1990 Central American Games

IV Central American Games

Host city	Tegucigalpa
Country	Honduras
Nations	6
Athletes	2082
Events	22 sports + 1 exhibition
Opening	January 5, 1990 (1990-01-05)
Closing	January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14)
Opened by	José Azcona
Torch lighter	Zacarías Arzú
Main venue	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

The IV Central American Games (Spanish: IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 5–14 January 1990. The games were officially opened by Honduran president José Azcona.[1] Torch lighter was Zacarías Arzú,[2] who represented Honduras internationally in both baseball and football.[3]

Participation

Belize debuted on the games for the first time, Panamá did not participate because of the recent political and military incidents. Therefore, athletes from only 6 countries were reported to participate:[1]

•  Belize (139)
•  Costa Rica (290)
•  El Salvador (368)
•  Guatemala (457)
•  Honduras (487) (Host)
•  Nicaragua (373)

The 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico were staged in November and December 1990.

Sports

The competition featured 23 disciplines from 22 sports (plus bodybuilding as exhibition).[4]

• Aquatic sports (details)
  • Swimming (details)
  • Water polo (details)
• Athletics (details)
• Baseball (details)
• Basketball (details)
• Bodybuilding (details)^†
• Bowling (details)
• Boxing (details)
• Chess (details)
• Cycling (details)
• Equestrian (details)
• Fencing (details)
• Football (details)
• Gymnastics (details)
• Judo (details)
• Racquetball (details)
• Shooting (details)
• Softball (details)
• Table tennis (details)
• Taekwondo (details)
• Tennis (details)
• Volleyball (details)
• Weightlifting (details)
• Wrestling (details)

^†: Exhibition event

Medal table

The table below is taken from El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador,[5][6] and from El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.[7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala (GUA)	82	98	82	262
2	Costa Rica (CRC)	66	47	44	157
3	Nicaragua (NCA)	59	39	49	147
4	El Salvador (ESA)	49	29	49	127
5	Honduras (HON)	20	44	68	132
6	Panama (PAN)	1	0	2	3
7	Belize (BIZ)	0	2	2	4
Totals (7 entries)		277	259	296	832

External links

• MásGoles webpage

References

1. IV Juegos deportivos, Honduras 1990 - Hoy se inicia la fiesta regional (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, January 5, 1990, p. 24 (original page no.: 45A), retrieved August 27, 2012
2. Pregunta 263 sobre Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (in Spanish), masgoles.com, August 31, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2015, retrieved August 15, 2012
3. Zacarías Arzú, un caballero del fútbol (in Spanish), Club Deportivo Motagua, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 22, 2012, archived from the original on 2012-08-22, retrieved August 15, 2012
4. Pregunta 270 sobre Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (in Spanish), masgoles.com, September 27, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2015, retrieved August 10, 2012
5. Baires Q., Rodrigo (November 23, 2001), El Salvador en los juegos Centroamericanos - De más a menos (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on 2001-11-24, retrieved August 15, 2012
6. Baires Q., Rodrigo (November 23, 2001), El Salvador en los juegos Centroamericanos - El cambio (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on 2008-06-29, retrieved August 15, 2012
7. Ruiz, Martín (February 28, 2013), Juegos Centroamericanos a la vista - ¿Cuántas medallas? (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, retrieved March 4, 2013