2001 Central American Games

VII Central American Games

Logo for the 2001 Central American Games
Host city	Ciudad de Guatemala
Country	Guatemala
Nations participating	7
Athletes participating	2182
Events	30 sports
Opening ceremony	November 25, 2001 (2001-11-25)
Closing ceremony	December 3, 2001 (2001-12-03)
Officially opened by	Harris Whitbeck
Torch Lighter	Euda Carías
Main venue	Estadio Mateo Flores
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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 a delegate for Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo. Torch lighter was Taekwondo 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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala	146	122	98	366
2	El Salvador	140	117	86	343
3	Costa Rica	39	64	63	166
4	Panama	16	12	24	52
5	Nicaragua	15	12	51	78
6	Honduras	10	37	65	112
7	Belize	3	5	11	19
Total		369	369	398	1136