2012 Central American Championships in Athletics

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = XXIII Central American Championships in Athletics

|Logo = Central american championships in athletics 2012.jpg

|Size = 240px

|Colour =

|Optional caption =

|Host city = Managua, Nicaragua {{flagicon|Nicaragua}}

|Dates = June 15-17

|Stadium = Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes

|Nations participating = 7

|Athletes participating =

|Events = 44 (22 men, 22 women)

|Records set =

|Level = Senior

|Previous = 2011 San José

|Next = 2013 Managua

}}

The 23rd Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes in Managua, Nicaragua, between June 15-17, 2012.

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.

Medal summary

Complete results and medal winners were published.{{Citation

| date = June 26, 2012

| title = NCA - Campeonato Centroamericano Mayor

| url = http://www.atletismocadica.org/index.php/Eventos-Centroamericanos/campeonato-centroamericano-mayor.html

| publisher = CADICA

| language = Spanish

| accessdate = September 6, 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181031182042/http://www.atletismocadica.org/index.php/Eventos-Centroamericanos/campeonato-centroamericano-mayor.html

| archive-date = October 31, 2018

| url-status = dead

}}

{{ Citation

|last=

|first=

|date=

|title=XXIII CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR - CENTRAL AMERICAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA 15 AL 17 DE JUNIO DE 2012 - RESULTADOS FINALES / FINAL RESULTS

|url=http://www.atletismocadica.org/attachments/article/61/CA%20Mayor%20NCA%2015-17JUN%202012%20Resultados%20Finales.pdf

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031182039/http://www.atletismocadica.org/attachments/article/61/CA%20Mayor%20NCA%2015-17JUN%202012%20Resultados%20Finales.pdf

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=October 31, 2018

|publisher=CADICA

|language=Spanish

|accessdate=September 6, 2012

}}

{{Citation

| title = CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA 15 AL 17 DE JUNIO DE 2012 - PRUEBAS COMBINADAS / COMBINED EVENTS

| url = http://www.atletismocadica.org/attachments/article/61/CA%20Mayor%20NCA%2015-17JUN%202012%20Pruebas%20Combinadas.pdf

| publisher = CADICA

| language = Spanish

| accessdate = September 6, 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120704022154/http://www.atletismocadica.org/attachments/article/61/CA%20Mayor%20NCA%2015-17JUN%202012%20Pruebas%20Combinadas.pdf

| archive-date = July 4, 2012

| url-status = dead

}}{{Citation

| title = XXIII CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR / CENTRAL AMERICAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Estadio de Atletismo, Managua, Nicaragua 15 al 17 de Junio de 2012 - PUNTUACIONES FINALES POR EQUIPOS

| url = http://www.atletismocadica.org/attachments/article/61/CA%20Mayor%20NCA%202012%20Puntuaciones%20Finales.pdf

| publisher = CADICA

| language = Spanish

| accessdate = September 6, 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141007/http://www.atletismocadica.org/attachments/article/61/CA%20Mayor%20NCA%202012%20Puntuaciones%20Finales.pdf

| archive-date = March 4, 2016

| url-status = dead

}}

=Men=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres (wind: NWI)

|{{flagathlete|Mateo Edward|PAN}}

10.46

|{{flagathlete|Kemner Watson|CRC}}

10.66

|{{flagathlete|Josef Norales|HON|1949}}

10.72
200 metres (wind: 0.3 m/s)

|{{flagathlete|Alonso Edward|PAN}}

21.23

|{{flagathlete|Andrés Rodríguez|PAN}}

21.35

|{{flagathlete|Gary Robinson|CRC}}

21.48
400 metres

|{{flagathlete|Gary Robinson|CRC}}

47.84

|{{flagathlete|Kessel Campbell|HON|1949}}

48.43

|{{flagathlete|César Andrey Vásquez|CRC}}

48.89
800 metres

|{{flagathlete|Edgar Cortés|NCA}}

1:53.03

|{{flagathlete|Mario Guerrero|NCA}}

1:55.05

|{{flagathlete|Álvaro Vásquez|NCA}}

1:55.14
1500 metres

|{{flagathlete|Álvaro Vásquez|NCA}}

3:54.66

|{{flagathlete|Irving Sánchez|PAN}}

3:55.70

|{{flagathlete|Wilson Solano|CRC}}

3:59.53
5000 metres

|{{flagathlete|José Francisco Chaves|CRC}}

14:55.94

|{{flagathlete|Estuardo Palacios|GUA}}

14:57.17

|{{flagathlete|Edwin Pirir|GUA}}

15:02.58
10,000 metres

|{{flagathlete|Edwin Pirir|GUA}}

31:32.3

|{{flagathlete|César Lizano|CRC}}

31:38.1

|{{flagathlete|José Francisco Chaves|CRC}}

31:39.4
110 metres hurdles (wind: 1.2 m/s)

