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Central American and Caribbean Sports Games
Host city Mexico City
Country  Mexico
MottoThe Solidarity Games
Spanish: Los Juegos de la Solidaridad
Edition16th
Nations29
Athletes4,206
Opening20 November 1990 (1990-11-20)
Closing3 December 1990 (1990-12-03)
Opened by Carlos Salinas de Gortari [1]
Athlete's Oath Sonia Cárdeñas [1]
Mario González [1]
Torch lighter Elsa Hayashi [1]
Arturo Barrios [1]
Main venue Olympic Stadium [1]

The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990, and included a total of 4,206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen.

The 1990 Central American Games in Honduras had been staged in January 1990.

Mascots

The mascots for the Games were two jaguars named Balam and Yutsil. [1]

Sports

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba1809052322
2  Mexico11410184299
3  Puerto Rico214741109
4  Colombia18293986
5  Venezuela144272128
6  Dominican Republic5112945
7  Jamaica44513
8  Guatemala252532
9  Costa Rica171119
10  Panama121013
11  Suriname1113
12  Trinidad and Tobago05813
13  Nicaragua04610
14  Honduras0426
15  Antigua and Barbuda0213
16  Bermuda0156
17  El Salvador0134
  Virgin Islands0134
19  Guyana0123
20  Barbados0101
21  Bahamas0011
  Grenada0011
  Haiti0011
  Netherlands Antilles0011
Totals (24 entries)3613594031123

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Memoria oficial XVI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.