Regarded as the main international event in Latin American athletics , the Brazilian competition is held Hold yearly in the city of São Paulo on December 31 .

Nine countries , `` including six official national federations already in existence Presence '' , sent Sending 148 athletes to compete Competition , in seven sports : athletics , road cycling , diving , football , shooting Use_firearm , swimming , and tennis .

The host country , France , dominated , winning Getting sixteen of the seventeen events in athletics ; the sole exception was the javelin throw , where Belgian Nicolas François came Self_motion first ahead of Frenchman Raymond Code .

Frenchman Émile Van den Torren won the most events overall , coming Self_motion first in the 1,500 metres , 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres in athletics .

from 2014 its name changed Change to the sanlam cape town marathon , and it is being run Self_motion under a joint partnership between western province athletics , the city of cape town and asem running .

Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games : athletics , aquatics , badminton , boxing , cycling , gymnastics , lawn bowls , shooting , weightlifting , and wrestling .

Cycling competitions Competition had been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics , artistic gymnastics , fencing and swimming .