Central American and Caribbean Games 1959

The 8th Central American and Caribbean Games took place from January 6th to 18th, 1959 in the Venezuelan capital Caracas . The games were initially scheduled for December 2 to 18, 1958, but due to the parliamentary elections in Venezuela on December 7, the games were postponed to the beginning of 1959, contrary to the four-year rhythm.

Mexico was the most successful nation with 53 gold medals ahead of Venezuela , whose athletes won gold 35 times.

Participating Nations

Twelve countries with a total of 1150 athletes took part in the Central America and Caribbean Games. The fall of Fulgencio Batista as part of the Cuban Revolution at the beginning of 1959 resulted in Cuba not participating in the Games for the first and only time. British Guiana made its debut.

British Guiana 1954 British Guiana
Costa Rica Costa Rica
El Salvador El Salvador
Guatemala Guatemala

Jamaica 1906 Jamaica
Colombia Colombia
Mexico 1934 Mexico
Nicaragua 1908 Nicaragua

Netherlands Netherlands Antilles
Panama Panama
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Venezuela 1954 Venezuela

sports

The Central America and Caribbean Games featured 17 sports. Bowling and golf , both still in the program in 1954, were no longer part of the games.

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

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Mexico 1934 Mexico	53	37	42	132
02	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela	35	31	34	100
03	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	9	19th	8th	36
04th	Panama Panama	7th	6th	11	24
05	Colombia Colombia	6th	10	4th	20th
06th	Netherlands Netherlands Antilles	4th	5	3	12
07th	Jamaica 1906 Jamaica	2	1	1	4th
08th	British Guiana 1954 British Guiana	1	5	7th	13
09	Guatemala Guatemala	1	3	5	9
10	El Salvador El Salvador	1	2	1	4th
11	Nicaragua 1908 Nicaragua	-	-	2	2
12	Costa Rica Costa Rica	-	-	1	1

Beauty queen

For representative purposes, a (beauty) queen with “ladies-in-waiting” was selected for the games. It was Gladys Ascanio , who was the Venezuelan participant in the Miss International competition in 1960 .

literature

Memoria Oficial del Comité Organizador de los VIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe , (PDF file, 47.7 MB)

Individual evidence

↑ According to the event poster
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 57-61 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2019 (Spanish).
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 540-544 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2019 (Spanish).
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, p. 545 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2019 (Spanish).

[1] According to the event poster

[2] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 57-61 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2019 (Spanish).

[3] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 540-544 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2019 (Spanish).

[4] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, p. 545 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2019 (Spanish).