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1973 Central American Games

Field	Value
name	I Central American Games
host_city	Guatemala City
country	GUA
nations	6
athletes	966
events	16 sports
opening
closing
opened_by	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre
torch_lighter	Mateo Flores
stadium	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
next	1977 San Salvador

The I Central American Games (Spanish: I Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 24 November - 2 December 1973.

The games were officially opened by Guatemalan Education Minister Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre.{{ Citation |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411184309/http://www.sanjose2013.com/app/cms/www/index.php?id_menu=45 |archive-date = 2013-04-11 |url-status = dead

María del Milagro París from Costa Rica won 13 gold and 1 silver medals in the swimming contests, and was chosen as the best athlete of the games by the journalists.

Participation

Athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:

Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala (Host)
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama Panamá

Sports

The competition featured 16 sports.{{Citation | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150608193534/http://pregunte.masgol.com/?p=107&cp=3 | archive-date = June 8, 2015 | url-status = dead

Aquatic sports ()
- [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming ()
[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics ()
[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg|30px]] Basketball ()
[[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] Boxing ()
[[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|30px]] Cycling ()
[[File:Equestrian pictogram.svg|30px]] Equestrian ()
[[File:Fencing pictogram.svg|30px]] Fencing ()
[[File:Football pictogram.svg|30px]] Football ()
[[File:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] Judo ()
[[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting ()
[[File:Softball pictogram.svg|30px]] Softball ()
[[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Table tennis ()
[[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis ()
[[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg|30px]] Volleyball ()
[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] Weightlifting ()
[[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] Wrestling ()

Medal table

The table below is taken from El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador,{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20011124200415/http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2001/JUEGOS/histes1.html |archive-date = 2001-11-24 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080629224904/http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2001/Juegos/histes2.html |archive-date = 2008-06-29 |url-status = dead and from the archives of La Nación, San José, Costa Rica.

References

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