Central American and Caribbean Games 1962

The 9th Central American and Caribbean Games took place from August 11th to 25th, 1962 in the Jamaican capital Kingston . Five days before its opening ceremony, the island nation of Jamaica had gained independence from the United Kingdom . President of the organizing committee was Herbert Macdonald , who had participated in the games as a tennis player in 1930.

Mexico was the most successful nation with 37 gold medals ahead of Venezuela , whose athletes won gold 15 times.

Participating Nations

15 countries with a total of 1559 athletes took part in the Central America and Caribbean Games. The Bahamas and Barbados made their debut.

Bahamas 1953 Bahamas
Barbados 1958 Barbados
British Guiana 1954 British Guiana
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
El Salvador El Salvador

Guatemala Guatemala
Jamaica Jamaica
Colombia Colombia
Cuba Cuba
Mexico 1934 Mexico

Netherlands Antilles 1959 Netherlands Antilles
Panama Panama
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago 1958 Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela 1954 Venezuela

sports

The Central America and Caribbean Games featured 16 sports. Riding and gymnastics , both still in the program in 1959, were no longer part of the games. For the first time competitions were held in sailing .

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

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Mexico 1934 Mexico	37	25th	27	89
02	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela	15th	27	15th	57
03	Cuba Cuba	12	11	13	36
04th	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	11	14th	13	38
05	Colombia Colombia	10	4th	11	25th
06th	Jamaica Jamaica	8th	7th	8th	23
07th	Trinidad and Tobago 1958 Trinidad and Tobago	4th	4th	7th	15th
08th	Netherlands Antilles 1959 Netherlands Antilles	4th	3	2	9
09	Bahamas 1953 Bahamas	4th	1	1	6th
10	Panama Panama	3	7th	4th	14th
11	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2	1	2	5
12	British Guiana 1954 British Guiana	1	3	2	6th
13	Guatemala Guatemala	1	2	2	5
14th	El Salvador El Salvador	-	2	3	5
15th	Barbados 1958 Barbados	-	1	2	3

Individual evidence

↑ Memoria Oficial del Comité Organizador de los IX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 11 a 25 de agosto de 1962, Kingston, Jamaica / prod. por el Comité Organizador (PDF file, 22.1 MB) (Spanish, English)
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 540-544 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Spanish).
^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, p. 545 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Spanish).

[1] Memoria Oficial del Comité Organizador de los IX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 11 a 25 de agosto de 1962, Kingston, Jamaica / prod. por el Comité Organizador (PDF file, 22.1 MB) (Spanish, English)

[2] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 540-544 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Spanish).

[3] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, p. 545 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 18, 2019 (Spanish).