The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a regional multi-sport event held quadrennially, typically in the year midway between Summer Olympics. The games are contested by 32 countries and five territories in Central America and the Caribbean, including Mexico and the Caribbean South American countries of Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The games are overseen by Centro Caribe Sports. www.odecabe.org; retrieved 2010-03-03 They are designed to provide a step between sub-CACG-region Games held the first year following a Summer Olympics (e.g. Central American Games) and the Continental Championships, the Pan American Games, held the year before the Summer Olympics.

The last Games were held primarily in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2026.

History The CACGs are the oldest continuing regional games in the world,History of CACSO from the CACSO website (www.cacso.org); retrieved 2009-06-26. and only the Olympics have run longer. Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala were the three countries present at the first games, which were then called the Central American Games. In 1935 their name was changed to Central American and Caribbean Games to reflect expanding participation.

The 1942 edition was suspended after the impact of the World War II.

A "Central American Games" does exist today, Juegos Centroamericanos, involving just Central American countries.

Editions

The first two editions of the Games were known as the "Central American Games" at the time, but the edition lineage continued after the inclusion of the Caribbean nations in 1935.

Year Edition Host city Host nation(as recognized by the IOC) Dates Nations Events Sports Competitors Top placed team19261Mexico CityOctober 30 – November 2339826919302HavanaMarch 15 – April 159441059619353San SalvadorMarch 16 – April 59791474119384Panama CityFebruary 5 – February 24109617121619465BarranquillaMarch 5 – March 251310718154019506Guatemala CityFebruary 28 – March 121411519139019547Mexico CityMarch 5 – March 201212219135619598CaracasJanuary 6 – January 151211817115019629KingstonAugust 15 – August 2815112171559196610San JuanJuly 11 – July 2518137171689197011Panama CityFebruary 28 – March 1321182162095197412Santo DomingoFebruary 27 – March 1323171181928197813MedellínJuly 7 – July 2819188212605198214HavanaAugust 7 – August 1822246242799198615Santiago de los CaballerosJune 24 – July 526288252963199016Mexico CityNovember 20 – December 329359304206199317PonceNovember 19 – November 3031385333570199818MaracaiboAugust 8 – August 2231376305200200219San SalvadorNovember 19 – November 3031435384301200620CartagenaJuly 15 – July 3032449374865201021MayagüezJuly 17 – August 131492425204201422VeracruzNovember 14 – November 3031427365707201823BarranquillaJuly 19 – August 337470365854202324San SalvadorJune 23 – July 835434385377202625Santo DomingoJuly 24 – August 837 483406000+

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Historical medal count

Updated after the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games: from the ODECABE website (http://www.odecabe.org ); retrieved 2014-11-26.Veracruz 2014 – Medal Count from the Veracruz 2014 website (); retrieved 2014-11-30.

Central American and Caribbean Beach Games

Year Edition Host city Host nation(as recognized by the IOC) Dates Nations Events Sports Competitors Top placed team20221Santa MartaNovember 19 – November 2626381054420252PuntarenasTBD3247191500

Central American and Caribbean Junior Games Year Edition Host city Host nation(as recognized by the IOC) Dates Nations Events Sports Competitors Top placed team20241San Pedro Sula4–20 NovemberTBATBATBATBATBA

See also Centro Caribe Sports – organizers of the Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games Bolivarian Games Central American and Caribbean Games on Spanish Wikipedia Athletics at the Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games South American Games Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation Latin American Table Tennis Union

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