1997 Central American Games

The VI Central American Games (Spanish: VI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 5–15 December 1997. The shooting competitions were hosted by San Salvador, El Salvador.

The games had to be postponed, because the original date (5–14 September 1997) could not be kept for various reasons, among others delayed construction works.

The games were opened by Honduran president Carlos Roberto Reina.

Venues

 * Football: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano and Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula, Estadio Excélsior in Puerto Cortés
 * Shooting: San Salvador, 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Participation
Athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:


 * 🇧🇿 Belize
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (277)
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
 * 🇵🇦 Panamá

Sports
The competition featured 27 disciplines in 25 sports (plus beach volleyball as exhibition). The following list was compiled from a variety of articles from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.


 * Aquatic sports
 * Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
 * Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo
 * Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics
 * Baseball pictogram.svg Baseball
 * Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball
 * Bodybuilding pictogram.svg Bodybuilding
 * Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling
 * Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing
 * Chess (game) 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
 * Karate pictogram.svg Karate
 * Racquets pictogram.svg Racquetball
 * Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
 * Softball pictogram.svg Softball
 * Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis
 * Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo
 * Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis
 * Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon
 * Volleyball
 * Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach volleyball †
 * Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball
 * Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting
 * Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling

†: Exhibition contest

Medal table
The medals below are compiled from Costa Rican newspaper La Nación and from Nicaraguan newspapers La Prensa and El Nuevo Diario. The table is complete now.