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2006 Central American Games
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | VIII Central American Games |
| host_city | Managua |
| country | NCA |
| nations | 6 |
| athletes | 1100 |
| events | 19 sports |
| opening | |
| closing | |
| opened_by | Melitón Sánchez |
| stadium | Estadio Olímpico del Instituto Nicaragüense de Juventud y Deporte |
| previous | 2001 Guatemala |
| next | 2010 Panamá |
The VIII Central American Games (Spanish: VIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 3 and 12 March 2006.
The games were initially scheduled between 9 and 18 December 2005 in Guatemala with support of El Salvador. However, the damages caused by Hurricane Stan in October 2005 led to the resignment of the designated hosts.{{ Citation |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130222160650/http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2005/10/28/deportes/4416 |archive-date = 2013-02-22 |url-status = dead distributed in all participating five countries with local opening ceremonies being the main took place in Managua. The games were opened by ORDECA president Melitón Sánchez who was participating at Panama event. | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130416055026/http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/notas/536396-juegos-centroamericanos-inician-hoy-en-nicaragua | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 16, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150228100151/http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticias/1/5/deportes/2006/03/03/151466/centroamericanos-inauguran-los-juegos-en-nicaragua.aspx | archive-date = February 28, 2015 | url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120802171539/http://www.cog.org.gt/c-olimpico/2005-2008/congua.aspx |archive-date = 2012-08-02 |url-status = dead
The competition featured 19 sports which were contested at various venues. 10 sports were cancelled. El Salvador did not participate.{{Citation | archive-date = February 25, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150225020426/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/marzo/13/deportes0.html | url-status = dead
Venues
- Nicaragua: athletics, baseball, bodybuilding, boxing.
- Panama: basketball, fencing, softball, swimming, wrestling.
- Costa Rica: chess, racquetball, taekwondo, triathlon.
- Guatemala: cycling, equestrian, shooting, weightlifting.
- Honduras: judo, table tennis.
Sports
- Aquatic sports ()
- [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming ()
- [[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: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:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] Judo ()
- [[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:Triathlon pictogram.svg|30px]] Triathlon ()
- [[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] Weightlifting ()
- [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] Wrestling ()
Medal table
There is no official medal table published by the organizers of the games. The table below is published in at least two sources. It is reported that a couple of medals were deprived retrospectively after protests from Costa Rica and Honduras. | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130222113704/http://impreso.elnuevodiario.com.ni/imprimir/2006-03-31/16256 | archive-date = February 22, 2013 | url-status = dead
References
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