1980 Central American Championships in Athletics

IX Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	5–8 November 1980
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Mateo Flores
Level	Senior
Events	39
Participation	3 nations
← 1975 San José 1984 Guatemala City →

The 9th Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 5 and 8 November 1980. ^[1]

A total of 39 events were contested, 24 by men, 15 by women.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Héctor Daley   Panama	10.5	Alfonso Pitters   Panama	10.6	Emilio Moss   Guatemala	10.7
200 metres	Héctor Daley   Panama	21.2	Víctor Henry   Panama	22.0	Emilio Moss   Guatemala	22.1
400 metres	Alfonso Pitters   Panama	49.8	Francisco Recinos   Guatemala	50.0	Orlando Ruano   Guatemala	50.2
800 metres	Cristobal Méndez   Panama	1:54.4	Orlando Ruano   Guatemala	1:58.5	Francisco López   El Salvador	1:59.5
1500 metres	Francisco Piedra   Guatemala	4:07.2	Luis Aguillón   El Salvador	4:09.1	Jesús Jérez   Guatemala	4:10.7
5000 metres	Óscar Lara   Guatemala	15:22.9	José Hernández   El Salvador	15:52.9	Juan Vásquez   El Salvador	15:57.6
10,000 metres	Virgilio Herrera   Guatemala	31:00.5	Jaime Hernández   El Salvador	33:19.2	Juan Francisco Vásquez   El Salvador	33:20.9
Marathon	Carlos Cuque López   Guatemala	2:19:20	Juan Sacarías   Guatemala	2:32:36	Carlos Acosta   Guatemala	2:41:30
110 metres hurdles	Salvador Ruiz   Panama	15.7	Roy Bennett   Guatemala	15.8	Milton Gálvez   Guatemala	16.7
400 metres hurdles	Salvador Ruiz   Panama	55.3	Fidel Camargo   Panama	56.1	Rubén Quintanilla   El Salvador	56.7
3000 metres steeplechase	Óscar Lara   Guatemala	9:57.5	Luis Alfonso   El Salvador	10:17.3	Rolando Martínez   Panama	10:24.4
4 × 100 metres relay	Guatemala	43.1	El Salvador	43.3	Only two finishing teams
4 × 400 metres relay	Panama	3:22.5	El Salvador	3:25.2	Guatemala	3:26.4
20 kilometres walk	Mario Rodríguez   Panama	1:37:01	José Alonso   Guatemala	1:39:34	Leonel Ramos   Panama	1:41:26
50 kilometres walk	Arturo Calderón   Guatemala	5:07:53 NR	Marco Juárez   Guatemala	5:10:51	Ricardo Concepción   Panama	5:14:53
High jump	Gerardo Alcazar   Guatemala	1.80	Ernesto Oqueli   El Salvador	1.75	Omar Martínez   Guatemala	1.75
Pole vault	Rudy Aguilar   El Salvador	3.45	Manolo Fearon   Guatemala	3.45	Omar Martínez   Guatemala	3.30
Long jump	Salomón Rowe   Guatemala	7.48	Héctor Murillo   Panama	6.58	Danilo Melgar   Guatemala	6.50
Triple jump	Salomón Rowe   Guatemala	15.22	Héctor Murillo   Panama	14.77	Samuel Abarca   El Salvador	13.53
Shot put	César Sajche   Guatemala	13.40	Eustacio de León   Panama	13.22	Juan Enrique Galdámez   El Salvador	13.12
Discus throw	César Sajche   Guatemala	37.66	Marcelo Gaytán   Guatemala	35.70	Eduardo Hasbún   El Salvador	34.92
Hammer throw	Juan Pedro Varela   El Salvador	44.70	Hugo Berganza   Guatemala	38.30	Igor Morales   Guatemala	37.80
Javelin throw	Eustacio de León   Panama	64.05	Rudy Aguilar   El Salvador	63.14	Héctor Phemmings   Panama	60.64
Decathlon	Rudy Aguilar   El Salvador	5782	Sergio Catalán   Guatemala	5516	Manuel Carranza   Guatemala	4547

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Zaida Núñez   Panama	12.0	Mayra Figueroa   Guatemala	12.3	Patricia Quiñónez   Guatemala	12.4
200 metres	Zaida Núñez   Panama	25.0	Christa Schumann   Guatemala	26.0	Irma Ambulo   Panama	26.1
400 metres	Patricia Meighan   Guatemala	58.1	Irma Ambulo   Panama	58.5	Zaida Núñez   Panama	59.9
800 metres	Patricia Meighan   Guatemala	2:21.2	Sonia Lemus   Guatemala	2:23.2	Norma Franco   El Salvador	2:28.8
1500 metres	Norma Franco   El Salvador	5:01.6	Kriscia García   El Salvador	5:07.2	Cristina Girón   Guatemala	5:07.2
100 metres hurdles	Amapola Arimany   Guatemala	15.7	Mayra Figueroa   Guatemala	15.9	Analú Gálvez   Guatemala	18.1
400 metres hurdles	Patricia Meighan   Guatemala	65.5	Mayra Figueroa   Guatemala	68.5	Rina Francos   El Salvador	72.3
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador	51.4	Only one finishing team
4 × 400 metres relay	Guatemala	4:10.5	El Salvador	4:11.5	Only two finishing teams
High jump	María Stella Pacheco   Guatemala	1.53	Nora Hernández   Guatemala	1.53	Sintia Rollox   Panama	1.40
Long jump	Christa Schumann   Guatemala	5.06	Nora Hernández   Guatemala	4.79	Sonia Chávez   El Salvador	4.77
Shot put	Marta Centeno   Guatemala	11.06	Yolanda Marquínez   Panama	10.45	María Eugenia Díaz   Guatemala	9.45
Discus throw	Patricia Comandari   El Salvador	34.88	Marta Centeno   Guatemala	34.50	Yolanda Marquínez   Panama	34.22
Javelin throw	Carmen Valenzuela   Guatemala	32.81	Carmen Miller   Guatemala	31.10	Maricela Sol   El Salvador	27.32
Heptathlon	Amapola Arimany   Guatemala	2976	María Stella Pacheco   Guatemala	2868	Lucrecia Aragón   Guatemala	2425

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala  (GUA)*	22	20	17	59
2	Panama  (PAN)	11	8	8	27
3	El Salvador  (ESA)	6	10	10	26
Totals (3 entries)		39	38	35	112

References

1. Results