The Central American Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Centroamericanos Mayores) is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA (Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation) open for athletes from member associations.
There is an overall winner in the team ranking based on points awarded for the athlete's placings. Moreover, there are winners in team ranking in the men's and women's categories. The point system changed over the years. In the early years, points were awarded for athletes on the first 6 places (6 points for the 1st place, 5 points for the 2nd place, ..., 1 point for the 6th place).[ 1] Starting in the mid 70ths, points were awarded for athletes on the first 8 places (9 points for the 1st place, 7 points for the 2nd place, ..., 1 point for the 8th place).[ 2] From 2009 on, points were only awarded for athletes on the first 4 places (5 points for the 1st place, 3 points for the 2nd place, 2 points for the 3rd place, and 1 point for the 4th place).[ 3]
The following list was compiled from the CADICA website,[ 4] [ 5] and from a variety of articles from the archive of
Costa Rican newspaper La Nación ,[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] and Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre .[ 19]
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Comenzó Campeonato Centroamericano de Atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, March 15, 1968 [March 13, 1968], p. 109 (original page no.: 82), retrieved September 24, 2012
^ XIX CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR DE ATLETISMO – 27/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 – San Pedro Sula – Honduras – Resultados (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA , retrieved September 12, 2012 [permanent dead link ]
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XXI CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO DE ATLETISMO MAYOR – Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores – GUA – 17/09/2010 to 18/09/2010 – Resultados (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Nacional de Atletismo de Guatemala , archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2012, retrieved September 10, 2012
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Centroamericanos de Mayores (in Spanish), CADICA , October 4, 2011, archived from the original on July 8, 2013, retrieved August 22, 2012
^ Atletismo – XVII Campeonato Centroamericano Mayor – Estadio Nacional – San José – Costa Rica – 3 y 4 de Junio, 2005 – Centroamericanos de Mayores (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA , n.d., archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved August 22, 2012
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Mayra Soto, medalla de oro ayer en Guatemala (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, April 8, 1967, p. 30 (original page no.: 59), retrieved August 26, 2012
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Naranjo, Fernando (April 10, 1967), Suplemento Deportivo – Mayra Soto Hernández es la nueva campeona centoamericana en el lanzamiento de la jabalina (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, p. 13 (original page no.: 23), retrieved August 26, 2012
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Costa Rica: 2 medallas, 11 puntos y un nuevo record ayer en el Centroamericano (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, March 17, 1968, p. 89 (original page no.: 97), retrieved August 22, 2012
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Costa Rica a un punto de ganar el Campeonato Centroamericano de Atletismo en la rama feminina; ha conquistado 22 medallas (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, March 18, 1968, pp. 116–117 (original page no.: 36–39), retrieved August 18, 2012
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DELEGACION ATLETICA SALE PARA GUATEMALA EL MIERCOLES (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, November 30, 1970, p. 44 (original page no.: 86), retrieved August 26, 2012
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Gráficas del Centroamericano (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, December 8, 1970, p. 106 (original page no.: 90), retrieved August 26, 2012
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Lujosa inauguración del VI Centroamericano de Atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, November 20, 1971, p. 33 (original page no.: 64), retrieved August 22, 2012
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DOS MEDALLAS DE ORO Y DOS DE BRONCE PARA COSTA RICA EN ATLETISMO (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, November 25, 1972 [November 23, 1972], p. 170 (original page no.: 98), retrieved August 26, 2012
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CINCO MEDALLAS GANO COSTA RICA EN CENTROAMERICANO DE ATLETISMO (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, November 26, 1972, p. 65 (original page no.: 124), retrieved August 26, 2012
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Costa Rica puntero del centroamericano de atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, November 27, 1975, p. 18 (original page no.: 35A), retrieved August 22, 2012
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Quesada Campos, Eliseo (July 8, 1991), Jalapa, última esperanza – Zoila a una centésima de los Panamericanos (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, p. 50 (original page no.: 18C/Deportes), retrieved August 22, 2012
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García, Herbert (November 27, 1998), Cinco oros ticos (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, retrieved August 22, 2012
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Zumbado A., Sandra (October 12, 2002), Centroamericano de Atletismo – La carrera por el oro • Costa Rica acelera el paso en masculino; chapinas adelante (in Spanish), La Nación , Costa Rica, retrieved August 22, 2012
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López R., Fernando (June 20, 2003), Hoy inicia el Centroamericano de atletismo – Torneo: Atletas tendrán otra opción para hacer marcas – Atletismo en la rama feminina; ha conquistado 22 medallas (in Spanish), Prensa Libre , Ciudad de Guatemala, archived from the original on February 1, 2013, retrieved August 18, 2012
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