Central America Games

The Central American Games ( Spanish : Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) are a regional multisport event that has been held every four years since 1973, usually in the year after the Olympic Games . Eligible are nations of Central America that are members of the Central American Sports Organization (Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) ORDECA . These are Guatemala , Honduras , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Panama , El Salvador and, since 1990, Belize .

The games have an equivalent to the Olympic flame , which is lit in Q'umarkaj, one of the most important Mayan cult sites in Central America. The Central American Games are criticized as they do not include any of the traditional Central American sports such as B. Include the Mesoamerican ball game .

The Central American Games are the second event with this name: The Central American and Caribbean Games , introduced in 1926, operated under the same name until their expansion in 1935.

Venues

year	Games	venue		Duration	countries	sports	Athletes
1973	I.			November 24th - December 2nd	6th	16	966
		Guatemala City	Guatemala
1977	II.			November 25th - December 4th	5	18th	1282
		San Salvador	El Salvador
1986	III.			January 4th - January 10th	5	20 + 3 demo.	1320
		Guatemala City	Guatemala
1990	IV.			January 5th - January 14th	6th	22 + 1 demo.	2082
		Tegucigalpa	Honduras
1994	V.			November 25th - December 1st	7th	27	2112
		San Salvador	El Salvador
1997	VI.			December 5th - December 15th	7th	25 + 1 demo.	2290
		San Pedro Sula	Honduras
2001	VII.			November 22nd - December 3rd	7th	29 + 1 demo.	2182
		Guatemala City	Guatemala
2006	VIII.			March 2nd - March 12th	6th	19th	1095
		Managua	Nicaragua
2010	IX.			April 9th ​​- April 19th	6th	23	1,739
		Panama City	Panama
2013	X.			March 3rd - March 17th	7th	26 + 3 demo.	2738
		San Jose	Costa Rica
2017	XI.			December 3rd - December 17th	7th	27 + 1 demo.	3500
		Managua	Nicaragua