2013 Central American Games

The 2013 Central American Games, the X edition of the Central American Games, were celebrated in San José, Costa Rica from 3 to 17 March 2013. It was largest multi-sport event organized in Costa Rica.[1]

2013 Central American Games

Host city	San José
Country	Costa Rica
Teams participating	7
Athletes participating	2738
Opening ceremony	March 3, 2013
Closing ceremony	March 17, 2013
Officially opened by	Laura Chinchilla
Torch lighter	Sylvia Poll
Main venue	Estadio Nacional
Website	www.sanjose2013.com

The games were officially opened by Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla. Torch lighter was swimmer Sylvia Poll, who won the silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.[2]

Venues

San José, Costa Rica

Venue	Capacity	Sports
Estadio Nacional	TBD	Athletics Chess Football (soccer)
Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser	TBD	Football (soccer)
Estadio Zapote	TBD	Football (soccer)
Parque Metropolitano La Sábana	TBD	Softball
Patinódromo del Parque Metropolitano	TBD	Roller speed skating
Avenida Paseo Colón	TBD	Roller speed skating
Gimnasio Nacional	TBD	Volleyball
Gimnasio Nacional Eddy Cortés	TBD	Artistic Gymnastic
Estadio de Beisbol Antonio Escarré	TBD	Baseball
Gimnasio de la Ciudad Deportiva de San José	TBD	Basketball Handball
Piscina olímpica de la Ciudad Deportiva de San José	TBD	Swimming
Ciudad Deportiva de Hatillo	TBD	Racquetball
Cancha de Hatillo 7	TBD	Beach volleyball
Bol Cariari	TBD	Bowling
Gimnasio del Liceo de Costa Rica	TBD	Bodybuilding Boxing Taekwondo Table tennis
Club Hípico La Caraña	TBD	Equestrianism
Nave de Ladrillo de La Antigua Aduana	TBD	Fencing
Radial de la Florencio del Castillo, and Route 32	TBD	Road Cycling
Gimnasio del Polideportivo de San Francisco de Dos Ríos	TBD	Weightlifting Wrestling
Gimnasio del Colegio Técnico Profesional de Santa Ana	TBD	Futsal
Escuela Central de San Sebastián	TBD	Judo Karate
Piscina María del Milagro Paris	TBD	Synchronized swimming
Parque de la Paz	TBD	BMX cycling
Tenis del Parque de La Paz	TBD	tennis
Universidad para La Paz	TBD	Mountain biking

Playa Herradura, Puntarenas

Open water swimming

Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste

Triathlon

Las Piedras, Guanacaste

Endurance riding (Equestrianism)

Sports

Aquatic sports Open water swimming () Swimming () Synchronized swimming () Athletics () Baseball () Basketball () Bodybuilding () Bowling () Boxing () Chess ()

Cycling BMX racing () Mountain biking () Road Cycling () Equestrian () Fencing () Football Football () Futsal () Beach Soccer () Gymnastics () Handball () Judo ()

Karate () Racquetball () Roller speed skating () Softball () Table tennis () Taekwondo () Triathlon () Volleyball Beach Volleyball () Volleyball () Weightlifting () Wrestling ()

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala (GUA)	100	100	92	292
2	Costa Rica (CRC)*	93	82	110	285
3	El Salvador (ESA)	67	68	68	203
4	Panama (PAN)	43	46	58	147
5	Honduras (HON)	33	29	44	106
6	Nicaragua (NIC)	15	27	71	113
7	Belize (BLZ)	1	1	2	4
Totals (7 nations)		352	353	445	1150

References

1. Archived 2012-08-01 at Archive.today
2. Herrera F., Manuel (March 4, 2013), Inauguración de San José 2013 - Costa Rica recordó sus raíces durante apertura de Juegos (in Spanish), La Nación, San José, Costa Rica, retrieved March 4, 2013

External links

• Official Games Webpage (In Spanish)