The VII South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Belém; all in Brazil.

[1] [2] In Belém, the games were officially opened by the governor of the state of Pará, Almir Gabriel.

Later, violence between the Colombian government and guerrillas caused Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Venezuela to threaten to leave the Games, which resulted in the relocation to Brazil.

This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country.

*   Host nation (Brazil)†: The competition was contested by junior representatives (U-20).