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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 edit
All time medal table (1997 - 2017) edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guatemala (GUA) | 535 | 481 | 382 | 1398 |
| 2 |  El Salvador (ESA) | 463 | 351 | 388 | 1202 |
| 3 |  Costa Rica (CRC) | 342 | 343 | 375 | 1060 |
| 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) | 1886 | 1890 | 2165 | 5941 | |
Sports edit
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Aquatics – Cycling – Football – Gymnastics – Roller sports – Volleyball
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†: Exhibition contest
Para Games edit
| Year | Event | Opened by | Host Country | Host City | Duration | Countries | Sports | Athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | I | Costa Rica
|
San Jose | April 13 - April 21 | 6 | |||
| 2018 | II | Nicaragua
|
Managua | January 21 - January 28 | 7 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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
External links edit
- List of medal winners on Mas Goles (in Spanish)