Central American Games

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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.

## Nations

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* Belize
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* Panama

## Editions

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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
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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[3] | TBA  | TBA  | TBA  | TBA

## All time medal table (1997 - 2025)

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The seven countries of Central America and their capitals Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Guatemala (GUA)| 535| 481| 382| 1,398
2|  El Salvador (ESA)| 463| 351| 388| 1,202
3|  Costa Rica (CRC)| 342| 343| 375| 1,060
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)| 1,886| 1,890| 2,165| 5,941

## Sports

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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

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World  | Central America
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 |  | 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

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Main article: Central American Para Games

Year  | Event  | Opened by  | Host Country  | Host City  | Duration  | Countries  | Sports  | Athletes

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2013  | 1 |  |  Costa Rica | San Jose | 13–21 April  | 6  |  |
2018  | 2 |  |  Nicaragua | Managua | 21–28 January  | 7  |  |

## See also

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* Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation
* Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation
* Latin American Table Tennis Union
* Hispanic America
* Latin America
* Ibero-America
* Afro–Latin Americans
* Latin Americans
* Caribbean Sea
* Central_America#Demographics

## References

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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
3. ^ "XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025". guatemala2025.gt. Retrieved 2025-06-05.

## External links

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* List of medal winners on Mas Goles (in Spanish)

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Editions|

* 1973 Guatemala City
* 1977 San Salvador
* 1986 Guatemala City
* 1990 Tegucigalpa
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* 2010 Panama City
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