2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

23rd edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Host city| Barranquilla
Country| Colombia
Nations| 37
Athletes| 5854
Events| 450
Opening| 19 July 2018
Closing| 3 August 2018
Opened by| President Juan Manuel Santos[1]
Athlete's Oath| Alex Cujavante
Judge's Oath| Magaly Peña
Torch lighter| Édgar Rentería[1]
Main venue| Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Website| Barranquilla2018.com[usurped]

← 2014 Veracruz

2023 San Salvador →

The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[2]

## Bidding process

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Quetzaltenango was the only city to meet CACSO's January 2012 deadline to bid for the Games,[3] and on October 29, 2012 it was named the host city.[2]

Guatemala last hosted the Games in 1950 (in Guatemala City); Central America last hosted in 2002 (in San Salvador, El Salvador). Panajachel would be the venue for sailing, open water swimming and triathlon.[4][5] Quetzaltenango was officially stripped from its hosting rights in May 2014.[6]

Meanwhile, the Colombian City of Santiago de Cali has sent a formal request to the CACSO committee to host the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (due to the success of the 2013 World Games) in case that Quetzaltenango was unable to meet with the event's logistics. In addition, sports venues in Santiago de Cali were completely built and in excellent condition, while Quetzaltenango was having delays in its venue preparation.[7]

A second bidding phase was opened to find the new hosts for the Games. Panama City (Panama),[citation needed] Puerto la Cruz (Venezuela),[8] and Barranquilla (Colombia)[9] were bidding to host the Games. Barranquilla was voted as the hosts for the Games during a CACSO meeting in Veracruz, Mexico.[10]

## Mascot

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The mascot for the Games was Baqui the titi monkey.[1]

## Sports

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* Aquatics
*  Artistic swimming (7) (details)
*  Diving (8) (details)
*  Open water swimming (2) (details)
*  Swimming (40) (details)
*  Water polo (2) (details)
*  Archery (10) (details)
*  Athletics (46) (details)
*  Badminton (6) (details)
*  Baseball (1) (details)
*  Basketball (2) (details)
*  3x3 basketball (2) (details)
*  Beach volleyball (2) (details)
*  Bowling (10) (details)
*  Boxing (15) (details)
*  Canoeing (9) (details)
* Cycling (details)
* BMX (2)
* Mountain biking (2)
* Road (4)
* Track (19)
*  Equestrian (9) (details)
*  Fencing (12) (details)
*  Field hockey (2) (details)
*  Football (2) (details)
*  Golf (2) (details)
* Gymnastics (details)
* Artistic gymnastics (14)
* Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
* Trampoline (3)
*  Handball (2) (details)
*  Judo (18) (details)
*  Karate (12) (details)
*  Modern pentathlon (5) (details)
*  Racquetball (6) (details)
*  Roller sports (12) (details)
*  Rowing (11) (details)
*  Rugby sevens (2) (details)
*  Sailing (7) (details)
*  Shooting (33) (details)
*  Squash (7) (details)
*  Softball (2) (details)
*  Table tennis (7) (details)
*  Taekwondo (21) (details)
*  Tennis (7) (details)
*  Triathlon (5) (details)
*  Volleyball (2) (details)
*  Weightlifting (32) (details)
*  Wrestling (18) (details)

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Colombia)

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games medal tableRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Mexico| 132| 118| 91| 341
2|  Cuba| 102| 72| 68| 242
3|  Colombia*| 79| 94| 97| 270
4|  Venezuela| 34| 48| 73| 155
5|  Dominican Republic| 25| 29| 53| 107
6|  Guatemala| 21| 22| 41| 84
7|  Puerto Rico| 20| 29| 38| 87
8|  Jamaica| 12| 4| 11| 27
9|  Trinidad and Tobago| 9| 8| 13| 30
10|  Bahamas| 4| 2| 1| 7
11|  Panama| 3| 5| 5| 13
12|  El Salvador| 2| 5| 11| 18
13|  Aruba| 2| 1| 6| 9
14|  Barbados| 2| 0| 4| 6
15|  Costa Rica| 1| 6| 19| 26
16|  British Virgin Islands| 1| 1| 1| 3
17|  Suriname| 1| 0| 1| 2
18|  Saint Lucia| 1| 0| 0| 1
19|  Bermuda| 0| 2| 1| 3
20|  Honduras (HON)| 0| 1| 5| 6
21|  Saint Kitts and Nevis| 0| 1| 1| 2
22|  Grenada| 0| 1| 0| 1
Haiti| 0| 1| 0| 1
24|  Nicaragua| 0| 0| 9| 9
25|  Cayman Islands| 0| 0| 3| 3
26|  Antigua and Barbuda| 0| 0| 1| 1
Guadeloupe| 0| 0| 1| 1
Guyana| 0| 0| 1| 1
Martinique| 0| 0| 1| 1
U.S. Virgin Islands| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (30 entries)| 451| 450| 557| 1,458

## Nations

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The following 37 nations took part. For the first time in the Central American and Caribbean Games, six Caribbean territories of European Countries competed, having reached agreement with ODACABE. These territories being: the three French territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, the British Territory of Turks and Caicos, and the two Dutch territories of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.[11]

The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes entered.

Participating Nations

*  Antigua and Barbuda (10)
*  Aruba (20)
*  Bahamas (72)
*  Barbados (113)
*  Belize (6)
*  Bermuda (14)
*  British Virgin Islands (13)
*  Cayman Islands (18)
*  Colombia (555) (Host)
*  Costa Rica (219)
*  Cuba (515)
*  Curaçao (38)
*  Dominica (6)

*  Dominican Republic (459)
*  El Salvador (172)
*  French Guiana (2)
*  Grenada (3)
*  Guadeloupe (26)
*  Guatemala (396)
*  Guyana (78)
*  Haiti (72)
* Honduras (134)
*  Jamaica (101)
*  Martinique (8)
*  Mexico (653)
*  Nicaragua (142)

*  Panama (107)
*  Puerto Rico (354)
*  Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
*  Saint Lucia (6)
*  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (10)
*  Sint Maarten (6)
*  Suriname (8)
*  Trinidad and Tobago (217)
*  Turks and Caicos Islands (8)
*  United States Virgin Islands (47)
*  Venezuela (443)

## References

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1. ^ a b c Memorias XXIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2023.
2. ^ a b (in Spanish) Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
3. ^ (in Spanish) ODECABE decide hoy si Xela es sede de lo CA y del Caribe 2018 Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine (translation: "CASCO decides today if Quetzaltenango is the host of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games"). Published by Prense Libre on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
4. ^ Administrator. "Inicia el camino a los Juegos C.A. y del Caribe - ElMetropolitano Xela". Xela.elmetropolitano.com.gt. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
5. ^ "Guatemala y El Salvador buscan sede 'JCC 2018'" (in Spanish). xeu Deportes. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
6. ^ "ODECABE insiste: Guatemala está descartada para organizar Juegos 2018". Panama America (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
7. ^ "Cali busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". El Pueblo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
8. ^ "Venezuela se postulará como sede de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". Globovision (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
9. ^ "Barranquilla busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de 2018". El Universal. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
10. ^ "Barranquilla, escogida como sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 11 June 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
11. ^ Del Valle Hernández, Sara (July 18, 2018), "10 curiosidades de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe", El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish), San Juan, PR

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Events at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia

* Archery
* Artistic swimming
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Basketball 3x3
* Beach volleyball
* Bowling
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Cycling
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey
* Football
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Judo
* Karate
* Modern pentathlon
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Rowing
* Rugby sevens
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Softball
* Squash
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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