The fourth Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, the capital city of Panama at Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena. These games were held 3 years after the last games, this was to get the games back to the year they should have been, after a 5-year break on the previous games. The Games were held from 5 February to 24 February 1938. They included 1,216 athletes from ten nations, competing in sixteen different sports.
Host city | Panama City |
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Country | Panama |
Edition | 4th |
Athletes | 1,540 |
Opening | 5 February 1938 |
Closing | 24 February 1938 |
Opened by | Juan Demóstenes Arosemena[1] |
Athlete's Oath | José Antonio Remón Cantera |
Main venue | Estadio Nacional |
Place | Nation | Total | |||
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1 | Mexico | 24 | 32 | 16 | 72 |
2 | Panama | 24 | 22 | 20 | 66 |
3 | Cuba | 24 | 17 | 19 | 60 |
4 | Puerto Rico | 16 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
5 | Jamaica | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
6 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
7 | El Salvador | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
8 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 100 | 96 | 92 | 288 |