1998 Central American Championships in Athletics

XIII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	26–28 November 1998
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Mateo Flores
Level	Senior
Events	42
Participation	4 nations
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The 13th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 26 and 28 November 1998. ^[1]

A total of 42 events were contested, 21 by men, 21 by women.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José Tinoco   Guatemala	10.7	Edgardo Serpas   El Salvador	10.7	Rolando Blanco   Guatemala	11.0
200 metres	Edgardo Serpas   El Salvador	21.9	Alejandro Navarro   El Salvador	22.1	Denis Gutiérrez   Nicaragua	22.1
400 metres	Alejandro Navarro   El Salvador	48.4	Arisk Perdomo   Guatemala	48.8	Carlos Toledo   El Salvador	50.8
800 metres	Alfredo Hernández   Guatemala	1:56.8	César Arias   El Salvador	1:57.7	Ronald Arias   El Salvador	2:02.2
1500 metres	Evilio Santos   Guatemala	4:07.2	Alfredo Hernández   Guatemala	4:08.8	Ronald Arias   El Salvador	4:15.2
5000 metres	José Antonio Morales   Guatemala	15:03.2	José Amado García   Guatemala	15:47.6	Jorge Hernández   El Salvador	16:27.7
10,000 metres	José Antonio Morales   Guatemala	32:11.9	José Amado García   Guatemala	33:22.2	Carlos Ochoa   El Salvador	34:19.9
110 metres hurdles	Alex Foster   Costa Rica	14.6	Jefry Pacheco   Guatemala	15.4	Álvaro Paiz   Guatemala	15.5
400 metres hurdles	Alejandro Navarro   El Salvador	52.2	Alex Foster   Costa Rica	52.9	Arisk Perdomo   Guatemala	54.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Jorge Hernández   El Salvador	10:05.4	René Merino   El Salvador	10:26.2	Alfredo Hernández   Guatemala	10:56.9
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador	3:23.6	Guatemala	3:24.7
20,000 metres track walk	Luis Fernando García   Guatemala	1:32:57	Julio René Martínez   Guatemala	1:33:54	Roberto Oscal   Guatemala	1:36:34
High jump	Francisco Flores   Guatemala	1.84	Rodolfo Espinoza   Guatemala	1.70	Rogelio Campos   El Salvador Luis Aguirre   El Salvador	1.70
Pole vault	Róger Borbón   Costa Rica	4.70	Sixto Ancheta   El Salvador	4.00	Jorge Solórzano   Guatemala	3.80
Long jump	Julio Gutiérrez   El Salvador	6.37	Álvaro Paiz   Guatemala	6.14	José Tinoco   Guatemala	6.03
Triple jump	Rolando Lewis   Costa Rica	13.95	José Tinoco   Guatemala	13.19	Rogelio Campos   El Salvador	13.00
Shot put	Edson Monzón   Guatemala	13.56	Erick Rivas   El Salvador	13.26	Henry Santos   Guatemala	13.11
Discus throw	Fernando Alonzo   Guatemala	39.16	Raúl Rivera   Guatemala	38.10	Walter Hernández   El Salvador	37.78
Hammer throw	Guillermo Morales   El Salvador	55.58	Raúl Rivera   Guatemala	51.46	Vicente Franco   El Salvador	46.24
Javelin throw	Fernando Paloma   El Salvador	61.66	Max Letona   Guatemala	50.40	Orlando Ruano   Guatemala	47.14
Decathlon	Mauricio Carranza   El Salvador	5034	Pavel Ramírez   Guatemala	4627

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Leticia Sorto   El Salvador	12.6	Beatriz Amaya   El Salvador	12.6	María José Paiz   Guatemala	13.2
200 metres	Arely Franco   El Salvador	25.8	Leticia Sorto   El Salvador	26.2	Priscilla Curling   Costa Rica	27.0
400 metres	Arely Franco   El Salvador	57.2	Ana Quezada   El Salvador	59.9	Rosana Rodríguez   Guatemala	60.0
800 metres	Ana Quezada   El Salvador	2:19.2	Sandra Siguenza   El Salvador	2:26.2	Elisa Ramos   Guatemala	2:38.7
1500 metres	Marcela Jackson   Costa Rica	4:49.7	Ivis Martínez   El Salvador	5:13.7	Sandra Siguenza   El Salvador	5:16.0
5000 metres	Marcela Jackson   Costa Rica	18:22.6	María Klody Hidalgo   El Salvador	18:30.8	Elsa Monterosso   Guatemala	18:45.3
10,000 metres	Kriscia García   El Salvador	38:06.7	María Klody Hidalgo   El Salvador	38:21.5	Angelina Cornejo   Guatemala	40:09.2
100 metres hurdles	Denis Jerez   Guatemala	15.8	Aura Amaya   El Salvador	15.9	Sandra Oliveros   Guatemala	15.9
400 metres hurdles	Patricia Valenzuela   Guatemala	67.7	Arely Franco   El Salvador	69.7	Karla Fernández   El Salvador	72.2
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador	49.9	Guatemala	54.0
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador	4:07.5
10,000 metres track walk	Teresita Collado   Guatemala	49:39.4	Ivis Martínez   El Salvador	50:56.6	Zoila Reyes   Guatemala	55:04.8
High jump	Silvia Cob   Costa Rica	1.60	Sandra Oliveros   Guatemala	1.50	María Carrillo   El Salvador	1.50
Pole vault	Denise Jerez   Guatemala	2.95	Karla Herńndez   El Salvador	2.60	L. Castro   El Salvador	2.20
Long jump	María Carrillo   El Salvador	5.17	Priscilla Curling   Costa Rica	5.06	Ruth Gallardo   El Salvador	4.68
Triple jump	María Carrillo   El Salvador	10.57	María José Paiz   Guatemala	10.55	Ruth Gallardo   El Salvador	10.26
Shot put	Veronica Monzón   Guatemala	11.90	Eva María Dimas   El Salvador	11.85	Sandra Valiente   El Salvador	10.87
Discus throw	Eva María Dimas   El Salvador	42.90	Ana Lucía Espinoza   Guatemala	41.72	Rosita Vadillo   El Salvador	33.48
Hammer throw	Sandra Valiente   El Salvador	44.90	Ana Lucía Espinoza   Guatemala	40.10	Rosita de León   Guatemala	37.24
Javelin throw	Raquel Hernández   Costa Rica	36.16	Aida Figueroa   Guatemala	34.80	Arely Coreas   El Salvador	34.14
Heptathlon	Sandra Oliveros   Guatemala	3946	Paula Zayas   El Salvador	3356	Evelyn Núñez   Guatemala	2573

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	El Salvador	20	19	19	58
2	Guatemala*	15	20	18	53
3	Costa Rica	7	2	1	10
4	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		42	41	39	122

References

1. Results