Central American and Caribbean Games


The Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial, typically in the middle year between Summer Olympics. The games are for countries in Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the South American Caribbean countries of Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The games are overseen by the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization . They are designed to provide a step between sub-CACG-region Games held the first year following a Summer Olympics and the Continental Championships, the Pan American Games, held the year before the Summer Olympics.
The last games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia between 19 July to 3 August. The next games will be held in 2022.

History

The CACGs are the oldest continuing regional games in the world, and only the Olympics have run longer. Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala were the three countries present at the first games, which were then called the Central American Games. In 1935 their name was changed to Central American and Caribbean Games to reflect expanding participation.
A "Central American Games" does exist today, Juegos Centroamericanos, involving just Central American countries.

Editions

The first two editions of the Games were known as the "Central American Games" at the time, but the edition lineage continued after the inclusion of the Caribbean nations in 1935.
YearEditionHost cityHost nation
DatesNationsCompetitorsSportsEventsTop placed team----------
YearEditionHost cityHost nation
DatesNationsCompetitorsSportsEventsTop placed team19261Mexico CityOctober 30 – November 2339269
19302HavanaMarch 15 – April 15999606----------
19353San SalvadorMarch 16 – April 59913741----------
19384Panama CityFebruary 5 – February 241010161216----------
19465BarranquillaMarch 5 – March 251313171540----------
19506Guatemala CityFebruary 28 – March 121414191390----------
19547Mexico CityMarch 5 – March 201212191356----------
19598CaracasJanuary 6 – January 151712171150----------
19629KingstonAugust 15 – August 281515161559----------
196610San JuanJuly 11 – July 251818171689----------
197011Panama CityFebruary 28 – March 132121162095----------
197412Santo DomingoFebruary 27 – March 132323181928----------
197813MedellínJuly 7 – July 281821182605----------
198214HavanaAugust 7 – August 181919242420----------
198615Santiago de los CaballerosJune 24 – July 52526252963----------
199016Mexico CityNovember 20 – December 32929304206----------
199317PonceNovember 19 – November 303132323570----------
199818MaracaiboAugust 8 – August 223131305200----------
200219San SalvadorNovember 19 – November 303731377000----------
200620Cartagena de IndiasJuly 15 – July 303232374,865----------
201021MayagüezJuly 17 – August 13131425204----------
201422VeracruzNovember 14 – November 303131365707----------
201823BarranquillaJuly 19 – August 33737365854----------
202224TBDTBDTBD----------

Sports

Nations

Historical medal count