1984 Central American Championships in Athletics

X Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	15–18 August 1984
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Mateo Flores
Level	Senior
Events	40
Participation	5 nations
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The 10th Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 15 and 18 June 1984. ^[1]

A total of 40 events were contested, 24 by men, 16 by women.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Vladimir Samayoa   Guatemala	10.4	Glenn Abrahams   Costa Rica	10.5	Roberto Guillén   Nicaragua	10.6
200 metres	Vladimir Samayoa   Guatemala	21.5	Byron Chamorro   Nicaragua	22.1	Mario Morgan   Costa Rica	22.3
400 metres	Mario Brown   Costa Rica	48.8	Arturo Leiva   Guatemala	49.8	Carlos Alas   El Salvador	50.1
800 metres	Luis Mena   Costa Rica	1:53.6 NR	Alberto López   Guatemala	1:54.5	Luis Munguía   Nicaragua	1:55.3
1500 metres	Luis Mena   Costa Rica	3:56.8	Hugo Allan García   Guatemala	3:57.1	Alberto Paredes   Guatemala	4:02.0
5000 metres	Orlando Mora   Costa Rica	15:10.5	Miguel Vargas   Costa Rica	15:12.6	Eliezer López   Costa Rica	15:13.0
10,000 metres	Miguel Vargas   Costa Rica	31:45.2	Eliezer López   Costa Rica	31:45.4	Orlando Mora   Costa Rica	31:45.5
Marathon	Jorge Delgado   Costa Rica	2:26:11	Manuel Rodríguez   Guatemala	2:26:31	Carlos Alvarado   Guatemala	2:35:07
110 metres hurdles	Ángel Díaz   Guatemala	15.6	Arnaldo Monge   Costa Rica	16.0	Alex Kacher   Guatemala	16.1
400 metres hurdles	Luis Mungía   Nicaragua	55.7	José Miguel Vega   Costa Rica	57.1	Francisco Recinos   Guatemala	57.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Hugo Allan García   Guatemala	9:28.4	Eliezer López   Costa Rica	9:39.7	Freddy Arango   Guatemala	9:41.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Michael Pearson Mario Brown Mario Ramírez Glenn Abrahams	42.5	Nicaragua Rolando Martínez Harold Pérez Byron Chamorro Gary Lisby	42.6	Guatemala Emilio Moss Guillermo Parra Manuel Chinchilla Vladimir Samayoa	42.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Mario Brown Carlos Cunningham José Miguel Vega Michael Pearson	3:19.1 NR	Guatemala Sergio Aguilar Francisco Recinos Arturo Leiva Emilio Moss	3:20.7	El Salvador René Sermeño Rubén Quintanilla Carlos Alas René López	3:23.7
20 kilometres walk	Santiago Fonseca   Honduras	1:34:01 NR	Víctor Alonso   Guatemala	1:38:33	Sergio Guttiérrez   Costa Rica	1:40:25
50 kilometres walk	Santiago Fonseca   Honduras	4:31:55 NR	Arturo Roldán   Guatemala	4:40:24	Sergio Guttiérrez   Costa Rica	4:50:24
High jump	Ángel Díaz   Guatemala	1.90	Ricardo Campbell   Costa Rica	1.85	Estuardo López   Guatemala	1.85
Pole vault	Antonio Montepeque   Guatemala	3.60	Héctor Salvatierra   Guatemala	3.50	Carlos Fernández   Guatemala	3.40
Long jump	José Allen Rowe   Guatemala	6.38	Nélson de León   El Salvador	6.34	Espartaco Gaytán   Guatemala	6.30
Triple jump	Espartaco Gaytán   Guatemala	14.32	José Allen Rowe   Guatemala	13.84	Ángel Díaz   Guatemala	13.48
Shot put	Juan Turcios   Nicaragua	13.54	César Sajche   Guatemala	13.46	Juan Galdámez   El Salvador	13.33
Discus throw	Fernando Alonzo   Guatemala	40.98	Iván Turcios   Nicaragua	40.36	Ernesto Meléndez   El Salvador	39.60
Hammer throw	Víctor Taracena   Guatemala	49.72 NR	Igor Morales   Guatemala	46.04	Fernando Montepeque   Guatemala	42.44
Javelin throw	Domingo Reyes   Nicaragua	64.20	José Peralta   Nicaragua	61.30	Rudy Aguilar   El Salvador	60.50
Decathlon	Héctor Salvatierra   Guatemala	5200	Rudy Aguilar   El Salvador	4653	Fernando Chacón   Costa Rica	4471

