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:
(149) (309) (494) (564) (Host) (334) (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 () Swimming () Synchronized swimming () Water polo () Archery () Athletics () Baseball () Basketball () Bodybuilding () Bowling () Boxing () Chess () Cycling () Equestrian () Fencing () Football () Football () Futsal () Gymnastics () Handball () Judo () Karate () Racquetball () Roller speed skating ()† Rowing () Shooting () Softball () Squash () Table tennis () Taekwondo () Tennis () Triathlon () Volleyball () Beach volleyball () Volleyball () Weightlifting () 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.
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