Central American and Caribbean Games 1998

The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games took place from August 8-22, 1998 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo .

Cuba's athletes won 191 gold medals in a total of 379 competitions. Mexico took second place in the medal table with 60 gold medals, ahead of Venezuela with 56 gold medals.

Participating Nations

32 countries took part in the Central America and Caribbean Games with a total of 4115 athletes. Dominica made its debut.

American Virgin Islands American Virgin Islands
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba Aruba
Bahamas Bahamas
Barbados Barbados
Belize Belize
Bermuda 1910 Bermuda
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands 1958 Cayman Islands
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Dominica Dominica

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
El Salvador El Salvador
Guatemala Guatemala
Grenada Grenada
Guyana Guyana
Haiti Haiti
Honduras Honduras
Jamaica Jamaica
Colombia Colombia
Cuba Cuba
Mexico Mexico

Nicaragua Nicaragua
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles
Panama Panama
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia St. Lucia
Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela 1954 Venezuela

sports

The Central America and Caribbean Games featured 30 sports. Fell from the program handball , canoeing , water jumping and competitions in roller skating . New were Triathlon and Rhythmic Gymnastics included in the program. The rowing competitions were held in Guatemala .

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Cuba Cuba	191	76	68	335
02	Mexico Mexico	60	87	67	214
03	Venezuela 1954 Venezuela	56	68	67	191
04th	Colombia Colombia	19th	44	51	114
05	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	11	21st	48	80
06th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	7th	20th	45	72
07th	Jamaica Jamaica	7th	12	11	30th
08th	Suriname Suriname	7th	1	-	8th
09	El Salvador El Salvador	5	10	22nd	37
10	Guatemala Guatemala	3	11	22nd	36
11	Panama Panama	3	6th	4th	13
12	Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles	3	2	6th	11
13	Costa Rica Costa Rica	2	3	5	10
14th	Barbados Barbados	2	2	4th	8th
15th	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	1	8th	6th	15th
16	Bahamas Bahamas	1	1	4th	6th
17th	American Virgin Islands American Virgin Islands	1	1	-	2
18th	Nicaragua Nicaragua	-	2	6th	8th
19th	Honduras Honduras	-	1	5	6th
20th	Haiti Haiti	-	-	3	3
21st	Aruba Aruba	-	-	1	1
21st	Guyana Guyana	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

^ Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 107–111 , archived from the original on March 27, 2012 ; accessed on October 10, 2019 (Spanish).
^ 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).
^ 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).

[1] Enrique Montesinos: Los juegos regionales más antiguos. (pdf; 17.5 MB) In: mayaguez2010.com. 2009, pp. 107–111 , 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).