| Tourney Name: | Football at the 1997 Central American Games |
| Dates: | December 1997 |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Costa Rica |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Panama |
| Third: | Honduras |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1949 |
| Fourth: | El Salvador |
| Matches: | 13 |
| Goals: | 43 |
| Prevseason: | 1994 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
| Updated: | 14 December 1997 |
The games were played in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during December 1997.[1] [2]
| Team | Previous best | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Group stage (1994) | ||
| 4th | Silver medal (1990) | ||
| 5th | Gold medal (1977) | ||
| 5th | Gold medal (1986) | ||
| 4th | Gold medal (1990, 1994) | ||
| 6th | Silver medal (1973) | ||
| 3rd | Gold medal (1973) |
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant referees
|