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.
[
] Torch lighter was
Zacarías Arzú,
who represented Honduras internationally in both baseball and football.
Participation
The Games saw the first appearance of athletes from
Belize.
Panamá did not participate because of the recent
political and military incidents. Therefore, athletes from only 6 countries were reported to participate:
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* (139)
* (290)
* (368)
* (457)
* (487)
* (373)
The ]1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
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 A ...
in Mexico were staged in November and December 1990.
Sports
The competition featured 23 disciplines from 22 sports (plus bodybuilding as exhibition).
* Aquatic sports ()
** Swimming ()
** Water polo ()
* Athletics ()
* Baseball ()
* Basketball ()
* Bodybuilding ()†
* Bowling ()
* Boxing ()
* Chess ()
* Cycling ()
* Equestrian ()
* Fencing ()
* Football
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* Gymnastics ()
* Judo ()
* Racquetball ()
* Shooting ()
* Softball ()
* Table tennis ()
* Taekwondo ()
* Tennis ()
* Volleyball ()
* Weightlifting ()
* Wrestling ()
†: Exhibition event
Medal table
The table below is taken from '' El Diario de Hoy'', San Salvador, El Salvador, and from El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.[
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External links
MásGoles webpage
References
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Multi-sport events in Honduras