2016 Central American Championships in Athletics

XXVII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	17–19 June
Host city	San Salvador, El Salvador
Venue	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
Level	Senior
Events	44
Participation	7 nations
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The 27th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 17 and 19 June 2016.^[1]

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men, 22 by women.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Arturo Deliser  Panama	10.49	Steve Maturin  Costa Rica	10.87	Shaun Gill  Belize	10.97
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Arturo Deliser  Panama	21.15	Joel Lynch  Panama	21.34	Joseph Norales  Honduras	21.39
400 metres	Joel Lynch  Panama	47.31	Sherman Guity  Costa Rica	47.42	George Erazo  Guatemala	48.41
800 metres	Zinedine Selis  Costa Rica	1:52.39	Joseph Acevedo  Panama	1:54.03	Georman Rivas  Costa Rica	1:54.05
1500 metres	Walter Yac  Guatemala	3:52.78 CR	Erik Rodríguez  Nicaragua	3:54.12	Georman Rivas  Costa Rica	3:56.44
5000 metres	Mario Pacay  Guatemala	14:35.1	Williams Julajúj  Guatemala	14:37.0	Alberto González  Guatemala	14:37.2
10,000 metres	Walter Yac  Guatemala	30:27.33	Williams Julajúj  Guatemala	30:33.67	Alberto González  Guatemala	31:36.24
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Wienstan Mena  Guatemala	14.75	Ronald Benneth  Honduras	14.86	William Ríos  Panama	14.91
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	51.35	Emmanuel Niño  Costa Rica	51.48	José Humberto Bermúdez  Guatemala	52.82
3000 metres steeplechase	Erick Rodríguez  Nicaragua	9:14.27	José Enrique Calvo  Costa Rica	9:23.71	Álvaro Vásquez  Nicaragua	9:24.43
4 × 100 metres relay	Panama Arturo Deliser Chamar Chambers Joel Lynch Juan Mosquera	41.91	Belize James Bregal Brandon Jones Shaun Gill Mark Anderson	42.13	Honduras Lester Enamorado Vicente Aranda Ronald Benneth Joseph Norales	42.26
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Emmanuel Niño Zinedine Selis Gerald Drummond Sherman Guity	3:12.08 CR	Panama Joel Lynch Arturo Deliser Joseph Acevedo Chamar Chambers	3:17.34	El Salvador Juan Carlos Rodríguez George Erazo René Perla Ronal Moreno	3:17.61
20,000 metres track walk	Gabriel Calvo  Costa Rica	1:30:59.85	Ángel Batz  Guatemala	1:34:32.36	Gerson Navas  El Salvador	1:36:58.62
High jump	William Ríos  Panama	2.16 CR	Ken Franzuá  Guatemala	2.05	Francisco Rodríguez  El Salvador	1.93
Pole vault	Natán Rivera  El Salvador	4.80 CR	Pedro Figueroa  El Salvador	4.50	Edward Cruz  El Salvador	4.10
Long jump	Juan Mosquera  Panama	7.67w	Nicolás Arriola  Guatemala	7.13	Ángel Suárez  Nicaragua	7.12
Triple jump	Brandon Jones  Belize	16.22 CR	Emmanuel Arias  Panama	15.34	Jason Castro  Honduras	15.31
Shot put	Billy López  Guatemala	15.10	Hugo González  Guatemala	14.39	Diego Berrros  Guatemala	13.61
Discus throw	Winston Campbell  Honduras	49.03	Ever Acajabón  Guatemala	43.57	Enrique Martínez  El Salvador	40.39
Hammer throw	Diego Berrros  Guatemala	61.50	Alejandro Arroyo  Costa Rica	53.07	Kevin Linares  El Salvador	50.25
Javelin throw	Luis Taracena  Guatemala	68.45	Pablo Siliézar  El Salvador	55.81	Bryan Valle  Honduras	47.72
Decathlon	Ronald Ramírez  Guatemala	6353	André Campos  Costa Rica	5958	Youssef Qasem  Guatemala	5714

