Central American Championships in Athletics

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Central American Championships in Athletics

The Central American Championships in Athletics is a senior track and field competition for athletes from the CADICA member associations (the Central American Isthmus Athletics Confederation). It brings together athletes from Central American countries to compete and to determine an overall team winner as well as individual event champions.

Team ranking
Teams earn points based on how their athletes place in events. The scoring has changed over time:
- Early years: points were awarded to the top 6 finishers (6 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, down to 1 for 6th).
- 1970s to around 2008: top 8 finishers scored (9 for 1st, 7 for 2nd, decreasing to 1 for 8th).
- Since 2009: only the top 4 places score (5 for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd, 1 for 4th). There are separate team rankings for men and women.

Editions
The championships began in 1958 and have been held in various capitals across Central America. A full list of editions is available from CADICA and in historical summaries from regional newspapers. Notable host cities include:
- 1958: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- 1965: San Salvador, El Salvador
- 1967: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- 1968: Managua, Nicaragua
- 1971: San José, Costa Rica
- 1972: Panama City, Panama
- 1980: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- 1984: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- 1991: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- 1998: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- 2002: San José, Costa Rica
- 2004: Managua, Nicaragua
- 2009: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- 2011: San José, Costa Rica
- 2012: Managua, Nicaragua
- 2014: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- 2016: San Salvador, El Salvador
- 2018: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- 2019: Managua, Nicaragua
- 2022: Managua, Nicaragua
- 2023: San José, Costa Rica
- 2024: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- 2025: Managua, Nicaragua

For a complete edition-by-edition list, see CADICA’s site and summarized reports from La Nación (Costa Rica) and Prensa Libre (Guatemala).