1990 Central American Games

The IV Central American Games (Spanish: IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 5–14 January 1990. The games were officially opened by Honduran president José Azcona.[1] Torch lighter was Zacarías Arzú,[2] who represented Honduras internationally in both baseball and football.[3]

IV Central American Games
Host cityTegucigalpa
Country Honduras
Nations participating6
Athletes participating2082
Events22 sports + 1 exhibition
Opening ceremonyJanuary 5, 1990 (1990-01-05)
Closing ceremonyJanuary 14, 1990 (1990-01-14)
Officially opened byJosé Azcona
Torch lighterZacarías Arzú
Main venueEstadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Participation

The Games saw the first appearance of athletes from Belize. Panamá did not participate because of the recent political and military incidents. Therefore, athletes from only 6 countries were reported to participate:[1]

The 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico were staged in November and December 1990.

Sports

The competition featured 23 disciplines from 22 sports (plus bodybuilding as exhibition).[4]

†: Exhibition event

Medal table

The table below is taken from El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador,[5][6] and from El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.[7]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Guatemala (GUA)829882262
2 Costa Rica (CRC)664744157
3 Nicaragua (NCA)593949147
4 El Salvador (ESA)492949127
5 Honduras (HON)204468132
6 Panama (PAN)1023
7 Belize (BIZ)0224
Totals (7 nations)277259296832

References
  1. IV Juegos deportivos, Honduras 1990 - Hoy se inicia la fiesta regional (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, January 5, 1990, p. 24 (original page no.: 45A), retrieved August 27, 2012
  2. Pregunta 263 sobre Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (in Spanish), masgoles.com, August 31, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2015, retrieved August 15, 2012
  3. Zacarías Arzú, un caballero del fútbol (in Spanish), Club Deportivo Motagua, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2012, archived from the original on 2012-08-22, retrieved August 15, 2012
  4. Pregunta 270 sobre Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (in Spanish), masgoles.com, September 27, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2015, retrieved August 10, 2012
  5. Baires Q., Rodrigo (November 23, 2001), El Salvador en los juegos Centroamericanos - De más a menos (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on 2001-11-24, retrieved August 15, 2012
  6. Baires Q., Rodrigo (November 23, 2001), El Salvador en los juegos Centroamericanos - El cambio (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on 2008-06-29, retrieved August 15, 2012
  7. Ruiz, Martín (February 28, 2013), Juegos Centroamericanos a la vista - ¿Cuántas medallas? (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, retrieved March 4, 2013
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