The 19th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, between June 27–28, 2008.

A total of 43 events were contested, 22 by men and 21 by women. There were no athletes from Belize.

Medal summary

Complete results and medal winners were published. A total of 5 championships records were set.

Men 100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s) 10.61 11.02 11.19200 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s) 21.25 22.20 22.46400 metres 47.59 47.89 48.88800 metres 1:53.52 1:53.71 1:54.971500 metres 4:01.94 4:02.47 4:04.435000 metres 15:21.64 15:23.21 15:28.9610,000 metres 31:58.59 32:21.49 33:17.32110 metres hurdles (wind: 1.0 m/s) 14.35 14.76 14.79400 metres hurdles 51.72 52.80 53.163000 metres steeplechase 9:33.61 9:42.32 9:45.944 x 100 metres relay Rolando Palacios Babner Bardales Ronald Bennett Jonnie Lowe 41.10 Patrick Holwerda Benjamín Rodríguez Allan Ayala Juan Carlos Nájera 42.30 José González Marco Pérez Oscar Barzuna Luis Rojas 42.754 x 400 metres relay Hans Villagrán Patrick Holwerda Allan Ayala Camilo Quevedo 3:15.28 Juan Cuellar José González Takeshi Fujiwara Francis Jiménez 3:20.70 Pedro Suazo Juan José Alvarez Jonnie Lowe Maxin Espinal 3:21.2710,000 metres Walk 44:24.02 46:54.55 53:13.80High jump 2.00 1.80 Pole vault 4.21 Long jump 7.52 CR (wind: NWI) 6.99 (wind: NWI) 6.85 (wind: NWI)Triple jump 15.45 (wind: NWI) 15.20 (wind: NWI) 14.69 (wind: NWI)Shot put 14.05 12.18 11.81Discus throw 43.97 42.57 40.55Hammer throw 63.92 CR 56.56 43.55Javelin throw 61.04 60.74 50.22Decathlon 6690 CR 4654 2413

Women 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) 12.50 12.64 12.75200 metres (wind: 2.9 m/s) 25.54 w 25.91 w 26.38 w400 metres 59.37 59.67 59.76800 metres 2:12.30 2:12.36 2:15.371500 metres 4:40.12 4:44.15 4:53.185000 metres 18:11.12 18:22.83 18:54.8610,000 metres 39:18.36 39:21.86 40:46.66100 metres hurdles (wind: 1.0 m/s) 14.11 CR 14.59 15.28400 metres hurdles 65.54 65.97 66.143000 metres steeplechase 11:22.87 11:26.77 11:43.414 x 100 metres relay Lissette Mejía Natalia Santamaría Iris Santamaría Bessy Flores 49.29 Francisca Martínez Estefany Cruz Claudia Villeda Ginna von Quednow 50.38 Mariangeles Escobar Inaly Morazán Jessica Aguilera Indira Pérez 51.844 x 400 metres relay Natalia Santamaría Josseline Escobar Gladys Landaverde Brenda Salmeron 4:07.92 Mariangeles Escobar Jessica Aguilera Cony Villalobos Aldy Villalobos 4:22.45 10,000 metres Walk 53:47.09 55:51.17 1:09:24.40Pole vault† Long jump 5.67 (wind: NWI) 5.44 (wind: NWI) 5.02 (wind: NWI)Triple jump 12.19 (wind: NWI) 11.46 (wind: NWI) Shot put 12.52 9.88 8.35Discus throw 39.85 32.42 32.28Hammer throw 48.96 CR 37.77 33.17Javelin throw 39.90 38.48 37.44Heptathlon 3726 3542 3427

Notes †: No athlete cleared the initial height.

Medal table (unofficial)

Team Rankings Guatemala won the overall team ranking and the team ranking in the men's category. El Salvador won the team ranking in the women's category.

Total

Rank Nation Points 337 294 199 4 184 5 100 6 17

Male

Rank Nation Points 202 122 111 4 107 5 57 6 17

Female

Rank Nation Points 183 135 92 4 62 5 43

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