1938 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

Central American and Caribbean Sports Games
Host City:	Panama City
Organiser:	-->
Edition:	4th
Athletes:	1,540
Opened By:	Juan Demóstenes Arosemena^[1]
Athlete Oath:	José Antonio Remón Cantera
Stadium:	Estadio Olímpico Nacional
Previous:	1935 San Salvador

The fourth Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, the capital city of Panama at Estadio Olímpico Nacional. These games were held 3 years after the last games, this was to get the games back to the year they should have been, after a 5-year break on the previous games. The Games were held from 5 February to 24 February 1938. They included 1,216 athletes from ten nations, competing in sixteen different sports.

Medal table

width=50	Place	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1		24	32	16	72
2		24	22	20	66
3		24	17	19	60
4		16	11	11	38
5	Jamaica	9	5	8	22
6		3	2	6	11
7		0	5	8	13
8		0	2	1	3
9		0	0	2	2
10		0	0	1	1
Total		100	96	92	288

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Notes and References

1. Book: Memoria oficial de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Panama 1938 . Spanish . 3 November 2023.