1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

4th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Sports Games

Host city| Panama City
Country|  Panama
Edition| 4th
Athletes| 1,540
Opening| 5 February 1938 (1938-02-05)
Closing| 24 February 1938 (1938-02-24)
Opened by| Juan Demóstenes Arosemena[1]
Athlete's Oath| José Antonio Remón Cantera
Main venue| Estadio Olímpico Nacional

<- 1935 San Salvador

1946 Barranquilla ->

The fourth Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, the capital city of Panama at Estadio Olímpico Nacional. These games were held 3 years after the last games, this was to get the games back to the year they should have been, after a 5-year break on the previous games. The Games were held from 5 February to 24 February 1938. They included 1,216 athletes from ten nations, competing in sixteen different sports.

## Sports

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* Athletics (details)
* Baseball (details)
* Basketball (details)
* Basque Pelota (details)
* Boxing (details)
* Cycling (details)
* Diving (details)
* Equestrian (details)
* Fencing (details)
* Football (details)
* Golf (details)
* Shooting (details)
* Swimming (details)
* Tennis (details)
* Volleyball (details)
* Water polo (details)
* Weightlifting (details)
* Wrestling (details)

## Medal table

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Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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1  |  Mexico | 24  | 32  | 16  | 72
2  |  Panama | 24  | 22  | 20  | 66
3  |  Cuba | 24  | 17  | 19  | 60
4  |  Puerto Rico | 16  | 11  | 11  | 38
5  |  Jamaica | 9  | 5  | 8  | 22
6  |  Venezuela | 3  | 2  | 6  | 11
7  |  El Salvador | 0  | 5  | 8  | 13
8  |  Costa Rica | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3
9  |  Colombia | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2
10  |  Nicaragua | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total | 100 | 96 | 92 | 288

## References

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1. ^ Memoria oficial de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Panama 1938 (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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