Central American and Caribbean Games 1993

The 17th Central America and Caribbean Games took place from November 19-30, 1993 in the Puerto Rican city ​​of Ponce .

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus in Puerto Rico, the usual four-year rhythm of the games was shortened to three years. The subsequent games were only held five years later.

The most successful nation was once again Cuba , whose athletes won 227 gold medals in a total of 385 competitions. Mexico took second place in the medal table with 66 gold medals, ahead of Venezuela with 23 gold medals.

Participating Nations

31 countries took part in the Central America and Caribbean Games with a total of 3570 athletes. St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Lucia made their debut.

American Virgin Islands  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic

El Salvador  Guatemala  Grenada  Guyana  Haiti  Honduras  Jamaica  Colombia  Cuba  Mexico

Nicaragua  Netherlands Antilles  Panama  Puerto Rico  St. Kitts and Nevis  St. Lucia  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  Venezuela

sports

The Central American and Caribbean Games featured 32 sports. Badminton was dropped again, while handball , karate and roller skating competitions were held for the first time. The canoe competitions were held in the Cuban capital Havana .

baseball basketball Archery bowling Boxing fencing Soccer Weightlifting Handball hockey Judo

canoe karate athletics Racquetball Cycling horse riding Wrestling Roller skate rowing shoot swim

sailing Softball Synchronized swimming Taekwondo tennis Table tennis do gymnastics volleyball Water polo Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Cuba	227	76	61	364
02	Mexico	66	106	68	240
03	Venezuela	23	54	78	155
04th	Puerto Rico	22nd	53	78	153
05	Colombia	22nd	45	34	101
06th	Dominican Republic	6th	18th	25th	49
07th	Costa Rica	5	7th	15th	27
08th	Guatemala	3	8th	37	48
09	Trinidad and Tobago	3	7th	6th	16
10	Suriname	2	-	1	3
11	American Virgin Islands	1	1	2	4th
12	Honduras	1	1	-	2
13	Nicaragua	1	-	5	6th
14th	Bahamas	1	-	3	4th
14th	Netherlands Antilles	1	-	3	4th
16	Aruba	1	-	-	1
17th	El Salvador	-	2	9	11
18th	Panama	-	2	2	4th
19th	Bermuda	-	2	1	3
20th	Jamaica	-	1	10	11
21st	Guyana	-	1	7th	8th
22nd	Cayman Islands	-	1	2	3
22nd	Haiti	-	1	2	3
24	Barbados	-	-	5	5
25th	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	2	2

Individual evidence

1. ^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 102-106 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on October 10, 2019 (Spanish). 
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 ; accessed on October 10, 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 ; accessed on October 10, 2019 (Spanish).