South American Gymnastics Championships

The South American Gymnastics Confederation (CONSUGI) 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. However, in recent years, the gymnastics competitions at the South American Games seem to have been retroactively considered independent events by CONSUGI, since the 2021 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships are officially considered the 18th edition of the championships.

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 once 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

Aerobic gymnastics

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
2013	2013 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
2014	2014 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Asunción
2015	2015 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2016	2016 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Bogotá
2017	2017 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2018	2018 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2019	2019 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Melgar
2021	2021 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Ibagué
2022	2022 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships	Lima

Artistic gymnastics

Year	Edition	Event	Location	Ref.
1957	I	1957 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Buenos Aires
1969	II	1969 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Porto Alegre
1976	III	1976 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Porto Alegre
1978	IV	1978 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
1980	V	1980 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Santiago
1988	VI	1988 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Rosario
1996	VII	1996 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
2007	VIII	2007 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Villavicencio
2009	IX	2009 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Sogamoso
2011	X	2011 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Santiago
2012	XI	2012 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Rosario
2013	XII	2013 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Santiago
2014	XIII	2014 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
2015	XIV	2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
2016	XV	2016 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2017	XVI	2017 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
2019	XVII	2019 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Santiago
2021	XVIII	2021 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	San Juan
2022	XIX	2022 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima

Rhythmic gymnastics

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
1988	1988 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Rosario
1996	1996 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
2007	2007 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	San Cristóbal
2009	2009 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Guayaquil
2010	2010 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
2011	2011 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Maracaibo
2012	2012 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
2013	2013 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Santiago
2014	2014 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cúcuta
2015	2015 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
2016	2016 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Paipa
2017	2017 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
2018	2018 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Melgar
2019	2019 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Bogotá
2021	2021 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
2022	2022 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Paipa

Trampoline and tumbling

Year	Edition	Event	Location	Ref.
2013	I	2013 South American Trampoline Championships	Bogotá
2014	II	2014 South American Trampoline Championships	Cochabamba
2015	III	2015 South American Trampoline Championships	Bogotá
2016	IV	2016 South American Trampoline Championships	Bogotá
2017	V	2017 South American Trampoline Championships	Paipa
2018	VI	2018 South American Trampoline Championships	Cochabamba
2019	VII	2019 South American Trampoline Championships	Paipa
2021	VIII	2021 South American Trampoline Championships	Cochabamba
2022	IX	2022 South American Trampoline Championships	Bucaramanga

Junior events

Year	Event	Location	Ref.
1985	1985 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
1987	1987 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Porto Alegre
	1987 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Unknown
1989	1989 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Santiago
1991	1991 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Salta
1993	1993 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Portoviejo
1995	1995 Youth South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
1997	1997 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	La Serena
1999	1999 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Maracaibo
	1999 Youth South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	La Serena
2001	2001 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Paysandú
2002	2002 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Guayaquil
2003	2003 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Quito
2004	2004 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Guayaquil
2005	2005 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Portoviejo
2006	2006 Junior South American Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Portoviejo
2008	2008 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2010	2010 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Medellín
2012	2012 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
	2012 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
2013	2013 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Sogamoso
	2013 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
2014	2014 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Trujillo
2015	2015 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Rosario
2017	2017 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Mar del Plata
	2017 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Guayaquil
2018	2018 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2019	2019 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
	2019 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Lima
2021	2021 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Cochabamba
	2021 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cali
2022	2022 Junior South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Guayaquil
	2022 Junior South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Paipa

See also

• Gymnastics at the South American Games
• Pan American Gymnastics Championships