1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Sports Games

Host city	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Motto	The Sun Games Spanish: Los Juegos del Sol
Edition	18th
Nations	31
Athletes	5,200
Opening	8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
Closing	22 August 1998 (1998-08-22)
Opened by	Rafael Caldera
Athlete's Oath	Julio Luna
Torch lighter	Pedro Gamarro
Main venue	Estadio José Pachencho Romero

The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Maracaibo, Venezuela from August 8 to August 22, 1998, and included 31 nations and a total of 5,200 competitors.

Mascot

The mascot for the Games was a goajira boy, Wayuuchon.

Sports

31 sports were contested at the 1998 Games:

•  Archery
•  Athletics
•  Baseball
• Basketball
•  Beach volleyball
•  Bowling
•  Boxing
•  Cycling
•  Equestrian
•  Fencing
•  Field hockey
•  Football
•  Gymnastics
•  Judo
•  Karate
• Racquetball
•  Rhythmic gymnastics
•  Rowing
•  Sailing
•  Shooting
•  Softball
•  Swimming
•  Synchronized swimming
•  Table tennis
•  Taekwondo
•  Tennis
•  Triathlon
•  Volleyball
•  Water polo
•  Weightlifting
•  Wrestling

Medals

  *   Host nation (Venezuela)

1998 Central American and Caribbean Games medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	191	74	69	334
2	Mexico	61	87	71	219
3	Venezuela*	56	68	67	191
4	Colombia	19	43	51	113
5	Puerto Rico	11	21	48	80
6	Dominican Republic	7	20	44	71
7	Suriname	7	1	0	8
8	Jamaica	6	13	10	29
9	El Salvador	4	11	22	37
10	Guatemala	3	11	22	36
11	Panama	3	6	4	13
12	Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	5	10
13	Costa Rica	2	3	5	10
14	Bahamas	2	2	4	8
	Barbados	2	2	4	8
16	Trinidad and Tobago	1	8	5	14
17	British Virgin Islands	1	1	0	2
18	Nicaragua	0	2	6	8
19	Honduras	0	1	5	6
20	Haiti	0	0	3	3
21	Aruba	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		379	376	447	1,202

External links

• (in Spanish) CubaWeb
• (in Spanish) Meta
• (in Spanish) Official Results^[usurped]