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Central American Games
Central American multi-sport event
Central American multi-sport event
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
References
References
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