Central American Games

The Central American Games (

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

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

1973, 1986, 2001, 2025

1977, 1994

1990

1997

2006, 2017

2010

2013

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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
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
2025	XII	Guatemala

All time medal table (1997 - 2017)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala (GUA)	535	481	382	1398
2	El Salvador (ESA)	463	351	388	1202
3	Costa Rica (CRC)	342	343	375	1060
4	Panama (PAN)	203	235	272	710
5	Nicaragua (NIC)	166	230	383	779
6	Honduras (HON)	166	225	333	724
7	Belize (BLZ)	11	25	32	68
Totals (7 entries)		1886	1890	2165	5941

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
Sport (Discipline)	World	Central America	73	77	86	90	94	97	01	06	10	13	17

Diving	FINA	CCCAN							X
Open water swimming												X	X
Swimming			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Synchronized swimming									X			X
Water polo				X	X	X	X	X	X		X

Archery	FITA	COPARCO							X		X
Athletics	IAAF	CADICA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Badminton	BWF	BPA			X^†
Baseball	IBAF	COPABE		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Basketball	FIBA	FIBA Americas	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bodybuilding	IFBB	CACBBFF				X^†	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bowling	FIQ	PABCON			X	X	X	X	X			X
Boxing	AIBA	AMBC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Chess	FIDE	CCA			X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X

BMX racing	UCI	COPACI										X
Mountain Biking												X	X
Road Cycling			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Equestrian	FEI	PAEC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Fencing	FIE	CPE	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Football	FIFA	UNCAF	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
Futsal	FIFA	UNCAF							X			X	X

Gymnastics	FIG	UPAG		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X

Handball	IHF	PATHF							X		X	X	X
Judo	IJF	PJC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Karate	WKF	PKF					X	X	X		X	X	X
Racquetball	IRF	PARC				X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Roller speed skating	FIRS	CPRS							X^†			X

Rowing	FISA				X^†				X		X		X
Sailing	ISAF				X^†		X
Shooting	ISSF	CAT	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Softball	ISF	CONPASA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Squash	WSF	FPS					X		X
Table tennis	ITTF	LATTU	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Taekwondo	WTF	PATU				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tennis	ITF	COTECC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
Triathlon	ITU	PATCO					X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Beach Volleyball	FIVB	NORCECA						X^†	X			X	X
Volleyball	FIVB	NORCECA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X

Weightlifting	IWF	PAWC	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Wrestling	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

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

References

^ Centroamericanos - Resultados en la historia (in Spanish), masgoles.com, archived from the original on September 19, 2012, retrieved August 10, 2012
^ 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

External links

List of medal winners on Mas Goles (in Spanish)

[masgoles-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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