| "> | | | | Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, |
| Road to London 2012! | | | | Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the host country. |
| Athletics | | | | Puerto Rico and Venezuela did not compete in |
| Did you know- Guatemala's racewalker Julio Urias | | | | Managua. The Nicaragua's boxer Gustavo Herrera |
| obtained a bronze medal for placing third in the men's | | | | won the gold medal in the 54-kilogram category at the |
| 50 km walk in the Pan American Games in 1995. | | | | 1984 Central American and Caribbean Tournament. |
| Boxing | | | | Pan American Games |
| Did you know- Without a doubt, Alexis Arguello was | | | | Did you know- The Nicaraguan Olympic Committee did |
| one of the world's most successful professional | | | | not participate in three Pan American Games: in 1951 in |
| boxers. Certainly he was the toast of the Latin | | | | Buenos Aires (Argentina), in 1959 in Chicago (U.S.), and |
| American sporting community. Between 1974 and | | | | Sao Paulo (Brazil) in 1963. |
| 1983, Nicaragua's former boxer Alexis Arguello won | | | | Softball |
| six world championships ( featherweights & | | | | Did you know- The men's softball team of Guatemala |
| lightweights) and became an icon in Latin America. | | | | came in 8th place in the Central American and |
| Sports Illustrated published an interview with Arguello in | | | | Caribbean Games in 1982. |
| October 1985. | | | | Swimming |
| Pan American Games | | | | Did you know- Toward the end of the 1990s, |
| Did you know- By October, 1975, the Panamanian | | | | Panama's swimmer Eileen Coparropa -the nation's |
| Olympic Committee sent a national delegation, made | | | | best female athlete in that time- captured a silver |
| up of 19 athletes, to Mexico City to participate in the | | | | medal in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, |
| Pan American Games, the most important | | | | Manitoba, Canada. During the past Games, by 1995, |
| pre-Olympic event in the Western Hemisphere since | | | | she had finished fifth in the women's 50m. |
| 1951. The team from Panama competed in six sports: | | | | Taekwondo |
| aquatics (1), cycling (5), fencing (1), shooting (6), | | | | Did you know- Taekwondo, an Olympic sport, is a |
| weightlifting (2), and wrestling (4). Two weightlifters, | | | | popular sport in Costa Rica and Guatemala. |
| Narciso Oran and Pablo Justiniani, and one wrester, | | | | Track & Field |
| Segundo Olmedo, were the most prominent national | | | | Did you know- At the 1938 Central American and |
| athletes in the international games. Ironically Guy | | | | Caribbean Games, Jennings Blackett (Panama) set a |
| Abrahams, the country's best athlete, did not compete | | | | new international record of 10,4 seconds in the men's |
| in Mexico. The following year, Abrahams, an | | | | 100m, one of the best records in the 1930s. |
| Afro-Panamanian sprinter, finished fifth in the men's | | | | Volleyball |
| 100m, with a time of 10, 25 seconds, at the 1976 | | | | Did you know-By 1974, Panama won the right to |
| Montreal Games. | | | | compete in the Men's Volleyball World Cup in the |
| Host Country | | | | United Mexican States. This Spanish-speaking nation |
| Did you know- Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua, | | | | became the first Central American country to |
| hosted the Caribbean Boxing Tournament in 1984. | | | | participate in the FIVB World Championships. |
| Eight nations competed in the international event: | | | | |