2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

XX Central American and Caribbean Games

Host city	Cartagena, Colombia
Nations participating	32
Athletes participating	6,000
Events	37 sports
Opening ceremony	July 15
Closing ceremony	July 30
Torch Lighter	Sergio Núñez Henao
Main venue	Estadio Pedro de Heredia

The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament began on July 15 and ended on July 30.

Host city

• Main
  • Cartagena de Indias
• Other host cities
  • Barranquilla, Colombia (bowling, cycling, football/soccer, and shooting);
  • Bogotá, Colombia (equestrian);
  • Mexico City, Mexico (rowing); and
  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (field hockey, modern pentathlon, racquetball and team handball).

Nations

Participating Nations
Antigua and Barbuda	Netherlands Antilles	Aruba
Bahamas	Barbados	Belize
Bermuda	Colombia	Costa Rica
Cuba	Dominica	El Salvador
Grenada	Guatemala	Guyana
Haiti	Honduras	Cayman Islands
British Virgin Islands	United States Virgin Islands	Jamaica
Mexico	Nicaragua	Panama
Puerto Rico	Dominican Republic	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago	Venezuela

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	138	86	61	285
2	Mexico	107	82	86	275
3	Colombia	72	70	77	219
4	Venezuela	49	90	124	263
5	Puerto Rico	24	19	53	96
6	Dominican Republic	22	31	44	97
7	Jamaica	9	6	7	22
8	El Salvador	6	12	30	48
9	Barbados	6	2	11	19
10	Guatemala	5	13	30	48
11	Panama	2	5	7	14
12	Costa Rica	2	1	2	5
13	Netherlands Antilles	2	1	1	4
14	Trinidad and Tobago	1	9	11	21
15	Cayman Islands	1	2	0	3
16	Virgin Islands	1	2	0	3
17	Guyana	1	1	0	2
18	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
19	Bahamas	0	6	4	10
20	Haiti	0	5	3	8
21	Honduras	0	2	3	5
22	Grenada	0	2	0	2
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1	2	3
24	Saint Lucia	0	1	1	2
25	Nicaragua	0	0	4	4
26	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	1	1
27	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
28	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1	1
29	Suriname	0	0	1	1
	TOTAL	449	449	564	1,462

Sports

There were a total of 39 sports at the games.

Archery () Artistic gymnastics () Athletics () Badminton () Baseball () Basketball () Beach volleyball () Bowling () Boxing () Canoeing () Cycling () Diving () Equestrian ()

Fencing () Football () Handball () Hockey () Judo () Karate () Modern pentathlon () Racquetball (details) Roller skating () Rowing () Rhythmic gymnastics () Sailing () Shooting ()

Softball () Squash () Swimming () Synchronized swimming () Table tennis () Taekwondo () Tennis () Triathlon () Volleyball () Water polo () Water skiing () Weightlifting () Wrestling ()

External links

• (Spanish) Official website
• (Spanish) North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation
• (Spanish) Meta
• (Spanish) Official Results