2001 Central American Games
The VII Central American Games (Spanish: VII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos ) was a multi-sport event that took place between 22 November and 3 December 2001.
The games were opened by Harris Whitbeck as a
delegate for Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo . Torch lighter was
Taekwondo fighter Euda Carías .[1]
Participation
A total of 2,182 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:[2] [3]
Sports
The competition featured 363 events (215 men, 135 women, 13 mixed) in 37 disciplines from 29 official sports (plus roller speed skating as exhibition event).[2] [4]
† : Exhibition contest
Medal table
The table below is taken from Costa Rican newspaper La Nación ,[5] Nicaraguan medals are from El Nuevo Diario , Managua, Nicaragua.[6]
References
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López R., Fernando; Móvil, José Carlos (November 25, 2001), Inauguran los VII Juegos - Euda Carías enciende el pebetero (in Spanish), La Prensa Libre , Guatemala, retrieved August 5, 2012
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C.A. en fiesta deportiva - ¿Quién ganará los Juegos? (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario , Managua, Nicaragua, November 25, 2001, archived from the original on February 23, 2013, retrieved August 5, 2012
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Juegos Centroamericanos se inauguran hoy en Guatemala - Guatemala y El Salvador tienen la mayor cantidad de atletas y son los grandes favoritos (in Spanish), La Prensa , Panamá, November 24, 2001, retrieved August 3, 2012
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Llegan a Guatemala las primeras delegaciones (in Spanish), La Prensa , Panamá, November 20, 2001, retrieved August 3, 2012
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Leandro C., Hárold (December 4, 2001), Juegos Centroamericanos - Se alcanzó la meta, pero... (in Spanish), LA NACION S.A. , San José, Costa Rica, retrieved August 5, 2012
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Ruiz, Martín (February 28, 2013), Juegos Centroamericanos a la vista - ¿Cuántas medallas? (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario , Managua, Nicaragua, retrieved March 4, 2013