|{{flagathlete|Ronald Bennett|HON|1949}}

13.82 CR

|{{flagathlete|Esteban Guzman|HON|1949}}

14.40

|{{flagathlete|Luis Carlos Bonilla|GUA}}

14.56
400 metres hurdles

|{{flagathlete|Kenneth Medwood|BIZ}}

49.81

|{{flagathlete|Gerald Drummond|CRC}}

53.33

|{{flagathlete|Gerber Blanco|GUA}}

53.95
3000 metres steeplechase

|{{flagathlete|Álvaro Vásquez|NCA}}

9:06.88

|{{flagathlete|Miguel Ángel Chan|GUA}}

9:41.19

|{{flagathlete|Douglas Aguilar|ESA}}

9:55.50
4 x 100 metres relay

|{{CRC}}
Gary Robinson
César Andrey Vásquez
Jorge Luis Jiménez
Kemner Watson

41.44

|{{PAN}}
Williams Ríos
Juan Mosquera
Andrés Rodríguez
Mateo Edward

42.45

|{{flag|Honduras|1949}}
Esteban Guzman
Ronald Bennett
Josef Norales
Helson Pitillo

42.51
4 x 400 metres relay

|{{CRC}}
Gary Robinson
César Andrey Vásquez
Jarlex Lynch
Gerald Drummond

3:12.42 CR

|{{BIZ}}
Brandon Jones
Kenneth Medwood
Chavis Lopez
Mark Anderson

3:19.33

|{{NCA}}
Mario Guerrero
Humberto Lugo
Jeffry Arcia
Edgar Cortés

3:19.56
20 Kilometres Road Walk

|{{flagathlete|Mario Bran|GUA}}

1:26:41.18

|{{flagathlete|Bernardo Calvo|CRC}}

1:31:36.92

|{{flagathlete|Allan Segura|CRC}}

1:33:23.96
High Jump

|{{flagathlete|Henry Linton|CRC}}

2.05

|{{flagathlete|Henry Edmon|PAN}}

2.05

|{{flagathlete|William Figueroa|CRC}}

1.93
Pole Vault

|{{flagathlete|Pedro Figueroa|ESA}}

4.71 CR

|{{flagathlete|Mario Meza|CRC}}

3.80

|

Long Jump

|{{flagathlete|Juan Mosquera|PAN}}

7.24

|{{flagathlete|Brandon Jones|BIZ}}

7.20

|{{flagathlete|Emetrio Gamboa|GUA}}

6.80
Triple Jump

|{{flagathlete|Brandon Jones|BIZ}}

15.47

|{{flagathlete|Jason Castro|HON|1949}}

14.78

|{{flagathlete|Juan Carlos Nájera|GUA}}

14.50
Shot Put

|{{flagathlete|José Miguel Estrada|GUA}}

14.97

|{{flagathlete|Roberto Sawyers|CRC}}

14.64

|{{flagathlete|Juan José Alvarez|HON|1949}}

14.45
Discus Throw

|{{flagathlete|Winston Campbell|HON|1949}}

50.51 CR

|{{flagathlete|Roberto Sawyers|CRC}}

49.54

|{{flagathlete|Juan Galdamez|ESA}}

42.14
Hammer Throw

|{{flagathlete|Roberto Sawyers|CRC}}

67.71 CR

|{{flagathlete|Edgar Florián|GUA}}

59.73

|{{flagathlete|Diego Berríos|GUA}}

57.20
Javelin Throw

|{{flagathlete|Luis Mario Taracena|GUA}}

62.45

|{{flagathlete|Erick Méndez|CRC}}

57.96

|{{flagathlete|Javier Ugarte|NCA}}

57.95
Decathlon

|{{flagathlete|Edwin Campos|CRC}}

5443

|{{flagathlete|José Roberto Carballo|CRC}}

5079

|{{flagathlete|Alen Calderon|NCA}}

5013

=Women=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres (wind: NWI)

