2006 Central American Games


The VIII Central American Games 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

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.