Athletics at the XVI CAC Games
Host stadium
Dates	28 November – 2 December
Host city	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Events	43
Participation	294 athletes from 28 nations
Records set	13 GR
← 1986 Santiago 1993 Ponce → 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico, between 28 November and 2 December.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +5.3 m/s)	Joel Isasi  Cuba	10.17Aw	Jorge Aguilera  Cuba	10.29Aw	Wayne Watson  Jamaica	10.45Aw
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Roberto Hernández  Cuba	20.72A	Edgardo Guilbe  Puerto Rico	20.79A	Junior Cornette  Guyana	21.22A
400 metres	Roberto Hernández  Cuba	44.84A	Alvin Daniel  Trinidad and Tobago	45.58A	Howard Burnett  Jamaica	45.86A
800 metres	Luis Toledo  Mexico	1:49.61A	Dale Jones  Antigua and Barbuda	1:51.18A	Armando Rodríguez  Mexico	1:51.35A
1500 metres	Arturo Barrios  Mexico	3:45.73A	Mauricio Hernández  Mexico	3:45.84A	José López  Venezuela	3:50.08A
5000 metres	Arturo Barrios  Mexico	13:49.89A GR	Marcos Barreto  Mexico	14:04.21A	Herder Vásquez  Colombia	14:18.48A
10,000 metres	Dionicio Cerón  Mexico	29:46.09A	Isaac García  Mexico	30:05.63A	Herder Vásquez  Colombia	30:28.89A
Marathon	Jorge González  Puerto Rico	2:18:55A GR	César Mercado  Puerto Rico	2:19:40A	Oscar Mejías  Venezuela	2:21:40A
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Emilio Valle  Cuba	13.64A	Alexis Sánchez  Cuba	13.94A	Elvis Cedeño  Venezuela	14.18A
400 metres hurdles	Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico	49.61A GR	Antonio Smith  Venezuela	51.32A	Llimy Rivas  Colombia	52.87A
3000 metre steeplechase	Germán Silva  Mexico	9:01.26A	Adalberto Vélez  Mexico	9:01.60A	Ángel Rodríguez  Cuba	9:14.60A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Andrés Simón Leandro Peñalver Félix Stevens Joel Isasi	39.09A	Puerto Rico Félix Molina Domingo Cordero Edgardo Guilbe Elmer Williams	39.81A	Venezuela Elvis Cedeño Eliexer Pulgar Henry Aguiar Edgar Chourio	40.65A
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Terrence McCrae Evon Clarke Howard Burnett Devon Morris	3:05.22A	Barbados Terry Harewood Stephen Roberts Ronald Thorne Seibert Straughan	3:05.48A	Cuba Leandro Peñalver Emilio Valle Héctor Herrera Lázaro Martínez	3:06.17A
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto  Mexico	1:23:52A GR	Carlos Mercenario  Mexico	1:24:03A	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	1:24:54A
50 kilometre road walk	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	4:06:04A	Edel Oliva  Cuba	4:10:19A	Orlando Díaz  Colombia	4:15:45A
High jump	Javier Sotomayor  Cuba	2.34A GR	Marino Drake  Cuba	2.32A	Carlos Arzuaga  Puerto Rico	2.17A
Pole vault	Ángel García  Cuba	5.40A GR	Miguel Berrío  Cuba	5.26A	Konstantín Zagustín  Venezuela	5.10A
Long jump	Juan Felipe Ortíz  Cuba	8.17A	Jaime Jefferson  Cuba	8.06A	Darío Ruíz  Mexico	7.95A
Triple jump	Lázaro Betancourt  Cuba	16.66A	Juan Miguel López  Cuba	16.50A	Sergio Saavedra  Venezuela	16.18A
Shot put	Paul Ruiz  Cuba	18.93A	Marciso Boué  Cuba	18.26A	Samuel Crespo  Puerto Rico	16.60A
Discus throw	Roberto Moya  Cuba	64.64A	Gabriel Pedroso  Cuba	59.44A	James Dedier  Trinidad and Tobago	53.40A
Hammer throw	Eladio Hernández  Cuba	70.74A GR	Guillermo Guzmán  Mexico	68.18A	René Díaz  Cuba	66.62A
Javelin throw	Ramón González  Cuba	78.86A GR	Juan de la Garza  Mexico	76.60A	Kirt Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago	75.38A
Decathlon	Miguel Valle  Cuba	7448A	Ernesto Betancourt  Cuba	7278A	Antonio Greene  Bahamas	7118A