|{{flagathlete|Ruth-Cassandra Hunt|PAN}}

11.97

|{{flagathlete|Sharolyn Joseph|CRC}}

12.25

|{{flagathlete|Tricia Flores|BIZ}}

12.34
200 metres (wind: 1.5 m/s)

|{{flagathlete|Ruth-Cassandra Hunt|PAN}}

24.30

|{{flagathlete|Shaneve Swift|BIZ}}

24.82

|{{flagathlete|Heidy Palacios|HON|1949}}

25.02 {{AthAbbr|NR|Honduran}}
400 metres

|{{flagathlete|Andrea Ferris|PAN}}

55.17

|{{flagathlete|Heidy Palacios|HON|1949}}

55.24 {{AthAbbr|NR|Honduran}}

|{{flagathlete|Shaneve Swift|BIZ}}

56.93
800 metres

|{{flagathlete|Andrea Ferris|PAN}}

2:03.91 CR

|{{flagathlete|Gladys Landaverde|ESA}}

2:07.87

|{{flagathlete|Jacqueline Montoya|CRC}}

2:17.11
1500 metres

|{{flagathlete|Andrea Ferris|PAN}}

4:20.00 CR

|{{flagathlete|Gladys Landaverde|ESA}}

4:22.28

|{{flagathlete|Zuna Portillo|ESA}}

4:28.95
5000 metres

|{{flagathlete|Mónica Vargas|CRC}}

18:03.44

|{{flagathlete|Cristina Marín|CRC}}

18:06.04

|{{flagathlete|Delbin Cartagena|ESA}}

18:22.94
10,000 metres

|{{flagathlete|Cristina Marín|CRC}}

38:24.03

|{{flagathlete|Delbin Cartagena|ESA}}

39:21.02

|{{flagathlete|Alicia Zorrilla|PAN}}

43:20.06
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s)

