List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics

The Central American and Caribbean Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1926. The Games records in athletics are set by athletes who are representing one of the ODECABE's member federations. Both the initial records ^[1] and the records broken in 2010 ^[2] can be found on the official Games webpage.

Records for defunct events were assembled from the gbrathletics website. ^{[3] [4]} Wind info, relay teams and results for combined events for early competitions can be found on the CACAC webpage. ^[5]

Men's records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.00 (+0.5 m/s)	Cejhae Greene	Antigua and Barbuda	29 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[6]
200 m	19.96 (+0.4 m/s)	Alonso Edward	Panama	31 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[7]
400 m	44.27	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	16 July 1978	1978 Medellín	[1] [5]
800 m	1:45.15	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	11 August 1982	1982 Games	Havana, Cuba	[1] [5]
1500 m	3:41.84	Eduardo Castro	Mexico	9 August 1982	1982 Games	Havana, Cuba	[1] [5]
5000 m	13:44.41	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	30 July 2010	2010 Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[2]
10000 m	28:36.67	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico	1 December 2002	2002 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[1] [5]
Half marathon	1:03:50	Alberto Gonzalez	Guatemala	2 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[8]
Marathon	2:14:23	Benjamín Paredes	Mexico	28 November 1993	1993 Ponce	[1] [5]
110 m hurdles	13.12 (+0.7 m/s)	Dayron Robles	Cuba	26 July 2006	2006 Games	Cartagena, Colombia	[1] [5]
400 m hurdles	47.60	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	31 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[9]
3000 m steeplechase	8:38.43	Rubén García	Mexico	28 November 1993	1993 Ponce	[1] [5]
High jump	2.37 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	20 August 1998	1998 Maracaibo	[1] [5]
Pole vault	5.60 m	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	27 July 2010	2010 Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[2]
Long jump	8.45 m (-0.1 m/s)	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	17 August 1998	1998 Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	[1] [5]
Triple jump	17.51 m (+1.3 m/s)	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	7 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[10]
Shot put	21.02 m	O'Dayne Richards	Jamaica	30 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[11]
Discus throw	70.20 m	Luis Delís	Cuba	8 August 1982	1982 Games	Havana, Cuba	[1] [5]
Hammer throw	74.95 m	Diego del Real	Mexico	31 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[12]
Javelin throw	84.91m	Guillermo Martínez	Cuba	25 July 2006	2006 Games	Cartagena, Colombia	[1] [5]
Decathlon	8281 pts	Ayden Owens-Delerme	Puerto Rico	3–4 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[13]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.36 (+0.4 m/s) 7.54 m (-1.1 m/s) 13.88 m 2.01 m 47.19 13.85 (-2.0 m/s) 43.40 m 4.60 m 56.62 m 4:46.57
20 km walk (road)	1:22:32	Eder Sánchez	Mexico	24 July 2010	2010 Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[2]
50 km walk (road)	3:49:40 A	Érick Barrondo	Guatemala	29 November 2014	2014 Games	Xalapa, Mexico	[14]
4 × 100 m relay	38.24	Rondel Sorrillo Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago	29 July 2010	2010 Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[2]
4 × 400 m relay	3:00.70 A	William Collazo Raidel Acea Osmaidel Pellicier Yoandys Lescay	Cuba	28 November 2014	2014 Games	Xalapa, Mexico	[15]

Key:
WR World record	AR North American, Central American and Caribbean record	NR National record	A affected by altitude

Women's records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	11.14 (-0.6 m/s)	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	16 August 1998	1998 Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	[1] [5]
	11.14 (-2.2 m/s)	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	3 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[16]
200 m	22.69 (+1.1 m/s)	Cydonie Mothersill	Cayman Islands	27 July 2010	2010 Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[2]
400 m	49.95	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic	6 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[17]
800 m	1:59.00	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	3 July 1986	1986 Santiago	[1] [5]
1500 m	4:10.39	Joselyn Brea	Venezuela	6 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
5000 m	15:10.60	Joselyn Brea	Venezuela	3 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
10000 m	33:41.48	Úrsula Sánchez	Mexico	29 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[20]
Half marathon	1:15:04	Joselyn Brea	Venezuela	2 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[21]
Marathon	2:41:16	Margarita Hernández	Mexico	29 November 2014	2014 Games	Xalapa, Mexico	[22]
100 m hurdles	12.60 (0.0 m/s)	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	4 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[23]
400 m hurdles	54.30	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	19 August 1998	1998 Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	[1] [5]
3000 m steeplechase	9:59.03	Beverly Ramos	Puerto Rico	30 July 2010	2010 Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[2]
High jump	1.97 m	Juana Arrendel	Dominican Republic	2 December 2002	2002 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[1] [5]
Pole vault	4.70 m	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	29 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[24]
Long jump	6.86 m (+1.6 m/s)	Natalia Linares	Colombia	3 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[25]
Triple jump	15.16 m (+1.1 m/s)	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela	5 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[26]
Shot put	19.36 m	María Elena Sarría	Cuba	12 August 1982	1982 Games	Havana, Cuba	[1] [5]
Discus throw	66.00 m	Yaime Pérez	Cuba	31 July 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[27]
Hammer throw	71.62 m	Rosa Rodríguez	Venezuela	3 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[28]
Javelin throw	63.80 m A	Flor Denis Ruíz	Colombia	27 November 2014	2014 Games	Xalapa, Mexico	[29]
Heptathlon	6436 pts	Yorgelis Rodríguez	Cuba	31 July – 1 August 2018	2018 Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[30]
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.60 (+2.3) 1.83 m 14.23 m 24.56 (+0.1) 6.23 m (+1.9) 48.96 m 2:15.50
20 km walk (road)	1:35:43 A	Mirna Ortiz	Guatemala	23 November 2014	2014 Games	Xalapa, Mexico	[31]
4 × 100 m relay	43.29	Virgen Benavides Misleydis Lazo Roxana Díaz Anay Tejeda	Cuba	29 July 2006	2006 Games	Cartagena, Colombia	[1] [5]
4 × 400 m relay	3:26.08	Zurian Hechavarría Rose Almanza Lisneidy Veitia Roxana Gomez	Cuba	7 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[32]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4×400 m relay	3:14.81	Alexander Ogando Fiordaliza Cofil Franshina Martínez Lidio Andrés Feliz Anabel Medina	Dominican Republic	3 July 2023	2023 Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[33]

Key:
WR World record	AR North American, Central American and Caribbean record	NR National record	A affected by altitude

Records in defunct events

Men's events

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
10 km (road)	36:05 A	Tomás Zafiro	Mexico	1926	1926 Games	Mexico City, Mexico	[3]
Pentathlon	3459 pts	Salvador Torrós	Puerto Rico	1938	1938 Panamá	[3]
10000 m walk (track)	51:32.4	José Pedraza	Mexico	1966	1966 San Juan	[3]

Women's events

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	6.4 h	Dolores Worrell	Panama	1946	1946 Barranquilla	[4]
3000 m	9:16.27	Isabel Juárez	Mexico	November 1993	1993 Ponce	[4]
80 metres hurdles	11.1 h	Bertha Díaz	Cuba	August 1962	1962 Kingston	[4]
		Carmen Smith	Jamaica	July 1966	1966 San Juan
Pentathlon	4534 pts	Marlene Elejalde	Cuba	March 1970	1970 Panamá	[4]
10000 m walk (track)	46:30.16	Graciela Mendoza	Mexico	August 1998	1998 Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	[4]

See also

List of Central American and Caribbean records in athletics

References

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