Central American Games

Not to be confused with Central American and Caribbean Games.

Central America

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.

Nations

•   Belize
•   Costa Rica
•   El Salvador
•   Guatemala
•   Honduras
•   Nicaragua
•   Panama

Editions

1973, 1986, 2001, 2025

1977, 1994

1990

1997

2006, 2017

2010

2013

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Host cities of the Central American Games

Games	Year	Host country (as recognized by IOC)	Host city	Opened by	Dates	Nations	Sports	Competitors	Top nation
										1973	1	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	24 November – 2 December	6	16	966	Panama
1977	2	El Salvador	San Salvador	Carlos Humberto Romero	25 November – 4 December	5	18	1282	Panama
1986	3	Guatemala	Guatemala City		4–10 January	5	20	1320	Guatemala
1990	4	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	José Azcona	5–14 January	6	22	2082	Guatemala
1994	5	El Salvador	San Salvador	Armando Calderón Sol	25 November – 1 December	7	27	2112	El Salvador
1997	6	Honduras	San Pedro Sula	Carlos Roberto Reina	5–15 December	7	25	2290	El Salvador
2001	7	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Harris Whitbeck	22 November – 3 December	7	29	2182	Guatemala
2006	8	Nicaragua	Managua	Melitón Sánchez	2–12 March	6	19	1095	Guatemala
2010	9	Panama	Panama City	Ricardo Martinelli	9–19 April	6	23	1739	El Salvador
2013	10	Costa Rica	San José	Laura Chinchilla	3–17 March	7	26	2738	Guatemala
2017	11	Nicaragua	Managua	Daniel Ortega	3–17 December	7	27	3500	Guatemala
2022	-	El Salvador	Santa Tecla		5–19 December (Cancelled)	7
2025	12	Guatemala	Guatemala City	President of Guatemala(execept)	15–31 October [3]	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

All time medal table (1997 - 2025)

The seven countries of Central America and their capitals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala  (GUA)	535	481	382	1,398
2	El Salvador  (ESA)	463	351	388	1,202
3	Costa Rica  (CRC)	342	343	375	1,060
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 entries)		1,886	1,890	2,165	5,941

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		UWW	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

Para Games

Main article: Central American Para Games

Year	Event	Opened by	Host Country	Host City	Duration	Countries	Sports	Athletes
2013	1		Costa Rica	San Jose	13–21 April	6
2018	2		Nicaragua	Managua	21–28 January	7

See also

• Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation
• Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation
• Latin American Table Tennis Union
• Hispanic America
• Latin America
• Ibero-America
• Afro–Latin Americans
• Latin Americans
• Caribbean Sea
• Central_America#Demographics

References

1. Centroamericanos - Resultados en la historia (in Spanish), masgoles.com, archived from the original on September 19, 2012, retrieved August 10, 2012
2. Comenzaron los juegos ayer en Guatemala (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 25, 1973, p. 35 (original page no.: 62A), retrieved August 27, 2012
3. "XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025". guatemala2025.gt. Retrieved 2025-06-05.

External links

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