XXXIII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	6–7 May
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Level	Senior
Events	45
Participation	7 nations
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The 33rd Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, on 6 and 7 May 2023. ^[1]

A total of 45 events were contested, 22 by men, 22 by women, as well as one mixed event.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Alexander Salazar  Panama	10.50	Juan Carlos Rodríguez  El Salvador	10.53	Brandon Jones  Belize	10.53
200 metres (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Yeykell Romero  Nicaragua	21.09	Alexander Salazar  Panama	21.50	Alejandro Ricketts  Panama	21.60
400 metres	Chamar Chambers  Panama	46.53	José Pablo Elizondo  Costa Rica	47.13	José René Navas  El Salvador	48.27
800 metres	Chamar Chambers  Panama	1:47.80 CR	José Pablo Elizondo  Costa Rica	1:50.96	Aaron Hernández  El Salvador	1:51.35
1500 metres	Didier Rodríguez  Panama	3:54.18	Marcos Cruz  Guatemala	3:56.41	Julio César Avilés  Costa Rica	3:56.87
5000 metres	Mario Pacay  Guatemala	14:23.83	Daniel Johanning  Costa Rica	14:34.70	Franklin Álvarez  Guatemala	14:49.84
10,000 metres	Alberto Gónzalez  Guatemala	28:55.38 CR	Daniel Johanning  Costa Rica	30:09.06	Franklin Álvarez  Guatemala	30:44.68
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.3 m/s)	Estebán Ibáñez  El Salvador	14.39	Gabriel Mejía  Honduras	14.80	Wienstan Mena  Guatemala	15.19
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	48.11 CR	Pablo Andrés Ibáñez  El Salvador	48.56	Samuel Ibáñez  El Salvador	52.21
3000 metres steeplechase	Didier Rodríguez  Panama	8:55.77	Marcos Cruz  Guatemala	9:01.67	Paulo Gómez  El Salvador	9:07.41
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador Juan Rodríguez Estebán Ibáñez Samuel Ibáñez Pablo Andrés Ibáñez	41.07	Costa Rica Derick Leandro Emmanuel Niño Alejandro Ricketts Héctor Allen	41.61	Belize Joas Mejía Mark Anderson Gianni Jones Brandon Jones	41.65
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador Joseph Hernández Samuel Ibáñez Estebán Ibáñez Pablo Andrés Ibáñez	3:09.22	Costa Rica Derick Leandro José Elizondo Gary Altamirano Gerald Drummond	3:11.02	Panama José Demera Didier Rodríguez Jhan Wisdom Chamar Chambers	3:15.81
20,000 metres track walk	Juan Manuel Calderón  Costa Rica	1:29:51.00	José Mariano Ordóñez  Guatemala	1:35:34.77	Bryan Matías  Guatemala	1:37:26.33
High jump	David Bosquez  Panama	2.05	Estebán Ibáñez  El Salvador	1.96	Fredy Lemus  Guatemala	1.96
Pole vault	Christiaan Higueros  Guatemala	4.60	Diego Navas  El Salvador	4.50	Guillermo Rivas  Guatemala	4.30
Long jump	Rasheed Miller  Costa Rica	8.07w	Nicolás Arriola  Guatemala	7.67	Adrian Alvarado  Panama	7.60
Triple jump	Fredy Lemus  Guatemala	15.52w	Brandon Jones  Belize	15.25w	Fernando Reyes  El Salvador	15.01w
Shot put	Anselmo Delgado  Panama	14.72	Jeims Molina  Costa Rica	14.12	Only two participants
Discus throw	Winston Campbell  Honduras	51.77 CR	Jeims Molina  Costa Rica	44.95	Alberto Peralta  Panama	34.11
Hammer throw	Dylan Suárez  Costa Rica	57.97	David Ayala  Costa Rica	57.05	Carlos Arteaga  Nicaragua	55.49
Javelin throw	Iván Sibaja  Costa Rica	73.22 CR	Luis Taracena  Guatemala	70.15	Jonathan Cedeño  Panama	69.50
Decathlon	Youssef Qasem  Guatemala	5585	Brainer Chavarría  Costa Rica	5352	Carlos Almendárez  Nicaragua	5218

