Central America

The Central American Games (Spanish: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) 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.[1] (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.[2] 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.

Editions

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

All time medal table (1997 - 2017)

The seven countries of Central America and their capitals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Guatemala (GUA)5354813821398
2 El Salvador (ESA)4633513881202
3 Costa Rica (CRC)3423433751060
4 Panama (PAN)203235272710
5 Nicaragua (NIC)166230383779
6 Honduras (HON)166225333724
7 Belize (BLZ)11253268
Totals (7 entries)1886189021655941

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 FINA CCCAN X
Open water swimming XX
Swimming XXXXXXXXXXX
Synchronized swimming XX
Water polo XXXXXXX
 
Archery FITA COPARCO XX
Athletics IAAF CADICA XXXXXXXXXXX
Badminton BWF BPA X†
Baseball IBAF COPABE XXXXXXXXXX
Basketball FIBA FIBA Americas XXXXXXXXXXX
Bodybuilding IFBB CACBBFF X†XXXXXXX
Bowling FIQ PABCON XXXXXX
Boxing AIBA AMBC XXXXXXXXXXX
Chess FIDE CCA XXXXXXXX
 
BMX racing UCI COPACI X
Mountain Biking XX
Road Cycling XXXXXXXXXXX
 
Equestrian FEI PAEC XXXXXXXXXX
Fencing FIE CPE XXXXXXXXXXX
 
Football FIFA UNCAF XXXXXXXXX
Futsal XXX
 
Gymnastics FIG UPAG XXXXXXXX
 
Handball IHF PATHF XXXX
Judo IJF PJC XXXXXXXXXXX
Karate WKF PKF XXXXXX
Racquetball IRF PARC XXXXXXX
 
Roller speed skating FIRS CPRS X†X
 
Rowing FISA X†XXX
Sailing ISAF X†X
Shooting ISSF CAT XXXXXXXX
Softball ISF CONPASA XXXXXXXXXXX
Squash WSF FPS XX
Table tennis ITTF LATTU XXXXXXXXXXX
Taekwondo WTF PATU XXXXXXXX
Tennis ITF COTECC XXXXXXXXX
Triathlon ITU PATCO XXXXXXX
 
Beach Volleyball FIVB NORCECA X†XXX
Volleyball XXXXXXXXXX
 
Weightlifting IWF PAWC XXXXXXXXXXX
Wrestling UWW CPLA XXXXXXXXXXX
 
Total sports 161820+322+12725+129+11923

†: Exhibition contest

Para Games

Year Event Opened by Host Country Host City Duration Countries Sports Athletes
2013 I  Costa Rica San Jose April 13 - April 21 6
2018 II  Nicaragua Managua January 21 - January 28 7

See also

References

  1. ↑ Centroamericanos - Resultados en la historia (in Spanish), masgoles.com, archived from the original on September 19, 2012, retrieved August 10, 2012
  2. ↑ Comenzaron los juegos ayer en Guatemala (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 25, 1973, p. 35 (original page no.: 62A), retrieved August 27, 2012
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