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
Closing ceremony	December 3, 2001
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.^[1]

Participation

A total of 2,182 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:^[2][3]

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).^[2][4]

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,^[5] Nicaraguan medals are from El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.^[6]

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

References

1. López R., Fernando; Móvil, José Carlos (November 25, 2001), Inauguran los VII Juegos - Euda Carías enciende el pebetero (in Spanish), La Prensa Libre, Guatemala, retrieved August 5, 2012
2. C.A. en fiesta deportiva - ¿Quién ganará los Juegos? (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, November 25, 2001, retrieved August 5, 2012
3. Juegos Centroamericanos se inauguran hoy en Guatemala - Guatemala y El Salvador tienen la mayor cantidad de atletas y son los grandes favoritos (in Spanish), La Prensa, Panamá, November 24, 2001, retrieved August 3, 2012
4. Llegan a Guatemala las primeras delegaciones (in Spanish), La Prensa, Panamá, November 20, 2001, retrieved August 3, 2012
5. Leandro C., Hárold (December 4, 2001), Juegos Centroamericanos - Se alcanzó la meta, pero... (in Spanish), LA NACION S.A., San José, Costa Rica, retrieved August 5, 2012
6. Ruiz, Martín (February 28, 2013), Juegos Centroamericanos a la vista - ¿Cuántas medallas? (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, retrieved March 4, 2013