2006 Central American Games
The VIII Central American Games was a multi-sport event that took place between 3 and 12 March 2006.
The games were initially scheduled between 9 and 18 December 2005 in Guatemala with support of El Salvador. However, the damages caused by Hurricane Stan in October 2005 led to the resignment of the designated hosts. Therefore, a minor and descentralized version of the games was organized with venues
distributed in all participating five countries with local opening ceremonies being the main took place in
Managua. The games were opened by ORDECA president
Melitón Sánchez who was participating at Panama event.
The competition featured 19 sports which were contested at various
venues. 10 sports were cancelled. El Salvador did not participate.
Venues
- : athletics, baseball, bodybuilding, boxing.
- : basketball, fencing, softball, swimming, wrestling.
- : chess, racquetball, taekwondo, triathlon.
- : cycling, equestrian, shooting, weightlifting.
- : judo, table tennis.
Sports
- Aquatic sports
- * Swimming
- Athletics
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bodybuilding
- Boxing
- Chess
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Judo
- Racquetball
- Shooting
- Softball
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Triathlon
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling