2006 Central American Games

VIII Central American Games
Host city Managua
Country  Nicaragua
Nations participating 6
Athletes participating 1100
Events 19 sports
Opening ceremony March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)
Closing ceremony March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)
Officially opened by Melitón Sánchez
Main venue Estadio Olímpico del Instituto Nicaragüense de Juventud y Deporte
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The VIII Central American Games (Spanish: VIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 3 and 12 March 2006.

The games were initially scheduled between 9 and 18 December 2005 in Guatemala with support of El Salvador. However, the damages caused by Hurricane Stan in October 2005 led to the resignment of the designated hosts.[1] Therefore, only a basic version of the games was organized with venues distributed over five countries. A sober opening ceremony took place in Managua, Nicaragua, with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panamá being co-hosts. The games were opened by ORDECA president Melitón Sánchez from Panamá.[2][3][4][5]

The competition featured 19 sports which were contested at various venues. 10 sports were cancelled. El Salvador did not participate. There was no torch run, no games motto, no athletes village, no mascot.[6]

Venues

Sports

Medal table

There is no official medal table published by the organizers of the games.[6] The table below is published in at least two sources.[6][7] It is reported that a couple of medals were deprived retrospectively after protests from Costa Rica and Honduras.[8]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Guatemala 1057336214
2 Costa Rica 35261879
3  Nicaragua 343951124
4  Honduras 244653123
5  Panama 16202359
6 Belize 0549
Total 296 297 343 936

References

  1. ↑ Guatemala y El Salvador desisten - Juegos CA cancelados (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, October 28, 2005, retrieved August 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Quintero, Abdiel (March 3, 2006), Juegos Centroamericanos inician hoy en Nicaragua (in Spanish), Panamá América, retrieved August 3, 2012
  3. ↑ Inaugurados en Nicaragua los VIII Juegos Centroamericanos (in Spanish), LA NACION S.A., San José, Costa Rica, March 3, 2006, retrieved August 3, 2012
  4. ↑ Centroamericanos: Inauguran los juegos en Nicaragua (in Spanish), El Mexicano, México, March 3, 2006, retrieved August 3, 2012
  5. ↑ JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS 2006 POR LA DIGNIDAD DEL ATLETA (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico de Guatemala, retrieved August 3, 2012
  6. 1 2 3 Jiménez M., Gustavo (March 13, 2006), Juegos Centroamericanos - Ticos ganaron taekwondo (in Spanish), LA NACION S.A., San José, Costa Rica, retrieved August 3, 2012
  7. ↑ Juegos Centroamericanos: Guatemala lideró de principio a fin el cuadro de medallas. (in Spanish), Tera Deportes, March 13, 2006, retrieved August 3, 2012
  8. ↑ Alfaro, Emir (March 31, 2006), Nos quitan medallas - Ordeca cede y aprueba despojo (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, retrieved August 3, 2012
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