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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

1973, 1986, 2001

1977, 1994

1990

1997

2006, 2017

2010

2013

Host cities of the Central American Games

Year	Event	Opened by	Host Country	Host City	Duration	Countries	Sports[3]	Athletes	Top Placed Team
1973	I	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	Guatemala	Guatemala City	November 24 - December 2	6	16	966	Panama
1977	II	Carlos Humberto Romero	El Salvador	San Salvador	November 25 - December 4	5	18	1282	Panama
1986	III		Guatemala	Guatemala City	January 4 - January 10	5	20 + 3 exh.	1320	Guatemala
1990	IV	José Azcona	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	January 5 - January 14	6	22 + 1 exh.	2082	Guatemala
1994	V	Armando Calderón Sol	El Salvador	San Salvador	November 25 - December 1	7	27	2112	El Salvador
1997	VI	Carlos Roberto Reina	Honduras	San Pedro Sula	December 5 - December 15	7	25 + 1 exh.	2290	El Salvador
2001	VII	Harris Whitbeck	Guatemala	Guatemala City	November 22 - December 3	7	29 + 1 exh.	2182	Guatemala
2006	VIII	Melitón Sánchez	Nicaragua	Managua	March 2 - March 12	6	19	1095	Guatemala
2010	IX	Ricardo Martinelli	Panama	Panama City	April 9 - April 19	6	23	1739	El Salvador
2013	X	Laura Chinchilla	Costa Rica	San José	March 3 - March 17	7	26 + 3 exh.	2738	Guatemala
2017	XI	Daniel Ortega	Nicaragua	Managua	December 3 - December 17	7	27 + 1 exh.	3500	Guatemala
2021	XII		El Salvador	Santa Tecla

All time medal table (1997 - 2017)

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 nations)		1886	1890	2165	5941

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	17
		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		FILA	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

See also

• Para Central American Games

References

External links

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