, because the equipment and munition did not arrive in time, and they were held until December 6, 2009, ten days after the official closing ceremony of the games. As a consequence, criticism emerged, and restructuring of the games as well as far-reaching reforms were requested to guarantee their future.
Venues
, Bolivia, hosted the following competitions: athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, billiards, boxing, BMX racing, mountain biking, diving,† fencing, football, futsal, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, karate, racquetball, roller speed skating road,† roller speed skating track,† swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, water polo,† weightlifting, wrestling †: Event initially scheduled, but cancelled at short notice. Cochabamba, Bolivia: baseball, track cycling, road cycling, equestrianism Santa Cruz, Bolivia: bowling, shooting Tarija, Bolivia: canoeing, triathlon Guayaquil, Ecuador: softball, water skiing † †: Event initially scheduled, but cancelled at short notice. Quito, Ecuador: archery, squash Salinas, Ecuador: sailing, surfing Lima, La Punta, Perú: badminton, judo, rowing, clay pigeon shooting
Participation
About 2377 athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:
Sports
In March 2009, three disciplines were already cancelled because the required minimum number of member federations was not reached, namely women's futsal, artistic roller skating, and waterskiing. Moreover, 91 events in 11 sports were cancelled at short notice, among them completely the diving, water polo, and roller speed skating competitions. The following 30 sports were explicitly mentioned:
‡: The competition was reserved to youth representatives.
Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.