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	María Alejandra Carmona  Nicaragua	11.93	Ivanniz Blackwood  Costa Rica	12.23	Tania Alfaro  Costa Rica	12.46
200 metres (wind: +3.7 m/s)	María Alejandra Carmona  Nicaragua	23.90	Ivanniz Blackwood  Costa Rica	25.07	Kendi Rosales  Honduras	25.18
400 metres	Tracy Joseph  Costa Rica	53.75	Desire Bermúdez  Costa Rica	53.87	Katherine Torres  Panama	58.05
800 metres	Angeline Pondler  Costa Rica	2:12.73	Débora Quel  Guatemala	2:13.43	Yency Chamur  El Salvador	2:16.02
1500 metres	Viviana Aroche  Guatemala	4:41.65	Suyeris Guerra  Panama	4:40.85	Débora Quel  Guatemala	4:42.60
5000 metres	Viviana Aroche  Guatemala	16:54.50 CR	Yessica Espinal  Honduras	17:34.53	Julay Gamboa  Costa Rica	17:36.78
10,000 metres	Yessica Espinal  Honduras	36:58.70	Priscila Solis  Costa Rica	37:27.41	Idelma Delgado  El Salvador	40:47.99
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Nancy Sandoval  El Salvador	13.36	Leyka Archibold  Panama	14.11	Nathalie Almendárez  El Salvador	14.82
400 metres hurdles	Leyka Archibold  Panama	65.51	Naydelin Calderón  Costa Rica	67.30	Only two participants
3000 metres steeplechase	Rolanda Bell  Panama	11:12.94	Andrea Ferris  Panama	11:21.99	Chrisdyala Moraga  Costa Rica	12:06.08
4 × 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Tania Alfaro Abigail Obando Melanie Vargas Ivanniz Blackwood	47.75	Nicaragua Silvihna Avilés Andrea Sosa Irishell Villarreal María Alejandra Carmona	49.17	Panama Melis Ayhan María Vargas Ángela González Leyka Archibold	49.99
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Tracy Joseph Mariel Brokke Angeline Pondler Desire Bermúdez	3:46.68	Panama Leyka Archibold Suyeris Guerra María Vargas Katherine Torres	4:02.11	Nicaragua Silvihna Avilés Andrea Sosa Irishell Villarreal María Alejandra Carmona	4:27.84
20,000 metres track walk	Noelia Vargas  Costa Rica	1:37:13.93	María Fernanda Peinado  Guatemala	1:37:26.06	Yaquelin Teletor  Guatemala	1:49:29.25
High jump	Abigail Obando  Costa Rica	1.78	Ana Isabela González  El Salvador	1.73	Maria José Rodriguez  Costa Rica	1.65
Pole vault	Andrea Michelle Velasco  El Salvador	3.80	Andrea Machuca  El Salvador	3.40	Vielka Arias  Costa Rica	3.30
Long jump	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	6.07w	Danisha Chimilio  Guatemala	5.67	Tiphanny Madrigal  Costa Rica	5.38
Triple jump	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	13.40w	Danisha Chimilio  Guatemala	12.43	Tiphanny Madrigal  Costa Rica	11.75w
Shot put	Deisheline Mayers  Costa Rica	13.00	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	11.67	Aixa Middleton  Panama	11.61
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton  Panama	46.11	Estefani Sosa  Guatemala	41.79	Sofia Pérez  El Salvador	38.03
Hammer throw	Lindsay Reyes  Costa Rica	50.69	Daniela Cortes  Costa Rica	50.10	María José Soto  El Salvador	48.55
Javelin throw	Jennifer Rodríguez  Panama	45.36	Esther Padilla  Honduras	45.00	Deisheline Mayers  Costa Rica	41.90
Heptathlon	Mariel Brokke  Costa Rica	4846	Ana Gabriela Sánchez  Nicaragua	3271	Only two participants

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Derick Leandro Naydelin Calderón Rasheed Sandoval Desire Bermúdez	3:32.59	El Salvador José René Navas Idelma Delgado George Erazo Yency Chamur	3:48.54	Only two finishing teams

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica (CRC)*	16	16	11	43
2	Panama (PAN)	11	5	7	23
3	Guatemala (GUA)	9	10	8	27
4	El Salvador (ESA)	5	9	9	23
5	Nicaragua (NIC)	3	2	3	8
6	Honduras (HON)	2	3	2	7
7	Belize (BIZ)	0	1	2	3
Totals (7 entries)		46	46	42	134

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