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Kaina Martínez  Belize	11.56 CR	Yasmin Woodruff  Panama	11.71	Shantely Scott  Costa Rica	12.09
200 metres (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Yasmin Woodruff  Panama	23.49 CR	Kaina Martínez  Belize	23.68	Ruth Hunt  Panama	24.52
400 metres	Desiré Bermúduez  Costa Rica	54.39 CR	Daniela Rojas  Costa Rica	56.26	Leyka Archibold  Panama	57.77
800 metres	Viviana Aroche  Guatemala	2:19.53	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	2:19.62	Irma Aldana  El Salvador	2:19.72
1500 metres	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	4:35.91	Rosa Del Toro  El Salvador	4:38.11	Evelyn Chávez  Guatemala	4:39.21
5000 metres	Rosa Del Toro  El Salvador	17:31.22 CR	Evelyn Chávez  Guatemala	17:50.60	Gabriela Traña  Costa Rica	18:43.72
10,000 metres	Evelyn Chávez  Guatemala	37:31.78	Rosa Del Toro  El Salvador	38:58.27	Cindy Monterroso  Guatemala	40:10.59
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.4  m/s)	Andrea Vargas  Costa Rica	14.10	Alexia Neal  Belize	15.08	Iris Santamaría  El Salvador	15.17
400 metres hurdles	Daniela Rojas  Costa Rica	59.52	Desiré Bermúduez  Costa Rica	60.37	Leyka Archibold  Panama	63.04
3000 metres steeplechase	Brenda Salmerón  El Salvador	11:48.33	Irma Aldana  El Salvador	12:08.03	Josselyn Grijalva  El Salvador	12:33.81
4 × 100 metres relay	Belize Faith Morris Kaina Martínez Tricia Flores Samantha Dirks	46.61 CR	Costa Rica Nathalee Aranda Yasmin Woodruff Leyka Archibold Ruth Hunt	48.36	El Salvador Nancy Sandoval Iris Santamaría Mariella Mena Lauren Velásquez	48.72
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica María Alejandra Murillo Daniela Rojas Shantely Scott Dessiré Bermúdez	3:49.70	El Salvador Lauren Velásquez Irma Aldana Iris Santamaría Valeria López	4:02.30	Only two finishing teams
10,000 metres track walk	Yesenia Miranda  El Salvador	49:06.47	Arely Morales  Guatemala	53:08.04	Karin Vicente  Guatemala	53:49.53
High jump	Kashany Ríos  Panama	1.75	Ana María Martínez  Panama	1.66	Abigail Obando  Costa Rica	1.50
Pole vault	Andrea Velasco  El Salvador	3.40 CR	Fátima Soto  El Salvador	3.20	Only two finishers
Long jump	Tricia Flores  Belize	5.95 CR	Nathalee Aranda  Panama	5.88	Ana María Porras  Costa Rica	5.56
Triple jump	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	12.62	Ana María Martínez  Panama	12.27	Ashantie Carr  Belize	12.04
Shot put	Itohan Aikhionbare  Belize	15.67 CR	Aixa Middleton  Panama	12.27	Naomy Smith  Costa Rica	10.96
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton  Panama	50.66	Itohan Aikhionbare  Belize	47.40	Alma Gutiérrez  Guatemala	40.28
Hammer throw	Sonja Moreno  Guatemala	45.31	Viviana Abarca  Costa Rica	41.73	María José Soto  El Salvador	37.66
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	48.00	Genova Arias  Costa Rica	45.87	Sofía Alonso  Guatemala	42.30
Heptathlon	Katy Sealy  Belize	4817 CR	Priscilla Montero  Costa Rica	4026	Abigail Obando  Costa Rica	3966

  *   Host nation (El Salvador)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala (GUA)	12	9	11	32
2	Costa Rica (CRC)	9	13	8	30
3	Panama (PAN)	9	9	4	22
4	Belize	6	4	2	12
5	El Salvador (ESA)*	5	7	11	23
6	Nicaragua (NCA)	2	1	2	5
7	Honduras	1	1	4	6
Totals (7 entries)		44	44	42	130