1926 Central American and Caribbean Games

1st edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Sports Games Mexico1926logo.png Mexico City, Mexico 1st 3 Central American and Caribbean teams 271 39 in 8 sports 1926 10 12 y 1926 11 02 y Plutarco Elías CallesCartel Primeros Juegos Centroamericanos https://editorialdeportivacain.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1926-Juegos-CAC.pdf Spanish 4 November 2023 Estadio Nacional 1930 Havana thumb|Commemorative sculpture of the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, colonia Roma, Mexico City.The first edition of what is today known as Central American and Caribbean Games (CACGs) were held in Mexico City, Mexico, at Estadio Nacional from 12 October to 2 November 1926. History Originally billed as the Central American Sports Games (es Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos), the idea for a multi-sport regional event in Central America was formalized by the Central American Congress, an association of regional Olympic committees, on 4 July 1924 in a document stating the goals and rules of the future event. In its Article 1, the document states that the Games would be open to "Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, the Central American republics and [those] of the Caribbean," that the event would launch in 1926, and that it would be held under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. On 16 October 1925, a meeting of sports delegates presided by Moisés Sáenz took place in Mexico City, where they agreed to hold the event's first edition in Mexico's capital the following year, with the opening date set for October 12, set to coincide with the 434th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America on his first expedition of 1492. It was also decided that the 2nd edition would be held in 1930 in Havana. Although 14 countries were eligible to send athletes to the event - and the event's poster printed in advance featured symbols of 10 regional nations (Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, Honduras, Dominican Republic), only three of these eventually sent athletes to the inaugural event. All the athletes were men, although the regulations had allowed for women to enter volleyball, swimming, and tennis events. Sports The games featured 271 male athletes from three countries (Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala), competing in eight sports and 39 events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport. 18em Athletics (20) Baseball (1) Basketball (1) Diving (3) Fencing (3) Shooting (3) Swimming (6) Tennis (2) Nations Three countries took part in the first Central American and Caribbean Games. CUB 1926 GUA 1926 MEX 1926 Medal table 1926 Central American Sports Games medal table MEX 25 24 18 MEX 1916 yes 14 15 15 CUB 1902 0 0 3 GUA See also Leonel "Bebito" Smith References External links es Meta es Official Results Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games by year Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Multi-sport events in Mexico Category:Sports competitions in Mexico City Category:1920s in Mexico City Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games