1972 Central American Championships in Athletics

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VII Central American Championships in Athletics
Host city Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá Flag of Panama.svg
Date(s) November 24-26
Main stadium Estadio Revolución
Level Senior

The seventh Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Revolución in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, between November 24-26, 1972.

The Central American Championships in Athletics is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA open for athletes from member associations.

Estadio Rommel Fernández football stadium

Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, named after the Panamanian football star Rommel Fernández, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Panama City. It is used for different sports, but mainly for the conduct of football (soccer) games. It was inaugurated February 6, 1970. It was designed to accommodate the XI Central American and Caribbean Games in 1970. Through further reforms, the stadium managed to reach the current capacity of 32,000 spectators all seated, now the largest stadium in Panama, above the Estadio Rod Carew of baseball. It is part of Sports City Irving Saladino.

Panama City City in Panama

Panama City is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce.

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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]

<i>La Nación</i> (San José) daily newspaper published in San Jose, Costa Rica

La Nación is a Costa Rican newspaper. It is published in San José, Costa Rica. The newspaper is one of the oldest, is a general purpose newspaper, and circulates daily all year long, except on three Costa Rican holidays, Good Friday and the following Saturday, and the day after the New Year's Day.

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)3:54.4Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Quevedo  (GUA)3:56.5Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Luís Gamboa  (CRC)3:59.1
5000 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)15:17.8Flag of Honduras.svg  Clovis Morales  (HON)15:22.5Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Gonzao Bonilla  (CRC)15:26.9
10000 metres
Marathon
3000 metres steeplechase
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles Flag of Panama.svg  Milwood Amos  (PAN)52.6Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Santiago Vargas  (CRC)58.9
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump Flag of Guatemala.svg  Salomón Rowe  (GUA)7.10Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Martín Douglas  (CRC)6.69
Triple Jump
Shot Put Flag of El Salvador.svg  Mauricio Jubis  (ESA)13.06Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)
Discus Throw Flag of El Salvador.svg  J. Rodas  (ESA)39.71Flag of El Salvador.svg  Eduardo Hasbun  (ESA)38.98Flag of El Salvador.svg  Mauricio Jubis  (ESA)38.96
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Pentathlon
20 Kilometres Road Walk Flag of Honduras.svg  Hipólito López  (HON)1:56Flag of Honduras.svg  Raúl Ianza  (HON)1:58Flag of El Salvador.svg  Oscar Díaz  (ESA)1:59
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 42.8Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 43.1
4 x 400 metres relay

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Rosalía Abadía  (PAN)5:05.2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Silvia Molina  (GUA)5:05.7Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)
100 metres hurdles
High Jump Flag of Panama.svg  Diva Bishop  (PAN)1.44Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)Flag of El Salvador.svg  Flora Torres  (ESA)1.35
Long Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw Flag of El Salvador.svg  Marta Ramos  (ESA)11.71Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Celia de Martínez  (GUA)10.12
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Gené Clark  (CRC)32.00Flag of Panama.svg  (PAN)Flag of El Salvador.svg  Evelina Mona  (ESA)30.26
Pentathlon
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Martínez
Diva Bishop
Clotilde Morales
Rosalía Abadía
46.8Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 51.7Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 52.5

Medal table (after two days)

The table below displays the medal count after 2 of 3 competition days. [1] [2]

  *   Host nation (Panama)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama  (PAN)*1213934
2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)3249
3Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador  (ESA)3159
4Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1225
5Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras  (HON)1203
Totals (5 nations)20202060

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References

  1. 1 2 Dos medallas de oro y dos de bronce para Costa Rica en el atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 25, 1972, p. 98, retrieved September 22, 2012
  2. 1 2 Cinco medallas ganó Costa Rica en centroamericano de atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 26, 1972, p. 65 (original page no.: 124), retrieved September 22, 2012