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Central American Games

Central American multi-sport event

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The Central American Games () are a multi-sport regional championships event, held quadrennial (every 4 years), typically in the first year after Summer Olympics. The Games are open for member federations of the Central American Sports Organization (Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) ORDECA in Central American countries. |access-date=August 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919225854/http://www.masgoles.com/ |archive-date=September 19, 2012 (in Spanish)

The Games have had an equivalent to the Olympic Flame, being ignited in Q'umarkaj, one of the ancient cultural Mayan centers located in El Quiché, Guatemala. | access-date = August 27, 2012 However, some people and organizations have criticised the games for not including the Mesoamerican ballgame, the oldest ball sport in the continent, on the sports programme.

The competition is the second multi-sport event to have the name: the Central American and Caribbean Games began life in 1926 as the Central American Games and had this moniker until it expanded its remit in 1935.

Nations

Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama

Editions

Games	Year	Host country
(as recognized by IOC)	Host city	Opened by	Dates	Nations	Sports	Competitors	Top nation
1973	1	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	24 November – 2 December	6	16	966	Panama
1977	2	El Salvador	San Salvador	Carlos Humberto Romero	25 November – 4 December	5	18	1282	Panama
1986	3	Guatemala	Guatemala City		4–10 January	5	20	1320	Guatemala
1990	4	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	José Azcona	5–14 January	6	22	2082	Guatemala
1994	5	El Salvador	San Salvador	Armando Calderón Sol	25 November – 1 December	7	27	2112	El Salvador
1997	6	Honduras	San Pedro Sula	Carlos Roberto Reina	5–15 December	7	25	2290	El Salvador
2001	7	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Harris Whitbeck	22 November – 3 December	7	29	2182	Guatemala
2006	8	Nicaragua	Managua	Melitón Sánchez	2–12 March	6	19	1095	Guatemala
2010	9	Panama	Panama City	Ricardo Martinelli	9–19 April	6	23	1739	El Salvador
2013	10	Costa Rica	San José	Laura Chinchilla	3–17 March	7	26	2738	Guatemala
2017	11	Nicaragua	Managua	Daniel Ortega	3–17 December	7	27	3500	Guatemala
2022	-	El Salvador	Santa Tecla		5–19 December (Cancelled)	7
2025	12	Guatemala	Guatemala City	President of Guatemala(execept)	15–31 October	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

All time medal table (1997 - 2025)

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

Aquatics – Cycling – Football – Gymnastics – Roller sports – Volleyball

Sport (Discipline)	Body	73	77	86	90	94	97	01	06	10	13	17	World	Central America
Diving	[[Image:Diving pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Aquatics	CCCAN							X
Open water swimming	[[Image:Pictgram swimming.svg	17px]]										X	X
Swimming	[[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Synchronized swimming	[[Image:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]							X			X
Water polo	[[Image:Water polo pictogram.svg	17px]]		X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Archery	[[Image:Archery pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Archery	COPARCO							X		X
Athletics	[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Athletics	CADICA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Badminton	[[Image:Badminton pictogram.svg	17px]]	BWF	BPA			X†
Baseball	[[Image:Baseball pictogram.svg	17px]]	WBSC	COPABE		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Softball	[[Image:Softball pictogram.svg	17px]]	CONPASA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Basketball	[[Image:Basketball pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIBA	FIBA Americas	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bodybuilding	[[Image:Bodybuilding pictogram.svg	17px]]	IFBB	CACBBFF				X†	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bowling	[[Image:Bowling pictogram.svg	17px]]	IBF	PABCON			X	X	X	X	X			X
Boxing	[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Boxing	AMBC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Chess	[[File:Chess (game) pictogram.svg	17x17px]]	FIDE	CCA			X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
BMX racing	[[Image:Cycling (BMX) pictogram.svg	17px]]	UCI	COPACI										X
Mountain Biking	[[Image:Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg	17px]]										X	X
Road Cycling	[[Image:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg	17px]]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Equestrian	[[Image:Equestrian pictogram.svg	17px]]	FEI	PAEC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Fencing	[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIE	CPE	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Football	[[Image:Football pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIFA	UNCAF	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
Futsal	[[Image:Futsal pictogram.svg	17px]]							X			X	X
Gymnastics	[[Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Gymnastics	UPAG		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Handball	[[Image:Handball pictogram.svg	17px]]	IHF	PATHF							X		X	X	X
Judo	[[Image:Judo pictogram.svg	17px]]	IJF	PJC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Karate	[[Image:Karate pictogram.svg	17px]]	WKF	PKF					X	X	X		X	X	X
Racquetball	[[Image:Racquets pictogram.svg	17px]]	IRF	PARC				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Roller speed skating	[[Image:Speed rolling pictogram.jpg	17px]]	World Skate	CPRS							X†			X
Rowing	[[Image:Rowing pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Rowing				X†				X		X		X
Sailing	[[Image:Sailing pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Sailing				X†		X
Shooting	[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISSF	CAT	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Squash	[[Image:Squash pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Squash	FPS					X		X
Table tennis	[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	ITTF	LATTU	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Taekwondo	[[Image:Taekwondo pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Taekwondo	PATU				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tennis	[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	ITF	COTECC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
Triathlon	[[Image:Triathlon pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Triathlon	PATCO					X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Beach Volleyball	[[Image:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIVB	NORCECA						X†	X			X	X
Volleyball	[[Image:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg	17px]]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Weightlifting	[[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg	17px]]	IWF	PAWC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Wrestling	[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg	17px]]	UWW	CPLA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Total sports	16	18	20+3	22+1	27	25+1	29+1	19	23

†: Exhibition contest

Para Games

Main article: Central American Para Games

Year	Event	Opened by	Host country	Host city	Duration	Countries	Sports	Athletes
2013	1		Costa Rica	San Jose	13–21 April	6
2018	2		Nicaragua	Managua	21–28 January	7

References

"XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025".

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