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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.
Editions
Year | Event | Opened by | Host Country | Host City | Duration | Countries | Sports[3] | Athletes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | I | Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre | ![]() |
Guatemala City | November 24 - December 2 | 6 | 16 | 966 |
1977 | II | Carlos Humberto Romero | ![]() |
San Salvador | November 25 - December 4 | 5 | 18 | 1282 |
1986 | III | ![]() |
Guatemala City | January 4 - January 10 | 5 | 20 + 3 exh. | 1320 | |
1990 | IV | José Azcona | ![]() |
Tegucigalpa | January 5 - January 14 | 6 | 22 + 1 exh. | 2082 |
1994 | V | Armando Calderón Sol | ![]() |
San Salvador | November 25 - December 1 | 7 | 27 | 2112 |
1997 | VI | Carlos Roberto Reina | ![]() |
San Pedro Sula | December 5 - December 15 | 7 | 25 + 1 exh. | 2290 |
2001 | VII | Harris Whitbeck | ![]() |
Guatemala City | November 22 - December 3 | 7 | 29 + 1 exh. | 2182 |
2006 | VIII | Melitón Sánchez | ![]() |
Managua | March 2 - March 12 | 6 | 19 | 1095 |
2010 | IX | Ricardo Martinelli | ![]() |
Panama City | April 9 - April 19 | 6 | 23 | 1.739 |
2013 | X | Laura Chinchilla | ![]() |
San José | March 3 - March 17 | 7 | 26 + 3 exh. | 2738 |
2017 | XI | TBD | ![]() |
Managua | December 3 - December 17 | 7 | 30 | TBD |
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 | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World | Central America | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diving | ![]() |
FINA | CCCAN | X | ||||||||||||||||||
Open water swimming | ![]() |
X | ||||||||||||||||||||
Swimming | ![]() |
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 | |||||||||
Badminton | ![]() |
BWF | BPA | X† | ||||||||||||||||||
Baseball | ![]() |
IBAF | COPABE | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Basketball | ![]() |
FIBA | FIBA Americas | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
Bodybuilding | ![]() |
IFBB | CACBBFF | 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 | |||||||||
Chess | ![]() |
FIDE | CCA | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
BMX racing | ![]() |
UCI | COPACI | X | ||||||||||||||||||
Mountain Biking | ![]() |
X | ||||||||||||||||||||
Road Cycling | ![]() |
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 | |||||||||
Football | ![]() |
FIFA | UNCAF | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Futsal | ![]() |
X | X | |||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics | ![]() |
FIG | UPAG | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Handball | ![]() |
IHF | PATHF | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
Judo | ![]() |
IJF | PJC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
Karate | ![]() |
WKF | PKF | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
Squash | ![]() |
WSF | FPS | X | X | |||||||||||||||||
Table tennis | ![]() |
ITTF | LATTU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
Taekwondo | ![]() |
WTF | PATU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
Tennis | ![]() |
ITF | COTECC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Triathlon | ![]() |
ITU | PATCO | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
Beach Volleyball | ![]() |
FIVB | NORCECA | X† | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
Volleyball | ![]() |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
Weightlifting | ![]() |
IWF | PAWC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
Wrestling | ![]() |
FILA | CPLA | 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
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
- ↑ Pregunta 270 sobre (in Spanish), masgoles.com, September 27, 2011, retrieved August 10, 2012
External links
- List of medal winners on Mas Goles (in Spanish)