The athletics competition in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, Panama. It was the first time women's events were included.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Nola Thorne ![]() | 12.6 | Nilda Villaverde ![]() | 12.6e | Adela Montilla ![]() | 12.7e |
80 metres hurdles | Nola Thorne ![]() | 13.3 | Aura Morales ![]() | 13.6e | Nilda Villaverde ![]() | |
4 x 100 m relay | ![]() Natalia Taivez Nola Thorne Adela Montilla Nilda Villaverde | 51.3 | ![]() Marta Velasco Carmen Ortega Zenaida Castro Olga Agüero | ![]() Gertrude Messam Rhona Saunders Beryl Delgado Icis Clarke | ||
High jump | Lilia Wilson ![]() | 1.41 | Beryl Delgado ![]() | 1.39 | Isabel Sullivan ![]() | 1.32 |
Discus throw | Rebecca Coldberg ![]() | 27.81 | Esperanza Morales ![]() | 24.89 | Irma Cornejo ![]() | 23.89 |
Javelin throw | Rebecca Coldberg ![]() | 30.25 | Marina Soto ![]() | 29.30 | Florinda Viamontes ![]() | 28.16 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 nations) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 |
The athletics competition in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.
The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The athletics competition in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
The athletics competition in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela.
The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica.
The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The athletics competition in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, Panama.
The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Medellín, Colombia.
The athletics competition in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana, Cuba.
The athletics competition in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
The track and field competition at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico.
The track and field competition at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in November at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
The track and field competition in the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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