Central American and Caribbean Games 1978

The 13th Central American and Caribbean Games took place from July 7-22, 1978 in the Colombian city ​​of Medellín .

At the initiative of Cuba , the dominant nation in the games, it was decided that only two participants per nation were allowed per competition, instead of the previous three. This was intended to prevent only one nation from being represented on the podium if there was a corresponding dominance. Nevertheless, Cuba once again placed itself at the top of the medal table by a large margin: 120 of the 188 competitions were won by Cuban athletes. In second place followed, as has often been the case in the past, Mexico , whose athletes have won gold 25 times.

Participating Nations

21 countries took part in the Central American and Caribbean Games with a total of 2605 athletes.

American Virgin Islands  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  British Honduras  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic

El Salvador  Guatemala  Haiti  Jamaica  Colombia  Cuba  Mexico

Nicaragua  Netherlands Antilles  Panama  Puerto Rico  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  Venezuela

sports

The Central America and Caribbean Games featured 19 sports. Compared to the last event, sailing was taken out of the program again, but fencing was part of it again. In addition, a synchronized swimming competition was held for the first time .

baseball basketball Boxing fencing Soccer Weightlifting Judo

athletics Cycling Wrestling shoot swim Softball

Synchronized swimming tennis do gymnastics volleyball Water polo Diving

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

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Cuba	120	44	18th	182
02	Mexico	25th	48	43	116
03	Puerto Rico	13	15th	33	61
04th	Colombia	8th	24	36	68
05	Jamaica	6th	6th	5	17th
06th	Venezuela	5	23	29	57
07th	Dominican Republic	3	8th	16	27
08th	Costa Rica	2	4th	3	9
09	Bahamas	2	-	2	4th
10	Trinidad and Tobago	1	5	2	8th
11	Netherlands Antilles	1	1	2	4th
12	American Virgin Islands	1	1	1	3
13	Bermuda	1	-	1	2
14th	Panama	-	6th	5	11
15th	Nicaragua	-	1	2	3
16	Barbados	-	1	-	1
16	Dutch Guiana	-	1	-	1
18th	Guatemala	-	-	6th	6th
19th	El Salvador	-	-	2	2

Beauty queen

As with the 1959 Games in Caracas, a beauty queen was designated for these games. It was Gloria María Velásquez, who in 1977 was named "Señorita" of the Antioquia province .

References and comments

1. ^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 82-86 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on October 8, 2019 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ This did not apply to all competitions, however. In the tennis singles three were allowed to compete, in the shooting competitions four and also in the single road race of the cyclists at least four Colombians were involved.
3. ^ 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 ; accessed on October 8, 2019 (Spanish). 
4. ^ 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 ; accessed on October 8, 2019 (Spanish).