South American Gymnastics Championships


The South American Gymnastics Confederation organizes South American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics.

History

The first edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in 1957 in Buenos Aires. It was only the third time a major artistic gymnastics tournament was started in the Americas, after the gymnastics competitions at the Central American and Caribbean Games, first held in 1946, and the gymnastics competitions at the Pan American Games, first held in 1951. At the inaugural edition, in 1957, only men's events were competed. Women's events would be competed for the first time at the second edition of the championships, in 1969.
In 1978, the first edition of the South American Games, then titled the Southern Cross Games, was held in La Paz, Bolivia. One of the sports contested at the tournament was artistic gymnastics, and this served as the continental championships for that year. However, that same year, another edition of the South American Championships was held in Peru only ten days after the conclusion of the gymnastics events at the 1978 Southern Cross Games. In 1982, the gymnastics events at Southern Cross Games also served as the South American Gymnastics Championships for that year. This also seemed to be true in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002.
In 1984, the first South American Championships in rhythmic gymnastics was held in Londrina, Brazil. However, the event was organized for athletes to represent clubs, instead of national committees. The first known event in rhythmic gymnastics where athletes represented their nations was held in 1988 in Rosario, Argentina. Similar to the stance adopted concerning the artistic gymnastics championships, rhythmic gymnastics events at the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 South American Games were also considered part of the South American Championships.
Senior South American Championships have also been organized for aerobic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics. To date, South American championships in acrobatic gymnastics and in parkour, two other gymnastics disciplines recognized by the International Gymnastics Federation, have not been created.

Senior events

Artistic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Trampoline and tumbling

Aerobic gymnastics

Junior events

YearEventLocationRef.
19851985 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Lima
19871987 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Porto Alegre
19871987 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Unknown
19891989 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Santiago
19911991 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Salta
19931993 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Portoviejo
19951995 Youth South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Lima
19971997 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships La Serena
19991999 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Maracaibo
19991999 Youth South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships La Serena
20012001 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Paysandú
20022002 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Guayaquil
20032003 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Quito
20042004 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Guayaquil
20052005 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Portoviejo
20062006 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Portoviejo
20082008 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Lima
20102010 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Medellín
20122012 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Cochabamba
20122012 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Cali
20132013 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sogamoso
20132013 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Santa Cruz de la Sierra
20142014 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Trujillo
20152015 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Rosario
20172017 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships Mar del Plata
20172017 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Guayaquil