2023 Central American Championships in Athletics

XXXIII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	6–7 May
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Level	Senior
Events	45
Participation	7 nations
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The 33rd Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, on 6 and 7 May 2023.

A total of 45 events were contested, 22 by men, 22 by women, as well as one mixed event.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Alexander Salazar Panama	10.50	Juan Carlos Rodríguez El Salvador	10.53	Brandon Jones Belize	10.53
200 metres (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Yeykell Romero Nicaragua	21.09	Alexander Salazar Panama	21.50	Alejandro Ricketts Panama	21.60
400 metres	Chamar Chambers Panama	46.53	José Pablo Elizondo Costa Rica	47.13	José René Navas El Salvador	48.27
800 metres	Chamar Chambers Panama	1:47.80 CR	José Pablo Elizondo Costa Rica	1:50.96	Aaron Hernández El Salvador	1:51.35
1500 metres	Didier Rodríguez Panama	3:54.18	Marcos Cruz Guatemala	3:56.41	Julio César Avilés Costa Rica	3:56.87
5000 metres	Mario Pacay Guatemala	14:23.83	Daniel Johanning Costa Rica	14:34.70	Franklin Álvarez Guatemala	14:49.84
10,000 metres	Alberto Gónzalez Guatemala	28:55.38 CR	Daniel Johanning Costa Rica	30:09.06	Franklin Álvarez Guatemala	30:44.68
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.3 m/s)	Estebán Ibáñez El Salvador	14.39	Gabriel Mejía Honduras	14.80	Wienstan Mena Guatemala	15.19
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond Costa Rica	48.11 CR NR	Pablo Andrés Ibáñez El Salvador	48.56	Samuel Ibáñez El Salvador	52.21
3000 metres steeplechase	Didier Rodríguez Panama	8:55.77	Marcos Cruz Guatemala	9:01.67	Paulo Gómez El Salvador	9:07.41
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador Juan Rodríguez Estebán Ibáñez Samuel Ibáñez Pablo Andrés Ibáñez	41.07	Costa Rica Derick Leandro Emmanuel Niño Alejandro Ricketts Héctor Allen	41.61	Belize Joas Mejía Mark Anderson Gianni Jones Brandon Jones	41.65
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador Joseph Hernández Samuel Ibáñez Estebán Ibáñez Pablo Andrés Ibáñez	3:09.22	Costa Rica Derick Leandro José Elizondo Gary Altamirano Gerald Drummond	3:11.02	Panama José Demera Didier Rodríguez Jhan Wisdom Chamar Chambers	3:15.81
20,000 metres track walk	Juan Manuel Calderón Costa Rica	1:29:51.00	José Mariano Ordóñez Guatemala	1:35:34.77	Bryan Matías Guatemala	1:37:26.33
High jump	David Bosquez Panama	2.05	Estebán Ibáñez El Salvador	1.96	Fredy Lemus Guatemala	1.96
Pole vault	Christiaan Higueros Guatemala	4.60	Diego Navas El Salvador	4.50	Guillermo Rivas Guatemala	4.30
Long jump	Rasheed Miller Costa Rica	8.07w	Nicolás Arriola Guatemala	7.67	Adrian Alvarado Panama	7.60
Triple jump	Fredy Lemus Guatemala	15.52w	Brandon Jones Belize	15.25w	Fernando Reyes El Salvador	15.01w
Shot put	Anselmo Delgado Panama	14.72	Jeims Molina Costa Rica	14.12	Only two participants
Discus throw	Winston Campbell Honduras	51.77 CR	Jeims Molina Costa Rica	44.95	Alberto Peralta Panama	34.11
Hammer throw	Dylan Suárez Costa Rica	57.97	David Ayala Costa Rica	57.05	Carlos Arteaga Nicaragua	55.49
Javelin throw	Iván Sibaja Costa Rica	73.22 CR NR	Luis Taracena Guatemala	70.15	Jonathan Cedeño Panama	69.50
Decathlon	Youssef Qasem Guatemala	5585	Brainer Chavarría Costa Rica	5352	Carlos Almendárez Nicaragua	5218