|{{flagathlete|Jeimmy Bernárdez|HON|1949}}

13.99 CR

|{{flagathlete|Naomi Smith|CRC}}

15.63

|{{flagathlete|Alexia Neal|BIZ}}

15.87
400 metres hurdles

|{{flagathlete|Jessica Aguilera|NCA}}

63.66

|{{flagathlete|Alexia Neal|BIZ}}

67.47

|{{flagathlete|Naomi Smith|CRC}}

69.14
3000 metres steeplechase

|{{flagathlete|Zuna Portillo|ESA}}

10.49.82 CR

|{{flagathlete|Evonne Marroquín|GUA}}

11.20.92

|{{flagathlete|Yelka Mairena|NCA}}

11.41.67
4 x 100 metres relay

|{{CRC}}
Diana Garita
Shantely Scott
Dessiré Bermúdez
Sharolyn Joseph

47.68

|{{PAN}}
Gabriela Guevara
Ruth-Cassandra Hunt
Nathalee Aranda
Kashani Ríos

47.79

|{{BIZ}}
Shantel Swift
Shaneve Swift
Irice Reyes
Charnelle Enríquez

50.29
4 x 400 metres relay

|{{CRC}}
Diana Garita
Shantely Scott
Dessiré Bermúdez
Glenda Davis

3:55.71

|{{NCA}}
Jessica Aguilera
Ingrid Narváez
Emilia Palma
Ana Granados

4:00.46

|{{PAN}}
Yilibeth Stephens
Gabriela Guevara
Nathalee Aranda
Andrea Ferris

4:00.99
10 Kilometres Walk

|{{flagathlete|Francisca Ferris|PAN}}

55:29.03

|{{flagathlete|Glenda Úbeda|NCA}}

59:12.94

|{{flagathlete|Gissel Rodríguez|PAN}}

63:45.84
High Jump

|{{flagathlete|Kashani Ríos|PAN}}

1.84 CR

|{{flagathlete|Alejandra Gómez|CRC}}

1.60

|{{flagathlete|Ana María Martínez|PAN}}

1.60
Pole Vault

|{{flagathlete|María José Rodas|GUA}}

2.90

|{{flagathlete|Meelany Jaén|PAN}}

2.20

|

Long Jump

|{{flagathlete|Tricia Flores|BIZ}}

5.67

|{{flagathlete|Nathalee Aranda|PAN}}

5.41

|{{flagathlete|Estefany Cruz|GUA}}

5.40
Triple Jump

|{{flagathlete|Estefany Cruz|GUA}}

12.08

|{{flagathlete|Shantel Swift|BIZ}}

11.53

|{{flagathlete|Jéssica Sánchez|CRC}}

11.34
Shot Put

|{{flagathlete|Gisela Henríquez|PAN}}

12.32

|{{flagathlete|Aixa Middleton|PAN}}

11.63

|{{flagathlete|Silvia Piñar|CRC}}

11.51
Discus Throw

|{{flagathlete|Aixa Middleton|PAN}}

43.71

|{{flagathlete|Silvia Piñar|CRC}}

37.87

|{{flagathlete|Génova Arias|CRC}}

37.42
Hammer Throw

|{{flagathlete|Ana Harry|HON|1949}}

41.87

|{{flagathlete|Marisol Zeledón|NCA}}

41.00

|{{flagathlete|Silvia Piñar|CRC}}

39.84
Javelin Throw

|{{flagathlete|Dalila Rugama|NCA}}

48.59

|{{flagathlete|Rocío Navarro|PAN}}

40.70

|{{flagathlete|Génova Arias|CRC}}

40.05
Heptathlon

|{{flagathlete|Ana María Porras|CRC}}

4715 CR

|{{flagathlete|Ruth Eugenia Morales|GUA}}

4285

|{{flagathlete|Katy Sealy|BIZ}}

4201

Medal table (unofficial)

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = NCA

| flag_template = flagcountry

| event =

| team =

| gold_CRC = 12 | silver_CRC = 14 | bronze_CRC = 13

| gold_PAN = 12 | silver_PAN = 9 | bronze_PAN = 4

| gold_GUA = 6 | silver_GUA = 5 | bronze_GUA = 7

| gold_NCA = 5 | silver_NCA = 4 | bronze_NCA = 5 | host_NCA = yes

| gold_HON = 4 | silver_HON = 4 | bronze_HON = 4 | name_HON={{flag|Honduras|1949}}

| gold_BIZ = 3 | silver_BIZ = 5 | bronze_BIZ = 5

| gold_ESA = 2 | silver_ESA = 3 | bronze_ESA = 4

}}

Team trophies

Costa Rica won the overall team trophy and the team

trophy in the men's category. Panama won the team trophy in the women's

category

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{{col-break}}

=Total=

{{legend|#ccccff|The host country is highlighted in lavender blue|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankNationPoints
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Gold1}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Costa Rica}}127
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Silver2}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Panama}}103
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Bronze3}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Guatemala}}58
style="background-color:#ccccff"

|bgcolor = DDEEFF| 4

align=left| {{flagcountry|Nicaragua}}48
rowspan = "2" bgcolor = DDEEFF| 5align=left| {{flagcountry|Belize}}43
align=left| {{flagcountry|Honduras|1949}}43
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 7align=left| {{flagcountry|El Salvador}}23

{{col-break}}

=Male=

{{legend|#ccccff|The host country is highlighted in lavender blue|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankNationPoints
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Gold1}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Costa Rica}}68
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Silver2}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Guatemala}}45
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Bronze3}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Panama}}32
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 4align=left| {{flagcountry|Honduras|1949}}28
style="background-color:#ccccff"

|bgcolor = DDEEFF| 5

align=left| {{flagcountry|Nicaragua}}24
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 6align=left| {{flagcountry|Belize}}17
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 7align=left| {{flagcountry|El Salvador}}4

{{col-break}}

=Female=

{{legend|#ccccff|The host country is highlighted in lavender blue|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankNationPoints
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Gold1}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Panama}}71
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Silver2}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Costa Rica}}59
bgcolor = DDEEFF| {{Bronze3}}align=left| {{flagcountry|Belize}}26
style="background-color:#ccccff"

|bgcolor = DDEEFF| 4

align=left| {{flagcountry|Nicaragua}}24
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 5align=left| {{flagcountry|Honduras|1949}}19
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 6align=left| {{flagcountry|El Salvador}}15
bgcolor = DDEEFF| 7align=left| {{flagcountry|Guatemala}}13

{{col-end}}

References