Regional Regional championships · since 1938 
Quito↗, Ecuador 20 Nov – 5 Dec 1965
1965 Bolivarian Games
Quito↗, Ecuador 20 Nov – 5 Dec 1965- events
- 30
- medals awarded
- 90
- nations on the podium
- 6
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Half marathon
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
6 nations · 90 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Colombia COL | 14 | 8 | 2 | 24 | |
| 2 |  Venezuela VEN | 11 | 16 | 12 | 39 | |
| 3 |  Peru PER | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 4 |  Panama PAN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ecuador ECU | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| 6 |  Bolivia BOL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Records set
27 CR- CR= Arquimedes Herrera 100m · Men 10.4
- CR Pedro Grajales 200m · Men 20.9
- CR Pedro Grajales 400m · Men 46.9
- CR Hugo Burgos 800m · Men 1:52.3
- CR Alvaro Mejia 1500m · Men 3:57.2
- CR Alvaro Mejia 5000m · Men 15:00.9
- CR Alvaro Mejia 10,000m · Men 32:22.5
- CR Manuel Cabrera Half marathon · Men 1:11:14
- CR Hernando Arrechea 110m hurdles · Men 14.5
- CR Aristides Pineda 400m hurdles · Men 53.2
- CR Roberto Abugattas High jump · Men 1.95
- CR= Parmenio Restrepo Pole vault · Men 4.10
- CR= Cesar Luis Quintero Pole vault · Men 4.10
- CR= Hector Thomas Pole vault · Men 4.10
- CR Hector Thomas Long jump · Men 7.48
- CR Dagoberto Gonzalez (1945) Shot put · Men 14.75
- CR Dagoberto Gonzalez (1945) Discus throw · Men 49.75
- CR Daniel Cereali Hammer throw · Men 51.89
- CR Hector Thomas Pentathlon · Men 3376
- CR Colombia 4x100m · Men 40.8
- CR Colombia 4x400m · Men 3:09.4
- CR Sandra Sealy 200m · Women 25.3
- CR Gisela Vidal Long jump · Women 5.67
- CR Francisca Roberts Shot put · Women 12.26
- CR Isolina Vergara Discus throw · Women 38.60
- CR Delia Vera (1949) Javelin throw · Women 39.08
- CR Venezuela 4x100m · Women 48.8