2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
Host city Barranquilla
Country  Colombia
Nations participating 37
Athletes participating 5854
Events 450
Opening ceremony 19 July
Closing ceremony 3 August
Officially opened by Juan Manuel Santos
President of Colombia
Main venue Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Website Barranquilla2018.com
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The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[1]

Bidding process

Quetzaltenango was the only city to meet CACSO's January 2012 deadline to bid for the Games,[2] and on October 29, 2012 it was named the host city.[1]

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.[3][4] Quetzaltenango was officially stripped from its hosting rights in May 2014.[5]

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.[6]

A second bidding phase was opened to find the new hosts for the Games. Panama City (Panama),[7] 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]

Sports

Medal table

  Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico (MEX)13211891341
2 Cuba (CUB)1027268242
3 Colombia (COL)*799497270
4 Venezuela (VEN)344873155
5 Dominican Republic (DOM)252953107
6 Guatemala (GUA)21224184
7 Puerto Rico (PUR)20293887
8 Jamaica (JAM)1241127
9 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)981330
10 Bahamas (BAH)4217
11 Panama (PAN)35513
12 El Salvador (ESA)251118
13 Aruba (ARU)2169
14 Barbados (BAR)2046
15 Costa Rica (CRC)161926
16 British Virgin Islands (IVB)1113
17 Suriname (SUR)1012
18 Saint Lucia (LCA)1001
19 Bermuda (BER)0213
20 Honduras (HON)0156
21 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)0112
22 Grenada (GRN)0101
 Haiti (HAI)0101
24 Nicaragua (NIC)0099
25 Cayman Islands (CAY)0033
26 Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)0011
 Guadeloupe (GLP)0011
 Guyana (GUY)0011
 Martinique (MTQ)0011
 U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)0011
Totals (30 nations)4514505571458

Nations

The following 37 nations will take part. For the first time in the Central American and Caribbean Games, six Caribbean territories of European Countries competed, since ODACABE reached agreement with said countries. 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

References

  1. 1 2 (in Spanish) Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ↑ (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.
  3. ↑ Administrator. "Inicia el camino a los Juegos C.A. y del Caribe - ElMetropolitano Xela". Xela.elmetropolitano.com.gt. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Guatemala y El Salvador buscan sede 'JCC 2018'" (in Spanish). xeu Deportes. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  5. ↑ "ODECABE insiste: Guatemala está descartada para organizar Juegos 2018". Panama America (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cali busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". El Pueblo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Panamá insiste en organizar los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". Tele Sur. 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.
  9. ↑ "Barranquilla busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de 2018". El Universal. 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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