1986 Central American Games

The III Central American Games (Spanish: III Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 4–10 January 1986. Initially, the Games were scheduled for 1981 in Managua, Nicaragua, but were cancelled due to the unstable political situation.

The Games were called the "Peace Games" (Spanish: Juegos de la Paz). The official song was the "Hymn of the Peace Games" (Spanish: Himno de los Juegos de la Paz) composed by Alfonso Agulló.

Long distance runner Mateo Flores was honoured to light the torch in the stadium bearing his name. A complete list of medal winners can be found on the MásGoles webpage (click on "JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS" in the low right corner).

Participation
Athletes from 5 countries were reported to participate:


 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Sports
The competition featured 20 sports (plus badminton, rowing, and sailing as exhibition).


 * Aquatic sports
 * Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
 * Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo
 * Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
 * Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton †
 * Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball
 * Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball
 * Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling
 * Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing
 * Chess pictogram.svg Chess
 * Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling
 * Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian
 * Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing
 * Football pictogram.svg Football
 * Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
 * Judo pictogram.svg Judo
 * Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing †
 * Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing †
 * Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
 * Softball pictogram.svg Softball
 * Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis
 * Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis
 * Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball
 * Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
 * Wrestling pictogram.svg 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.