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	María Alejandra Carmona Nicaragua	11.93	Ivanniz Blackwood Costa Rica	12.23	Tania Alfaro Costa Rica	12.46
200 metres (wind: +3.7 m/s)	María Alejandra Carmona Nicaragua	23.90	Ivanniz Blackwood Costa Rica	25.07	Kendi Rosales Honduras	25.18
400 metres	Tracy Joseph Costa Rica	53.75	Desire Bermúdez Costa Rica	53.87	Katherine Torres Panama	58.05
800 metres	Angeline Pondler Costa Rica	2:12.73	Débora Quel Guatemala	2:13.43	Yency Chamur El Salvador	2:16.02
1500 metres	Viviana Aroche Guatemala	4:41.65	Suyeris Guerra Panama	4:40.85	Débora Quel Guatemala	4:42.60
5000 metres	Viviana Aroche Guatemala	16:54.50 CR	Yessica Espinal Honduras	17:34.53	Julay Gamboa Costa Rica	17:36.78
10,000 metres	Yessica Espinal Honduras	36:58.70	Priscila Solis Costa Rica	37:27.41	Idelma Delgado El Salvador	40:47.99
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Nancy Sandoval El Salvador	13.36	Leyka Archibold Panama	14.11	Nathalie Almendárez El Salvador	14.82
400 metres hurdles	Leyka Archibold Panama	65.51	Naydelin Calderón Costa Rica	67.30	Only two participants
3000 metres steeplechase	Rolanda Bell Panama	11:12.94	Andrea Ferris Panama	11:21.99	Chrisdyala Moraga Costa Rica	12:06.08
4 × 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Tania Alfaro Abigail Obando Melanie Vargas Ivanniz Blackwood	47.75	Nicaragua Silvihna Avilés Andrea Sosa Irishell Villarreal María Alejandra Carmona	49.17	Panama Melis Ayhan María Vargas Ángela González Leyka Archibold	49.99
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Tracy Joseph Mariel Brokke Angeline Pondler Desire Bermúdez	3:46.68	Panama Leyka Archibold Suyeris Guerra María Vargas Katherine Torres	4:02.11	Nicaragua Silvihna Avilés Andrea Sosa Irishell Villarreal María Alejandra Carmona	4:27.84
20,000 metres track walk	Noelia Vargas Costa Rica	1:37:13.93	María Fernanda Peinado Guatemala	1:37:26.06	Yaquelin Teletor Guatemala	1:49:29.25
High jump	Abigail Obando Costa Rica	1.78 NR	Ana Isabela González El Salvador	1.73	Maria José Rodriguez Costa Rica	1.65
Pole vault	Andrea Velasco El Salvador	3.80	Andrea Machuca El Salvador	3.40	Vielka Arias Costa Rica	3.30
Long jump	Thelma Fuentes Guatemala	6.07w	Danisha Chimilio Guatemala	5.67	Tiphanny Madrigal Costa Rica	5.38
Triple jump	Thelma Fuentes Guatemala	13.40w	Danisha Chimilio Guatemala	12.43	Tiphanny Madrigal Costa Rica	11.75w
Shot put	Deisheline Mayers Costa Rica	13.00	Haydee Grijalba Costa Rica	11.67	Aixa Middleton Panama	11.61
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton Panama	46.11	Estefani Sosa Guatemala	41.79	Sofia Pérez El Salvador	38.03
Hammer throw	Lindsay Reyes Costa Rica	50.69	Daniela Cortes Costa Rica	50.10	María José Soto El Salvador	48.55
Javelin throw	Jennifer Rodríguez Panama	45.36	Esther Padilla Honduras	45.00	Deisheline Mayers Costa Rica	41.90
Heptathlon	Mariel Brokke Costa Rica	4846	Ana Gabriela Sánchez Nicaragua	3271	Only two participants

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Derick Leandro Naydelin Calderón Rasheed Sandoval Desire Bermúdez	3:32.59	El Salvador José René Navas Idelma Delgado George Erazo Yency Chamur	3:48.54	Only two finishing teams

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica (CRC)*	16	16	11	43
2	Panama (PAN)	11	5	7	23
3	Guatemala (GUA)	9	10	8	27
4	El Salvador (ESA)	5	9	9	23
5	Nicaragua (NIC)	3	2	3	8
6	Honduras (HON)	2	3	2	7
7	Belize (BIZ)	0	1	2	3
Totals (7 entries)		46	46	42	134