1970 Central American Championships in Athletics

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V Central American Championships in Athletics
DatesDecember 4-6
Host city Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Guatemala.svg
Venue Estadio Mateo Flores
LevelSenior
Participation4 nations

The fifth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between December 4-6, 1970.

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Medal summary

Some results and medal winners could be reconstructed from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Carlos Abbot  (CRC)11.0Flag of Guatemala.svg  Salomón Rowe  (GUA)11.0Flag of Honduras.svg  Pedro Cólon  (HON)
200 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Carlos Abbot  (CRC)22.2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Roberto Contreras  (GUA)22.8Flag of Guatemala.svg  Danilo Reed  (GUA)23.2
400 metres
800 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Santiago Vargas  (CRC)
1500 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)4:05.2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Enrique Ramírez  (GUA)4:08.3Flag of Guatemala.svg  Sergio Vega  (GUA)4:08.6
5000 metres Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Quevedo  (GUA)15:38.7Flag of Guatemala.svg  Carlos Cuque López  (GUA)15:39.3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Luis Gamboa  (CRC)16:24.4
10000 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)30:51.1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Carlos Cuque López  (GUA)32:14.5Flag of Guatemala.svg  Fulgencio Hernández  (GUA)33:21.7
Half Marathon Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)1:08Flag of Guatemala.svg  Carlos Cuque López  (GUA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Quevedo  (GUA)
3000 metres steeplechase
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Santiago Vargas  (CRC)
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump Flag of Guatemala.svg  Salomón Rowe  (GUA)7.10
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Pentathlon
20 Kilometres Road Walk Flag of El Salvador.svg  Oscar Díaz  (ESA)2:00:07.4Flag of Guatemala.svg  Cirilio García  (GUA)2:06:40.7Flag of Guatemala.svg  Rosario Equite  (GUA)2:18:56.0
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 44.6Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 46.3Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 46.8
4 x 400 metres relay

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Sandra Johnson  (CRC)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Brenda Charles  (CRC)
200 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Sandra Johnson  (CRC)25.4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Miriam Castro  (CRC)27.6Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Brenda Charles  (CRC)28.0
400 metres Flag of Guatemala.svg  Silvia Milina  (GUA)64.2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Miriam Castro  (CRC)66.1Flag of El Salvador.svg  Casta García  (ESA)
800 metres Flag of Guatemala.svg  Silvia Molina  (GUA)2:30.0Flag of El Salvador.svg  Casta García  (ESA)2:37.2Flag of Honduras.svg  Alma Rosa Funes  (HON)2:39.1
1500 metres
100 metres hurdles
High Jump
Long Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Javelin Throw Flag of Guatemala.svg  Carmela de Miller  (GUA)31.96Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Mayra Soto  (CRC)29.50Flag of Guatemala.svg  Celia Vargas  (GUA)21.96
Pentathlon
4 x 100 metres relay

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References

  1. Delegación atlética sale para Guatemala el miercoles (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 30, 1970, p. 44 (original page no.: 86), retrieved September 24, 2012
  2. Rafael Ángel Pérez implantó nuevo record centroamericano (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 6, 1970, p. 65 (original page no.: 129), retrieved September 24, 2012
  3. Abbot, primer lugar en 100 metros planos (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 6, 1970, p. 65 (original page no.: 129), retrieved September 24, 2012
  4. Primeros lugares ocupan atletas de Costa Rica en Guatemala (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 7, 1970, p. 30 (original page no.: 59), retrieved September 24, 2012
  5. Pérez batió otra marca centroamericana (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 7, 1970, p. 30 (original page no.: 59), retrieved September 24, 2012
  6. Gráficas del Centroamericano de Atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 8, 1970, p. 90, retrieved February 12, 2015