1975 Central American Championships in Athletics

VIII Central American Championships in Athletics
DatesNovember 26–29
Host citySan José, Costa Rica Costa Rica
VenueEstadio Nacional
LevelSenior
Events36
Participation5 nations

The eighth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between November 26–29, 1975.

A total of 36 events were contested.

Medal summary

Some results and medal winners could be reconstructed from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.[1][2]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Irving Weeks (PAN) 10.5  Carlos Jiménez (CRC) 10.6  Ricardo Dewitt (CRC) 10.6
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres  Venancio Ponce (HON)  Jesús Salazar (CRC)  Rafael Fonseca (CRC)
1500 metres  Venancio Ponce (HON) 4:06.0  Edgar Fournier (CRC) 4:09.2  Róger Zúñiga (CRC) 4:12.4
5000 metres  Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC) 14:21.10
10,000 metres  Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC) 29:40.90
Marathon  Rafael Ángel Sandí (CRC) 2:36:30  Hugo Vargas (CRC) 2:38:13  Félix González (ESA) 2:44:06
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles  Rafael Fonseca (CRC) 55.6  Silvio Larios (NCA) 59.9  Walter Salazar (CRC) 67.
3000 metres steeplechase
4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay  El Salvador 3:22.3  Nicaragua 3:24.1  Costa Rica 3:27.4
20 Kilometres Road Walk  Hipólito López (HON) 1:47:52  César Argüello (NCA) 1:51:42  Adolfo Vanegas (HON) 1:52:10
High Jump  Roberto McFarlane (CRC) 1.90  Arnoldo Monge (CRC) 1.83  Julio Cedeño (PAN)
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put  E. Montiel (NCA) 14.49  Roberto Ibáñez (PAN) 14.42  Iván Turcios (NCA) 13.40
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw  René Lichi (PAN) 46.62  Gustavo Morales (NCA) 45.48  Francisco Argüello (NCA) 44.60
Javelin Throw  Eustacio de Léon (PAN) 64.45  Donald Vélez (PAN) 61.12  Rodolfo Méndez (PAN) 60.01
Decathlon

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Campbell (CRC) 12.1  Sandra Johnson (CRC) 12.1   (NCA)
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres  Thelma Zúñiga (CRC) 2:16.4 CR  Maritza Garita (CRC) 2:24.7  Eleonora Rodríguez (ESA) 2:28.7
1500 metres  Thelma Zúñiga (CRC) 4:52  Myriam Benavides (CRC) 5:22  Zumara Larios (NCA) 5:22
100 metres hurdles
4 x 100 metres relay  Costa Rica
Sandra Johnson
Myriam Benavides
Maritza Murillo
Thelma Zúñiga		 4:09.1  Nicaragua 4:16.1  El Salvador 4:27.5
High Jump
Long Jump  Rusel Carrero (NCA) 4.88  Elizabeth Aguilar (CRC) 4.19  Teresita Murillo (CRC) 4.01
Shot Put
Discus Throw  Ilse Sobrado (CRC) 28.69  Gené Clark (CRC) 27.71  Cinthia Porras (NCA) 27.67
Javelin Throw  Marta Velázquez (NCA) 35.48  Aida Wilson (CRC) 32.24  Gené Clark (CRC) 30.95
Pentathlon  Rusel Carrero (NCA) 2595  Elizabeth Aguilar (CRC) 2100  Teresita Murillo (CRC) 2075

Medal table

A medal table was published.[2]

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Costa Rica (CRC)*18181349
2 Nicaragua (NIC)691429
3 Panama (PAN)64414
4 El Salvador (ESA)33410
5 Honduras (HON)3216
Totals (5 entries)363636108


Team Rankings

Costa Rica won the overall team ranking, the team ranking in the men's category and in the women's category[2]

References

  1. ^ Costa Rica puntero del centroamericano de atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 27, 1975, p. 18 (original page no.: 35A), retrieved September 22, 2012
  2. ^ a b c Costa Rica ganó octavo centroamericano de atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 30, 1975, p. 33 (original page no.: 64A), retrieved September 22, 2012