The Central American Games () are a

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regional championships event, held quadrennial (every 4 years), typically in the first year after Summer Olympics. The Games are open for member federations of the Central American Sports Organization (Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) ORDECA in

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

n countries. (in Spanish) The Games have had an equivalent to the Olympic Flame, being ignited in Q'umarkaj, one of the ancient cultural Mayan centers located in El Quiché,

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

. However, some people and organizations have criticised the games for not including the Mesoamerican ballgame, the oldest

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in the continent, on the sports programme. The competition is the second multi-sport event to have the name: the Central American and Caribbean Games began life in 1926 as the Central American Games and had this moniker until it expanded its remit in 1935.

Nations

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Editions

All time medal table (1997 - 2025)

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color: Aquatics –

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– Roller sports –

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^†: Exhibition contest

Para Games

References

External links

List of medal winners on Mas Goles
{{Multi-sport events Recurring sporting events established in 1973 Multi-sport events in North America International sports competitions in Central America