The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Maracaibo, Venezuela from August 8 to August 22, 1998, and included 31 nations and a total of 5,200 competitors.
Sports
31 sports were contested at the 1998 Games:
Medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cuba | 191 | 74 | 69 | 334 |
| 2 |  Mexico | 61 | 87 | 71 | 219 |
| 3 | .png){kind=small} Venezuela | 56 | 68 | 67 | 191 |
| 4 |  Colombia | 19 | 43 | 51 | 113 |
| 5 |  Puerto Rico | 11 | 21 | 48 | 80 |
| 6 |  Dominican Republic | 7 | 20 | 44 | 71 |
| 7 |  Suriname | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |  Jamaica | 6 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 9 |  El Salvador | 4 | 11 | 22 | 37 |
| 10 |  Guatemala | 3 | 11 | 22 | 36 |
| 11 |  Panama | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 |  Costa Rica | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 |  Bahamas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
 Barbados | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 16 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 |  British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 |  Nicaragua | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 19 |  Honduras | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 |  Haiti | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 |  Aruba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 nations) | 379 | 376 | 447 | 1202 | |
References
- (in Spanish) CubaWeb
- (in Spanish) Meta
- (in Spanish) Official Results