2001 Central American Games Explained

VII Central American Games
Host City:	Guatemala City
Nations:	7
Athletes:	2182
Events:	30 sports
Opened By:	Harris Whitbeck
Torch Lighter:	Euda Carías
Stadium:	Estadio Mateo Flores
Previous:	1997 San Pedro Sula

The VII Central American Games (Spanish: VII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 22 November and 3 December 2001.

The games were opened by Harris Whitbeck as adelegate for Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo. Torch lighter wasTaekwondo fighter Euda Carías.

Participation

A total of 2,182 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:

• Belize (149)
• Costa Rica (309)
• El Salvador (494)
• Guatemala (564)
• Honduras (334)
• Nicaragua (189)
• Panamá (143)

Sports

The competition featured 363 events (215 men, 135 women, 13 mixed) in 37 disciplines from 29 official sports (plus roller speed skating as exhibition event).

• Aquatic sports
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Synchronized swimming
  • Water polo
• Archery
• Athletics
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bodybuilding
• Bowling
• Boxing
• Chess
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Football
  • Football
  • Futsal
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Karate
• Racquetball
• Roller speed skating ^†
• Rowing
• Shooting
• Softball
• Squash
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball
  • Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

^†: Exhibition contest

Medal table

The table below is taken from Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Nicaraguan medals are from El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.