1990 Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Sports Games

Host city	Mexico City
Country	Mexico
Motto	The Solidarity Games Spanish: Los Juegos de la Solidaridad
Edition	16th
Nations	29
Athletes	4,206
Opening	20 November 1990 (1990-11-20)
Closing	3 December 1990 (1990-12-03)
Opened by	Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Athlete's Oath	Sonia Cárdeñas Mario González
Torch lighter	Elsa Hayashi Arturo Barrios
Main venue	Olympic Stadium

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 Yutzil.

Sports

•  Archery ()
•  Artistic gymnastics ()
•  Athletics ()
•  Badminton ()
•  Basketball ()
•  Boxing ()
•  Canoeing ()
•  Cycling ()
•  Diving ()
•  Equestrian ()
•  Fencing ()
•  Field hockey ()
•  Football ()
•  Handball ()
•  Judo ()
•  Karate ()
•  Rhythmic gymnastics ()
• Racquetball ()
•  Rowing ()
•  Sailing ()
•  Shooting ()
•  Softball ()
•  Synchronized swimming ()
•  Swimming ()
•  Table tennis ()
•  Taekwondo ()
•  Tennis ()
•  Water polo ()
•  Weightlifting ()
•  Wrestling ()

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	180	90	52	322
2	Mexico	114	101	84	299
3	Puerto Rico	21	47	41	109
4	Colombia	18	29	39	86
5	Venezuela	14	42	72	128
6	Dominican Republic	5	11	29	45
7	Jamaica	4	4	5	13
8	Guatemala	2	5	25	32
9	Costa Rica	1	7	11	19
10	Panama	1	2	10	13
11	Suriname	1	1	1	3
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	5	8	13
13	Nicaragua	0	4	6	10
14	Honduras	0	4	2	6
15	Antigua and Barbuda	0	2	1	3
16	Bermuda	0	1	5	6
17	El Salvador	0	1	3	4
	Virgin Islands	0	1	3	4
19	Guyana	0	1	2	3
20	Barbados	0	1	0	1
21	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Haiti	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		361	359	403	1,123

References

• (in Spanish) Meta
• (in Spanish) Official Results