2006 Central American Games

VIII Central American Games

Host city	Managua
Country	Nicaragua
Nations participating	6
Athletes participating	1100
Events	19 sports
Opening ceremony	March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)
Closing ceremony	March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)
Officially opened by	Melitón Sánchez
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico del Instituto Nicaragüense de Juventud y Deporte
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The VIII Central American Games (Spanish: VIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 3 and 12 March 2006.

The games were initially scheduled between 9 and 18 December 2005 in Guatemala with support of El Salvador. However, the damages caused by Hurricane Stan in October 2005 led to the resignment of the designated hosts. Therefore, only a basic version of the games was organized with venues distributed over five countries. A sober opening ceremony took place in Managua, Nicaragua, with Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panamá being co-hosts. The games were opened by ORDECA president Melitón Sánchez from Panamá.

The competition featured 19 sports which were contested at various venues. 10 sports were cancelled. El Salvador did not participate. There was no torch run, no games motto, no athletes village, no mascot.

Venues

• Nicaragua: athletics, baseball, bodybuilding, boxing.
• Panama: basketball, fencing, softball, swimming, wrestling.
• Costa Rica: chess, racquetball, taekwondo, triathlon.
• Guatemala: cycling, equestrian, shooting, weightlifting.
• Honduras: judo, table tennis.

Sports

• Aquatic sports ()
  • Swimming ()
• Athletics ()
• Baseball ()
• Basketball ()
• Bodybuilding ()
• Boxing ()

• Chess ()
• Cycling ()
• Equestrian ()
• Fencing ()
• Judo ()
• Racquetball ()
• Shooting ()

• Softball ()
• Table tennis ()
• Taekwondo ()
• Triathlon ()
• Weightlifting ()
• Wrestling ()

Medal table

There is no official medal table published by the organizers of the games. The table below is published in at least two sources. It is reported that a couple of medals were deprived retrospectively after protests from Costa Rica and Honduras.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala	105	73	36	214
2	Costa Rica	35	26	18	79
3	Nicaragua	34	39	51	124
4	Honduras	24	46	53	123
5	Panama	16	20	23	59
6	Belize	0	5	4	9
Total		296	297	343	936