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Crista Schumann   Guatemala	11.7 NR	Patricia Quiñones   Guatemala	11.9	Arlette Channer   Costa Rica	12.2
200 metres	Crista Schumann   Guatemala	24.6 NR	Patricia Meighan   Guatemala	24.8	Zoila Stewart   Costa Rica	25.4
400 metres	Patricia Meighan   Guatemala	56.2 NR	Maureen Stewart   Costa Rica	56.4	Zoila Stewart   Costa Rica	61.1
800 metres	Maureen Stewart   Costa Rica	2:12.8 NR	Patricia Meighan   Guatemala	2:15.3	Kriscia García   El Salvador	2:20.0
1500 metres	Kriscia García   El Salvador	4:44.1 NR	Carmen Montiel   Costa Rica	4:47.5	Aura Morales   Guatemala	4:55.9
3000 metres	Kriscia García   El Salvador	10:26.9 NR	Carmen Montiel   Costa Rica	10:43.1	Aura Morales   Guatemala	10:45.5
100 metres hurdles	Amapola Arimany   Guatemala	15.7	Lucrecia Aragón   Guatemala	18.1	Magdalena Molina   Costa Rica	18.3
400 metres hurdles	Leticia Jiménez   Guatemala	68.9	Virginia Boesche   Guatemala	69.1	Vilma Calvio   El Salvador	70.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Guatemala Patricia Meighan Elsa Zuñiga Patricia Quiñones Crista Schumann	47.9	Costa Rica Indra Hansen Sigrid Guttiérez Arlette Channer Zoila Stewart	48.6	Nicaragua Rosario Miranda Claudia Miranda Paula Cuadra Ana María Valle	52.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Guatemala Elsa Zuñiga Leticia Jiménez Crista Schumann Patricia Meighan	3:58.3 NR	Costa Rica Magdalena Molina Indra Hansen Zoila Stewart Maureen Stewart	4:10.1	El Salvador Arely Franco Zoila de Quintanilla Kriscia García Daysi Calvillo	4:15.0
High jump	Ruth Gallardo   El Salvador	1.45	Severena Crawford   Costa Rica	1.45	Lucrecia Aragón   Guatemala	1.40
Long jump	Patricia Quiñones   Guatemala	5.14	Arlette Channer   Costa Rica	5.02	Larissa Soto   Guatemala	4.78
Shot put	Glendorlee Pinnock   Costa Rica	11.02	Ave María Alpizar   Costa Rica	10.70	Mercedes Centero   Guatemala	10.42
Discus throw	María Lourdes Ruiz   Nicaragua	35.36 NR	Juana Carbajal   Nicaragua	33.14	Glendorlee Pinnock   Costa Rica	32.68
Javelin throw	Ana María Valle   Nicaragua	45.80 NR	María Lourdes Ruiz   Nicaragua	36.46	Iris Rosales   Guatemala	32.90
Heptathlon	Amapola Arimany   Guatemala	3707 NR	Larissa Soto   Guatemala	4614 NU20R	María Chavarría   Costa Rica	3288

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala  (GUA)*	20	17	17	54
2	Costa Rica  (CRC)	10	15	12	37
3	Nicaragua  (NIC)	5	6	3	14
4	El Salvador  (ESA)	3	2	8	13
5	Honduras	2	0	0	2
Totals (5 entries)		40	40	40	120

References

1. Results