2016 Central American Championships in Athletics

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.

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

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

  *   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