2018 Central American Championships in Athletics

The 29th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on 13 and 14 July 2018.

XXIX Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	13–14 July
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
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: +0.4 m/s)	Héctor Allen Costa Rica	10.53	José Andrés Salazar El Salvador	10.63	Shaun Gill Belize	10.80
200 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Shermal Calimore Costa Rica	21.22	José Humberto Bermúdez Guatemala	21.22	José Andrés Salazar El Salvador	21.47
400 metres	Nery Brenes Costa Rica	46.26	José Humberto Bermúdez Guatemala	47.21	Willy Castillo Guatemala	49.18
800 metres	Fredd Ponce Nicaragua	1:57.70	Georman Rivas Costa Rica	1:57.80	Byron Herrera Guatemala	1:57.82
1500 metres	Georman Rivas Costa Rica	4:03.83	Mario Pacay Guatemala	4:05.75	David Escobar El Salvador	4:13.67
5000 metres	Mario Pacay Guatemala	14:41.86	Daniel Johanning Costa Rica	14:53.69	Williams Julajúj Guatemala	15:08.19
10,000 metres	Daniel Johanning Costa Rica	30:50.13	Álvaro Sanabria Costa Rica	31:10.07	Alberto González Guatemala	31:24.07
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Wienstan Mena Guatemala	14.72	Ronald Ramírez Guatemala	14.83	Gabriel Mejía Honduras	15.83
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond Costa Rica	49.85	Gerber Blanco Guatemala	50.97	Pablo Andrés Ibáñez El Salvador	51.25
3000 metres steeplechase	Brayan Tacan Guatemala	9:45.13	David Escobar El Salvador	9:57.02	Marcial Rodríguez Nicaragua	10:05.16
4 × 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Brayan Guzmán Shermal Calimore Jeikob Monge Héctor Allen	40.83 CR	El Salvador	41.36	Guatemala	41.64
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Brayan Guzmán Jeikob Monge Gerald Drummond Shermal Calimore	3:12.23	Guatemala	3:15.52	Nicaragua	3:21.01
20,000 metres track walk	José Oswaldo Calel Guatemala	1:28:11.36	Ángel Batz Guatemala	1:28:22.61	Allan Segura Costa Rica	1:46:43.28
High jump	Ken Fransua Guatemala	2.12	Josué Athiang Guatemala	1.85	Only two participants
Pole vault	Natán Rivera El Salvador	4.70	Pedro Figueroa El Salvador	4.50	Abel Álvarez Guatemala	3.70
Long jump	Juan Mosquera Panama	7.73 CR	Becker Jarquín Nicaragua	7.46	Nicolás Arriola Guatemala	7.24
Triple jump	Fredy Lemus Guatemala	15.77	Jason Castro Honduras	15.46	Brandon Jones Belize	15.04
Shot put	Anselmo Delgado Panama	15.47	Billy López Guatemala	14.76	Elías Gómez Costa Rica	13.50
Discus throw	Winston Campbell Honduras	45.96	Billy López Guatemala	45.60	Juan Enrique Galdámez El Salvador	44.00
Hammer throw	Roberto Sawyers Costa Rica	70.70 CR	Diego Berríos Guatemala	60.04	Enrique Martínez El Salvador	57.94
Javelin throw	Luis Taracena Guatemala	66.37	Jefferson Machorro Guatemala	53.91	Juan Bladimir García Nicaragua	52.50
Decathlon	Youssef Qasem Guatemala	6129	Estebán Ibáñez El Salvador	5814	Only two participants

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Tracy Joseph Costa Rica	12.00	Rosa Baltazar Guatemala	12.22	Hilary Gladden Belize	12.25
200 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Samantha Dirks Belize	24.35	Rosa Baltazar Guatemala	25.13	Kendi Rosales Honduras	25.43
400 metres	Desiré Bermúduez Costa Rica	55.08	Irma Harris Costa Rica	55.41	Daniela Aragón El Salvador	59.41
800 metres	Mónica Vargas Costa Rica	2:13.54	Daniela Aragón El Salvador	2:16.34	Josseline Beltrand Guatemala	2:19.62
1500 metres	Mónica Vargas Costa Rica	4:49.50	Viviana Aroche Guatemala	4:49.88	Leydi Pocom Guatemala	4:51.71
5000 metres	Cindy Monterroso Guatemala	18:12.90	Ana María Cacao Guatemala	19:21.46	Wendy Ascencio El Salvador	19:31.84
10,000 metres	Cindy Monterroso Guatemala	39:50.32	Xiomara Barrera El Salvador	41:03.62	Wendy Ascencio El Salvador	41:27.71
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2  m/s)	Andrea Vargas Costa Rica	12.95 CR	Nancy Sandoval El Salvador	14.12	Adriana Andrade El Salvador	15.64
400 metres hurdles	Daniela Rojas Costa Rica	58.69 CR	Sharolyn Scott Costa Rica	62.10	Ariana Orozco Nicaragua	66.46
3000 metres steeplechase	Máyela Menjívar El Salvador	13:00.74	Ana Mirta Hércules El Salvador	13:32.74	Susana Marroquín Guatemala	14:00.64
4 × 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Keylin Pennant Andrea Vargas Daneysha Robinson Irma Harris	47.00	Guatemala	48.16	Belize	48.41
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Sharolyn Scott Daniela Rojas Irma Harris Desiré Bermúdez	3:46.69 CR	Guatemala	4:02.41	Belize	4:06.30
10,000 metres track walk	Maritza Poncio Guatemala	50:11.20	Céfora Poncio Guatemala	54:06.44	Melany Trejo El Salvador	59:35.91
High jump	Kashany Ríos Panama	1.70	Ana María Martínez Panama	1.63	Julieta Cruz Guatemala	1.55
Pole vault	Andrea Velasco El Salvador	3.42 CR	Aime Zelaya Honduras	2.70	Melissa Molina Costa Rica	2.50
Long jump	Thelma Fuentes Guatemala	6.36 CR	Estefany Cruz Guatemala	6.06	Tricia Flores Costa Rica	5.77
Triple jump	Thelma Fuentes Guatemala	13.15 CR	Estefany Cruz Guatemala	13.03	Ana María Martínez Panama	12.22
Shot put	Dalila Rugama Nicaragua	12.91	Aixa Middleton Panama	12.16	Naomy Smith Costa Rica	11.73
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton Panama	52.41	Doroty López Guatemala	40.18	Estefanie Sosa Guatemala	38.75
Hammer throw	Sonja Moreno Guatemala	51.91	Viviana Abarca Costa Rica	47.62	Marcia Avalos Guatemala	39.59
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama Nicaragua	47.93	Genova Arias Costa Rica	45.51	Sofía Alonso Guatemala	41.98
Heptathlon	Ana María Porras Costa Rica	4954	Katy Sealy Belize	4659	Ashontie Carr Belize	3879

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica (CRC)	18	7	5	30
2	Guatemala (GUA)*	14	22	14	50
3	Panama (PAN)	4	2	1	7
4	El Salvador (ESA)	3	9	10	22
5	Nicaragua (NIC)	3	1	4	8
6	Honduras	1	2	2	5
7	Belize	1	1	6	8
Totals (7 entries)		44	44	42	130