2012 Central American Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

XXIII Central American Championships in Athletics

Dates	June 15-17
Host city	Managua, Nicaragua
Venue	Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes
Level	Senior
Events	44 (22 men, 22 women)
Participation	7 nations
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The 23rd Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes in Managua, Nicaragua, between June 15-17, 2012.

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.

Medal summary

Complete results and medal winners were published.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: NWI)	Mateo Edward (PAN)	10.46	Kemner Watson (CRC)	10.66	Josef Norales (HON)	10.72
200 metres (wind: 0.3 m/s)	Alonso Edward (PAN)	21.23	Andrés Rodríguez (PAN)	21.35	Gary Robinson (CRC)	21.48
400 metres	Gary Robinson (CRC)	47.84	Kessel Campbell (HON)	48.43	César Andrey Vásquez (CRC)	48.89
800 metres	Edgar Cortés (NCA)	1.53.03	Mario Guerrero (NCA)	1.55.05	Álvaro Vásquez (NCA)	1.55.14
1500 metres	Álvaro Vásquez (NCA)	3.54.66	Irving Sánchez (PAN)	3.55.70	Wilson Solano (CRC)	3.59.53
5000 metres	José Francisco Chaves (CRC)	14.55.94	Estuardo Palacios (GUA)	14.57.17	Edwin Pirir (GUA)	15.02.58
10000 metres	Edwin Pirir (GUA)	31.32.3	César Lizano (CRC)	31.38.1	José Francisco Chaves (CRC)	31.39.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Álvaro Vásquez (NCA)	9.06.88	Miguel Ángel Chan (GUA)	9.41.19	Douglas Aguilar (ESA)	9.55.50
110 metres hurdles (wind: 1.2 m/s)	Ronald Bennett (HON)	13.82 CR	Esteban Guzman (HON)	14.40	Luis Carlos Bonilla (GUA)	14.56
400 metres hurdles	Kenneth Medwood (BIZ)	49.81	Gerald Drummond (CRC)	53.33	Gerber Blanco (GUA)	53.95
High Jump	Henry Linton (CRC)	2.05	Henry Edmon (PAN)	2.05	William Figueroa (CRC)	1.93
Pole Vault	Pedro Figueroa (ESA)	4.71 CR	Mario Meza (CRC)	3.80
Long Jump	Juan Mosquera (PAN)	7.24	Brandon Jones (BIZ)	7.20	Emetrio Gamboa (GUA)	6.80
Triple Jump	Brandon Jones (BIZ)	15.47	Jason Castro (HON)	14.78	Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA)	14.50
Shot Put	José Miguel Estrada (GUA)	14.97	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	14.64	Juan José Alvarez (HON)	14.45
Discus Throw	Winston Campbell (HON)	50.51 CR	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	49.54	Juan Galdamez (ESA)	42.14
Hammer Throw	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	67.71 CR	Edgar Florián (GUA)	59.73	Diego Berríos (GUA)	57.20
Javelin Throw	Luis Mario Taracena (GUA)	62.45	Erick Méndez (CRC)	57.96	Javier Ugarte (NCA)	57.95
Decathlon	Edwin Campos (CRC)	5443	José Roberto Carballo (CRC)	5079	Alen Calderon (NCA)	5013
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Mario Bran (GUA)	1:26:41.18	Bernardo Calvo (CRC)	1:31:36.92	Allan Segura (CRC)	1:33:23.96
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Gary Robinson César Andrey Vásquez Jorge Luis Jiménez Kemner Watson	41.44	Panama Williams Ríos Juan Mosquera Andrés Rodríguez Mateo Edward	42.45	Honduras Esteban Guzman Ronald Bennett Josef Norales Helson Pitillo	42.51
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Gary Robinson César Andrey Vásquez Jarlex Lynch Gerald Drummond	3:12.42 CR	Belize Brandon Jones Kenneth Medwood Chavis Lopez Mark Anderson	3.19.33	Nicaragua Mario Guerrero Humberto Lugo Jeffry Arcia Edgar Cortés	3.19.56

