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1997 Central American Games

6th Central American Games, 1997

Field	Value
name	VI Central American Games
host_city	San Pedro Sula
country	HON
nations	7
events	25 sports
opening
closing
opened_by	Carlos Roberto Reina
stadium	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
previous	1994 San Salvador
next	2001 Guatemala

The VI Central American Games (Spanish: VI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 5–15 December 1997. The shooting competitions were hosted by San Salvador, El Salvador.

The games had to be postponed, because the original date (5–14 September 1997) could not be kept for various reasons, among others delayed construction works.

The games were opened by Honduran president Carlos Roberto Reina.

Venues

Football: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano and Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula, Estadio Excélsior in Puerto Cortés
Shooting: San Salvador, El Salvador

Participation

Athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:

Belize
Costa Rica (277){{ Citation
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras (Host)
Nicaragua
Panama Panamá

Sports

The competition featured 27 disciplines in 25 sports (plus beach volleyball as exhibition). name=nacion_02a/ The following list was compiled from a variety of articles from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación. | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061500/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1997/diciembre/12/deportes3.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130129130106/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1997/diciembre/13/deportes3.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 29, 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130129132855/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1997/diciembre/14/deportes4.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 29, 2013 | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070045/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1997/diciembre/15/deportes9.html | url-status = dead

Aquatic sports ()
- [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming ()
- [[File:Water polo pictogram.svg|30px]] Water polo ()
[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics ()
[[File:Baseball pictogram.svg|30px]] Baseball ()
[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg|30px]] Basketball ()
[[File:Bodybuilding pictogram.svg|30px]] Bodybuilding ()
[[File:Bowling pictogram.svg|30px]] Bowling ()
[[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] Boxing ()
[[File:Chess (game) pictogram.svg|30px]] Chess ()
[[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:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg|30px]] Gymnastics ()
[[File:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] Judo ()
[[File:Karate pictogram.svg|30px]] Karate ()
[[File:Racquets pictogram.svg|30px]] Racquetball ()
[[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting ()
[[File:Softball pictogram.svg|30px]] Softball ()
[[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Table tennis ()
[[File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|30px]] Taekwondo ()
[[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis ()
[[File:Triathlon pictogram.svg|30px]] Triathlon ()
Volleyball ()
- [[File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg|30px]] Beach volleyball ()†
- [[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg|30px]] Volleyball ()
[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] Weightlifting ()
[[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] Wrestling ()

†: Exhibition contest

Medal table

The medals below are compiled from Costa Rican newspaper La Nación and from Nicaraguan newspapers La Prensa{{ Citation |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130223034411/http://archivo.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2001/noviembre/26/deportes/deportes-20011126-10.html |archive-date = 2013-02-23 |url-status = dead The table is complete now.

References

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