2026 Central American and Caribbean Games

Santo Domingo zone (thirty-two sports)

Parque del Este zone (ten sports)

South Zone (one sports)

East Zone (three sports)

Zona Norte (five sports)

Non-competitive

The flame lighting ceremony was held on 11 April, in Teotihuacán, Mexico, attended by the Governor of State of Mexico, Delfina Gómez Álvarez, the president of Centro Caribe Sports, Luis Mejía Oviedo, the mayor of Santo Domingo, Carolina Mejía, the chairman José Monegro, members of the Organizing Committee, and other guests. After the flame was lit, the torch traveled to Santo Domingo on 12 April.

The 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games torch relay started from 6 May to 24 July 2026. It began in the National Palace in Santo Domingo and ended in Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, the main venue of the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games. It visited the 31 provinces before traveling back to the city of Santo Domingo. The end of the relay was the closing to the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games opening ceremony.

The following nations participated:

The following competitions took place:

The edition of the schedule was published by National Olympic Committee of The Dominican Republic.^[9]

All times and dates use Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

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July/August		20 Mon	21 Tue	22 Wed	23 Thu	24 Fri	25 Sat	26 Sun	27 Mon	28 Tue	29 Wed	30 Thu	31 Fri	1 Sat	2 Sun	3 Mon	4 Tue	5 Wed	6 Thu	7 Fri	8 Sat	Medal Events
Ceremonies						OC															CC	—N/a
Aquatics	Artistic swimming																	3	4	3	1	68
	Diving									●	●	3	2	1	3
	Open water swimming						2	2
	Swimming									10	10	7	7	8
	Water polo	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Archery						●	2	2	●	3	3											10
Athletics															4	8	7	9	9	11	1	49
Badminton					●	●	1	●	●	5												6
Baseball/Softball
	Baseball												●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1		1
	Softball							●	●	●	●	●	1			●	●	●	●	●	1	2
Basketball	Basketball						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1						4
	3×3 Basketball													●	●	2
Bowling									2	2	2	●	4									10
Boxing														●	●	●	●	●	●	14		14
Canoeing																		2	6	6		14
Chess							●	●	4	4												8
Cycling	Road cycling						2							1	1							20
	Track cycling								4	2	2	4
	BMX											2
	Mountain biking													2
Equestrian							●	●	2		●	1		2		1	1		2			9
Esports																			●	3		3
Fencing																2	2	2	2	2	2	12
Field hockey								●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1					2
Football											●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Golf							●	●	●	2												2
Gymnastics	Artistic														1	1	2	5	5			28
	Rhythmic							●	3	6
	Trampolining								●	5
Handball											●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Judo							5	4	5	1												15
Karate																		5	5	4		14
Modern pentathlon																	●	2	1	●	2	5
Netball																●	●	●	●	1		1
Racquetball							●	●	●	●	●	5	●	2								7
Roller sports	Artistic skating						●	3														21
	Skateboarding																●	2
	Speed skating									4	2	4	4	2
Rowing							2	2	4	3	4											15
Rugby sevens							●	●	2													2
Sailing														●	●	●	●	●	6	4		10
Shooting							●	3		●	3	1			4	4	●	5	3			23
Squash															●	2	●	3	●	2		7
Surfing							●	●	●	●	6											6
Table tennis														●	●	2	●	●	●	5		7
Taekwondo							3	6	6	5												20
Tennis						●	●	●	●	5	●	●	2									7
Triathlon														4		1						5
Volleyball	Beach volleyball						●	●	●	●	●	●	2									4
	Volleyball						●	●	●	●	●	1			●	●	●	●	●	1
Water skiing							●	2	3	5												10
Weightlifting																		8	8	10	6	32
Wrestling													6	6	6							18
Daily medal events		0	0	0	0	0	18	25	35	62	32	28	28	28	20	25	13	46	53	69	13	495
Cumulative total		0	0	0	0	0	18	43	78	140	172	200	228	256	276	301	314	360	413	482	495
July/August		20 Mon	21 Tue	22 Wed	23 Thu	24 Fri	25 Sat	26 Sun	27 Mon	28 Tue	29 Wed	30 Thu	31 Fri	1 Sat	2 Sun	3 Mon	4 Tue	5 Wed	6 Thu	7 Fri	8 Sat	Total events
		July												August

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The following is the final medal table.^[10] Some sports gave two bronze medals per event and ties were possible. Six countries did not obtain a medal in this edition so, they do not appear in the table.

  *   Host nation (Dominican Republic)

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2026 Central American and Caribbean Games medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	167	125	115	407
2	Colombia	91	98	77	266
3	Cuba	51	48	56	155
4	Venezuela	49	70	97	216
5	Dominican Republic*	46	37	67	150
6	Puerto Rico	34	35	55	124
7	Guatemala	18	32	44	94
8	Panama	8	8	8	24
9	Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	10	21
10	El Salvador	6	4	14	24
11	Costa Rica	5	6	15	26
12	Guyana	3	1	2	6
13	Barbados	2	5	2	9
14	Aruba	2	2	7	11
15	Guadeloupe	2	0	3	5
16	Jamaica	1	4	6	11
17	Honduras	1	4	4	9
18	Bermuda	1	1	4	6
19	Haiti	1	1	3	5
20	Grenada	1	0	1	2
21	Nicaragua	0	3	4	7
22	Bahamas	0	2	2	4
23	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	3	4
24	Saint Lucia	0	1	1	2
25	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	British Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
27	Curaçao	0	0	2	2
28	Belize	0	0	1	1
	Cayman Islands	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1	1
	Suriname	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		495	495	606	1,596

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In April 2026, the game's organizing committee reached an agreement with the country's public broadcaster State Radio and Television Corporation (CERTV) to serve as the domestic broadcaster of the Games.^[22] It was later announced, that CDN Deportes [es] would cover the opening and closing ceremony, several sports competitions and follow-up of the national team.^[23]

• 2003 Pan American Games - Hosted in Santo Domingo.
• 2026 Commonwealth Games - Multi-sport event being held at the same time with some participating countries competing in both events.