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: NWI)	Ruth-Cassandra Hunt (PAN)	11.97	Sharolyn Joseph (CRC)	12.25	Tricia Flores (BIZ)	12.34
200 metres (wind: 1.5 m/s)	Ruth-Cassandra Hunt (PAN)	24.30	Shaneve Swift (BIZ)	24.82	Heidy Palacios (HON)	25.02 NR
400 metres	Andrea Ferris (PAN)	55.17	Heidy Palacios (HON)	55.24 NR	Shaneve Swift (BIZ)	56.93
800 metres	Andrea Ferris (PAN)	2.03.91 CR	Gladys Landaverde (ESA)	2.07.87	Jacqueline Montoya (CRC)	2.17.11
1500 metres	Andrea Ferris (PAN)	4.20.00 CR	Gladys Landaverde (ESA)	4.22.28	Zuna Portillo (ESA)	4.28.95
5000 metres	Mónica Vargas (CRC)	18.03.44	Cristina Marín (CRC)	18.06.04	Delbin Cartagena (ESA)	18.22.94
10000 metres	Cristina Marín (CRC)	38.24.03	Delbin Cartagena (ESA)	39.21.02	Alicia Zorrilla (PAN)	43.20.06
3000 metres steeplechase	Zuna Portillo (ESA)	10.49.82 CR	Evonne Marroquín (GUA)	11.20.92	Yelka Mairena (NCA)	11.41.67
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Jeimmy Bernárdez (HON)	13.99 CR	Naomi Smith (CRC)	15.63	Alexia Neal (BIZ)	15.87
400 metres hurdles	Jessica Aguilera (NCA)	63.66	Alexia Neal (BIZ)	67.47	Naomi Smith (CRC)	69.14
High Jump	Kashani Ríos (PAN)	1.84 CR	Alejandra Gómez (CRC)	1.60	Ana María Martínez (PAN)	1.60
Pole Vault	María José Rodas (GUA)	2.90	Meelany Jaén (PAN)	2.20
Long Jump	Tricia Flores (BIZ)	5.67	Nathalee Aranda (PAN)	5.41	Estefany Cruz (GUA)	5.40
Triple Jump	Estefany Cruz (GUA)	12.08	Shantel Swift (BIZ)	11.53	Jéssica Sánchez (CRC)	11.34
Shot Put	Gisela Henríquez (PAN)	12.32	Aixa Middleton (PAN)	11.63	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	11.51
Discus Throw	Aixa Middleton (PAN)	43.71	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	37.87	Génova Arias (CRC)	37.42
Hammer Throw	Ana Harry (HON)	41.87	Marisol Zeledón (NCA)	41.00	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	39.84
Javelin Throw	Dalila Rugama (NCA)	48.59	Rocío Navarro (PAN)	40.70	Génova Arias (CRC)	40.05
Heptathlon	Ana María Porras (CRC)	4715 CR	Ruth Eugenia Morales (GUA)	4285	Katy Sealy (BIZ)	4201
10 Kilometres Walk	Francisca Ferris (PAN)	55:29.03	Glenda Úbeda (NCA)	59:12.94	Gissel Rodríguez (PAN)	63:45.84
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Diana Garita Shantely Scott Dessiré Bermúdez Sharolyn Joseph	47.68	Panama Gabriela Guevara Ruth-Cassandra Hunt Nathalee Aranda Kashani Ríos	47.79	Belize Shantel Swift Shaneve Swift Irice Reyes Charnelle Enríquez	50.29
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Diana Garita Shantely Scott Dessiré Bermúdez Glenda Davis	3.55.71	Nicaragua Jessica Aguilera Ingrid Narváez Emilia Palma Ana Granados	4.00.46	Panama Yilibeth Stephens Gabriela Guevara Nathalee Aranda Andrea Ferris	4.00.99

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Nicaragua)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica	12	14	13	39
2	Panama	12	9	4	25
3	Guatemala	6	5	7	18
4	Nicaragua*	5	4	5	14
5	Honduras	4	4	4	12
6	Belize	3	5	5	13
7	El Salvador	2	3	4	9
Totals (7 entries)		44	44	42	130

Team trophies

Costa Rica won the overall team trophy and the team trophy in the men's category. Panama won the team trophy in the women's category^[4]

Total

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Costa Rica	127
	Panama	103
	Guatemala	58
4	Nicaragua	48
5	Belize	43
5	Honduras	43
7	El Salvador	23

Male

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Costa Rica	68
	Guatemala	45
	Panama	32
4	Honduras	28
5	Nicaragua	24
6	Belize	17
7	El Salvador	4

Female

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Panama	71
	Costa Rica	59
	Belize	26
4	Nicaragua	24
5	Honduras	19
6	El Salvador	15
7	Guatemala	13

References

^ NCA - Campeonato Centroamericano Mayor (in Spanish), CADICA, June 26, 2012, archived from the original on October 31, 2018, retrieved September 6, 2012
^ XXIII CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR - CENTRAL AMERICAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA 15 AL 17 DE JUNIO DE 2012 - RESULTADOS FINALES / FINAL RESULTS (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2018, retrieved September 6, 2012
^ CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR - MANAGUA, NICARAGUA 15 AL 17 DE JUNIO DE 2012 - PRUEBAS COMBINADAS / COMBINED EVENTS (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2012, retrieved September 6, 2012
^ ^a ^b XXIII CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR / CENTRAL AMERICAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Estadio de Atletismo, Managua, Nicaragua 15 al 17 de Junio de 2012 - PUNTUACIONES FINALES POR EQUIPOS (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved September 6, 2012

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