Central American and Caribbean Games 1950

The 6th Central American and Caribbean Games took place from February 25 to March 12, 1950 in the Guatemalan capital Guatemala City . Mexico was the most successful nation with 43 gold medals ahead of Cuba , whose athletes won gold 24 times.

Participating Nations

14 countries with a total of 1390 athletes took part in the Central America and Caribbean Games. Haiti made its debut.

Costa Rica Costa Rica
El Salvador El Salvador
Guatemala Guatemala
Haiti 1807 Haiti
Honduras Honduras

Jamaica 1906 Jamaica
Colombia Colombia
Cuba Cuba
Mexico 1934 Mexico
Nicaragua 1908 Nicaragua

Netherlands Netherlands Antilles
Panama Panama
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago 1889 Trinidad and Tobago

sports

The Central America and Caribbean Games featured 19 sports. Bowling was part of the program for the first time, while horse riding was brought back into the program. Softball and pelota , however, were deleted.

Links marked in bold lead to the detailed results of the games

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Mexico 1934 Mexico	43	24	26th	93
02	Cuba Cuba	24	27	28	79
03	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	12	7th	10	29
04th	Jamaica 1906 Jamaica	10	10	3	23
05	Guatemala Guatemala	9	25th	25th	59
06th	Panama Panama	8th	9	10	27
07th	Netherlands Netherlands Antilles	3	2	1	6th
08th	Colombia Colombia	2	4th	4th	10
09	El Salvador El Salvador	2	4th	3	9
10	Trinidad and Tobago 1889 Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	1	4th
11	Nicaragua 1908 Nicaragua	1	-	1	2
12	Haiti 1807 Haiti	-	1	-	1
13	Honduras Honduras	-	-	2	2
14th	Costa Rica Costa Rica	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

↑ Historia Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco , article from the Guatemalan Olympic Committee, reproduced on https://de.calameo.com (Spanish) [accessed on August 4, 2019]
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 540-544 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 8, 2019 (Spanish).
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, p. 545 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 8, 2019 (Spanish).

[1] Historia Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco , article from the Guatemalan Olympic Committee, reproduced on https://de.calameo.com (Spanish) [accessed on August 4, 2019]

[2] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 540-544 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 8, 2019 (Spanish).

[3] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, p. 545 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 8, 2019 (Spanish).