Central American Games


The Central American Games are a multi-sport regional championships event, held quadrennial, typically in the first year after Summer Olympics. The Games are open for member federations of the Central American Sports Organization ORDECA in Central American countries.
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. 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

GamesYearOpened byHost country
Host cityDatesNationsCompetitorsSportsTop nation----------
GamesYearOpened byHost country
Host cityDatesNationsCompetitorsSportsTop nation1973IAlejandro Maldonado AguirreGuatemala City24 November – 2 December616966
1977IICarlos Humberto RomeroSan Salvador25 November – 4 December5181282----------
1986IIIEstadio Doroteo Guamuch FloresGuatemala City4–10 January5201320----------
1990IVJosé AzconaTegucigalpa5–14 January6222082----------
1994VArmando Calderón SolSan Salvador25 November – 1 December7272112----------
1997VICarlos Roberto ReinaSan Pedro Sula5–15 December7252290----------
2001VIIHarris WhitbeckGuatemala City22 November – 3 December7292182----------
2006VIIIMelitón SánchezManagua2–12 March6191095----------
2010IXRicardo MartinelliPanama City9–19 April6231739----------
2013XLaura ChinchillaSan José3–17 March7262738----------
2017XIDaniel OrtegaManagua3–17 December7273500----------
2021XIISanta Tecla5–19 December7----------

All time medal table (1997 - 2017)

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Aquatics –
Cycling –
Football –
Gymnastics –
Roller sports –
Volleyball
†: Exhibition contest

Para Games