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +3.2 m/s)	Liliana Allen  Cuba	11.33Aw	Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda	11.73Aw	Alejandra Quiñónes  Colombia	11.86Aw
200 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Liliana Allen  Cuba	23.27A	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	23.75A	Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda	24.33A
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	51.70A	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	52.57A	Nancy McLeón  Cuba	55.29A
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	2:04.85A	Letitia Vriesde  Suriname	2:04.97A	Jennifer Fisher  Bermuda	2:09.52A
1500 metres	Letitia Vriesde  Suriname	4:26.28A	María Luisa Servín  Mexico	4:29.03A	Jennifer Fisher  Bermuda	4:57.25A
3000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz  Mexico	9:30.09A GR	María Luisa Servín  Mexico	9:38.08A	Vilma Peña  Costa Rica	10:37.00A
10,000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz  Mexico	35:27.68A GR	Santa Velázquez  Mexico	35:53.36A	Vilma Peña  Costa Rica	37:32.53A
Marathon	Floría Moreno  Mexico	2:47:38A GR	Marisol Vargas  Mexico	2:50:25A	Maribel Durruty  Cuba	2:50:41A
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Aliuska López  Cuba	12.94A	Odalys Adams  Cuba	13.26A	Sandra Taváres  Mexico	13.68A
400 metres hurdles	Elsa Jiménez  Cuba	57.59A	Maribelsy Peña  Colombia	59.06A	Tania Fernández  Cuba	59.55A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Odalys Adams Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen	44.54A	Colombia Alejandra Quiñónes Norfalia Carabalí Ximena Restrepo Maribelcy Peña	45.29A	Mexico Sandra Taváres Alma Vázquez Guadalupe García Gabriela Romero	45.75A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Nancy McLeon Elsa Jiménez Julia Duporty Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:36.27A	Mexico Erendira Villagómez Alejandra Quintanar Rosa García Areli Ovalle	3:44.59A	Puerto Rico Arealis Acosta Daisy Ocasio Sonia Escalera Walesica Ramos	3:50.08A
10,000 metre track walk	Graciela Mendoza  Mexico	49:09.45A GR	Maricela Chávez  Mexico	50:49.55A	Liliana Bermeo  Colombia	51:33.27A
High jump	María del Carmen García  Cuba	1.87A	Silvia Costa  Cuba	1.82A	Cristina Fink  Mexico	1.79A
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo  Cuba	6.58A	Eloína Echevarría  Cuba	6.40Aw	Euphemia Huggins  Trinidad and Tobago	6.39A
Shot put	Belsis Laza  Cuba	17.73A	Herminia Fernández  Cuba	16.36A	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	16.09A
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría  Cuba	58.62A	Olga Gómez  Cuba	56.06A	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	53.84A
Javelin throw	Herminia Bouza  Cuba	57.74A	María Caridad Colón  Cuba	55.86A	Marieta Riera  Venezuela	51.86A
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5647A GR	Magalys García  Cuba	5528A	Laiza Carrillo  Cuba	5519A

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	27	17	7	51
2	Mexico	10	13	5	28
3	Colombia	2	4	9	15
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	3	3	8
5	Suriname	1	1	0	2
6	Jamaica	1	0	2	3
7	Netherlands Antilles	0	2	1	3
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	7	8
9	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	3	4
10	Barbados	0	1	0	1
11	Bermuda	0	0	2	2
	Costa Rica	0	0	2	2
13	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		43	43	43	129

• 1990 in athletics (track and field)

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• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.