2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

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2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games logo.svg
Host cityBarranquilla
CountryColombia
Nations37
Athletes5854
Events450
Opening19 July 2018
Closing3 August 2018
Opened by President Juan Manuel Santos [1]
Athlete's Oath Alex Cujavante
Judge's OathMagaly Peña
Torch lighter Édgar Rentería [1]
Main venue Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Website Barranquilla2018.com [ usurped ]

The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia. [2]

Contents

Bidding process

Quetzaltenango was the only city to meet CACSO's January 2012 deadline to bid for the Games, [3] and on October 29, 2012 it was named the host city. [2]

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. [4] [5] Quetzaltenango was officially stripped from its hosting rights in May 2014. [6]

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. [7]

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

Mascot

The mascot for the Games was Baqui the titi monkey. [1]

Sports

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13211891341
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1027268242
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia*799497270
4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 344873155
5Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 252953107
6Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 21224184
7Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 20293887
8Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1241127
9Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 981330
10Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4217
11Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 35513
12Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 251118
13Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 2169
14Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2046
15Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 161926
16Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 1113
17Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1012
18Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1001
19Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 0213
20Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (HON)0156
21Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0112
22Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 0101
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 0101
24Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 0099
25Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 0033
26Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 0011
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe 0011
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0011
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique 0011
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 0011
Totals (30 entries)4514505571,458

Nations

The following 37 nations took part. For the first time in the Central American and Caribbean Games, six Caribbean territories of European Countries competed, having reached agreement with ODACABE. 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 3 Memorias XXIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 (in Spanish) Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
  3. ↑ (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.
  4. ↑ Administrator. "Inicia el camino a los Juegos C.A. y del Caribe - ElMetropolitano Xela". Xela.elmetropolitano.com.gt. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Guatemala y El Salvador buscan sede 'JCC 2018'" (in Spanish). xeu Deportes. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  6. ↑ "ODECABE insiste: Guatemala está descartada para organizar Juegos 2018". Panama America (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cali busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". El Pueblo. 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.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Barranquilla busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de 2018". El Universal. 12 December 2013. 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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