Originally billed as the Central American Sports Games (Spanish: 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 July 4, 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 October 16, 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.
1926, central, american, caribbean, games, first, edition, what, today, known, central, american, caribbean, games, cacgs, were, held, mexico, city, mexico, estadio, nacional, from, october, november, 1926, central, american, sports, gameshost, citymexico, cit. 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 Central American Sports GamesHost cityMexico City MexicoEdition1stNations3 Central American and Caribbean teamsAthletes271Events39 in 8 sportsOpening12 October 1926 1926 10 12 Closing2 November 1926 1926 11 02 Main venueEstadio Nacional1930 Commemorative sculpture of the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games colonia Roma Mexico City Contents 1 History 2 Sports 3 Nations 4 Medal table 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory EditOriginally billed as the Central American Sports Games Spanish 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 July 4 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 October 16 1925 a meeting of sports delegates presided by Moises Saenz 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 EditThe 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 Athletics details 20 Baseball details 1 Basketball details 1 Diving details 3 Fencing details 3 Shooting details 3 Swimming details 6 Tennis details 2 Nations EditThree countries took part in the first Central American and Caribbean Games Cuba Guatemala MexicoMedal table Edit Host nation Mexico 1926 Central American Sports Games medal tableRankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Mexico MEX 252418672 Cuba CUB 141515443 Guatemala GUA 0033Totals 3 entries 393936114See also EditLeonel Bebito SmithReferences Edit in Spanish Meta in Spanish Official Results Usurped Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games amp oldid 1161258964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
