The 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, Venezuela between 26–29 July.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	10.2 =CR	José Triana  Cuba	10.2	Carl Lawson  Jamaica	10.2
200 metres (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	20.1w	Silvio Leonard  Cuba	20.3w	Pablo Bandomo  Cuba	20.4w
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena  Cuba	46.4 CR	Pedro Ferrer  Puerto Rico	46.6	Víctor Patínez  Venezuela	47.2
800 metres	Leandro Civil  Cuba	1:49.8	Luis Medina  Cuba	1:49.8	Leotulfo Jiménez  Venezuela	1:50.7
1500 metres	Antonio Colón  Puerto Rico	3:45.9 CR	Jesús Barrero  Colombia	3:47.2	Carlos Báez  Puerto Rico	3:47.6
5000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	14:04.2 CR	Mario Pérez  Mexico	14:06.8	Rafael Palomares  Mexico	14:19.6
10,000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	29:56.4 CR	Pedro Miranda  Mexico	29:56.6	Luis Haro  Mexico	29:58.2
Half marathon	Mario Cuevas  Mexico	1:05:07 CR	Martín Pabón  Colombia	1:05:56	Santiago Barón  Colombia	1:06:10
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.9 m/s)	Juan Morales  Cuba	13.7w	Guillermo Núñez  Cuba	13.8w	Enrique Rendón  Venezuela	14.4w
400 metres hurdles	Julio Ferrer  Puerto Rico	51.9 CR	Fabio Zúñiga  Colombia	52.0	Juan García  Cuba	53.1
3000 metres steeplechase	Antonio Villanueva  Mexico	8:49.4 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza  Cuba	8:52.6	Víctor Mora  Colombia	8:58.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Carl Lawson Richard Hardware Overton Spencer Don Quarrie	39.9	Cuba Silvio Leonard Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez José Triana	40.2	Trinidad and Tobago Christopher Brathwaite George Swanston Herman Marchand Bertram Lovell	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Trevor Campbell Richard Hardware Seymour Newman Kim Rowe	3:09.4	Cuba Eddy Gutiérrez Antonio Álvarez Leandro Civil Alberto Juantorena	3:10.1	Venezuela Raúl Dome Víctor Patíñez Erick Phillips José Toledo	3:10.4
High jump	Richard Spencer  Cuba	2.06 CR	Amado Olaguiber  Cuba	2.03	Pedro Yequez  Venezuela	2.03
Pole vault	Jorge Palacios  Cuba	4.85 CR	Roberto Moré  Cuba	4.85	Ciro Valdés  Colombia	4.60
Long jump	Milán Matos  Cuba	7.68 CR	Efraín Malberty  Cuba	7.34	Wilfredo Maisonave  Puerto Rico	7.28
Triple jump	Juvenal Pérez  Cuba	15.79	Gerry Swan  Bermuda	15.57	Edgar Moreno  Venezuela	15.56
Shot put	José Carreño  Venezuela	15.94	Benigno Hodelín  Cuba	15.78	Silván Hemming  Cuba	15.72
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson  Cuba	57.58 CR	Javier Moreno  Cuba	53.86	Ignacio Reinosa  Puerto Rico	49.12
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez  Cuba	62.50	William Silén  Puerto Rico	61.12	Pedro Garbey  Cuba	59.08
Javelin throw	Raúl Fernández  Cuba	74.90	Amado Morales  Puerto Rico	70.94	Héctor Vinent  Cuba	70.24
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal  Cuba	7315 CR	Rigoberto Salazar  Cuba	7035	Celso Aragón  Colombia	6841

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvia Chivás  Cuba	11.4 CR	Carmen Valdés  Cuba	11.6	Laura Pierre  Trinidad and Tobago	11.9
200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Silvia Chivás  Cuba	23.5w	Asunción Acosta  Cuba	23.9w	Ruth Williams  Jamaica	23.9w
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón  Cuba	53.5 =CR	Asunción Acosta  Cuba	53.7	Lorna Forde  Barbados	54.9
800 metres	Charlotte Bradley  Mexico	2:05.8 CR	Zeneida de la Cruz  Dominican Republic	2:06.9	Enriqueta Nava  Mexico	2:07.7
1500 metres	Enriqueta Nava  Mexico	4:26.3 CR	Charlotte Bradley  Mexico	4:35.1	Melquises Fonseca  Cuba	4:37.3
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde  Cuba	13.9	Andrea Bruce  Jamaica	14.4	Mercedes Román  Mexico	14.4
200 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde  Cuba	28.0w	Raquel Martínez  Cuba	29.1w	Alix Castillo  Venezuela	30.7w
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Marlene Elejalde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chivás	45.9	Jamaica Andrea Bruce Yvonne White Regina Montague Poretay Scott	48.4	Netherlands Antilles Shareen Ruimveld Grace Lynch Maurina Maduro Edwina Leonara	48.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Aurelia Pentón Ela Cabrejas Asunción Acosta Carmen Trustée	3:42.1	Barbados Barbara Bishop Lorna Forde Heather Gooding Marcia Trotman	3:51.0	Mexico Mercedes Román Charlotte Bradley Enriqueta Nava Guadaloupe Vizcaya	3:56.9
High jump	Andrea Bruce  Jamaica	1.71	Marima Rodríguez  Cuba	1.69	Angela Carbonell  Cuba	1.67
Long jump	Marcia Garbey  Cuba	6.04	Ana Alexander  Cuba	6.02	Ana Maquilón  Colombia	5.46
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez  Cuba	14.28 CR	Celeste Kindelán  Cuba	14.02	Patricia Andrus  Venezuela	12.88
Discus throw	Carmen Romero  Cuba	52.46	María Cristina Betancourt  Cuba	47.92	Patricia Andrus  Venezuela	39.88
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez  Cuba	51.62	Milagros Bayard  Cuba	47.04	Gladys González  Venezuela	45.52
Pentathlon	Lucía Duquet  Cuba	3807	Mercedes Román  Mexico	3729	Angela Carbonell  Cuba	3629

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	23	22	8	53
2	Jamaica	5	2	2	9
3	Mexico	4	4	5	13
4	Colombia	2	3	5	10
5	Puerto Rico	2	3	3	8
6	Venezuela	1	0	10	11
7	Barbados	0	1	1	2
8	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
10	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
11	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		37	37	37	111

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics