2001 Central American Games

The VII Central American Games (Spanish: VII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 22 November and 3 December 2001.

The games were opened by Harris Whitbeck as a delegate for Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo. Torch lighter was Taekwondo fighter Euda Carías.

Participation
A total of 2,182 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:


 * 🇧🇿 Belize (149)
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (309)
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador (494)
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala (564)
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras (334)
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (189)
 * 🇵🇦 Panamá (143)

Sports
The competition featured 363 events (215 men, 135 women, 13 mixed) in 37 disciplines from 29 official sports (plus roller speed skating as exhibition event).


 * Aquatic sports
 * Diving pictogram.svg Diving
 * Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
 * Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Synchronized swimming
 * Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo
 * Archery pictogram.svg Archery
 * 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
 * Football pictogram.svg Football
 * Futsal pictogram.svg Futsal
 * Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics
 * Handball pictogram.svg Handball
 * Judo pictogram.svg Judo
 * Karate pictogram.svg Karate
 * Racquets pictogram.svg Racquetball
 * Speed rolling pictogram.jpg Roller speed skating †
 * Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing
 * Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting
 * Softball pictogram.svg Softball
 * Squash pictogram.svg Squash
 * 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 table below is taken from Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Nicaraguan medals are from El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.