The sixth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Pista Eduardo Garnier in San José, Costa Rica, between November 19–21, 1971.
Medal summary Some results and medal winners could be reconstructed from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.
Men 100 metres 10.3 10.5 10.8200 metres 22.5 22.7 23.1400 metres 49.0 49.8 50.0800 metres 1:56.2 1:56.8 1:58.71500 metres 5000 metres 15:06.5 15:06.5 16:11.110,000 metres 30:02.2 31:27.4 31:37.6Half Marathon 1:12:32.0 1:13:17.8 1:13:38.2110 metres hurdles 15.6 16.2 16.3400 metres hurdles 54.1 56.3 56.63000 metres steeplechase 4 x 100 metres relay Carl Edmund Rolando Mendieta Federico Herberth Richard Davis 41.5 Rodolfo Arellana Oscar Gallardo Salomón Rowe Roberto Contreras 42.3 Juan Argüello Ricardo Lario Evaristo Palacios Yodi Elizondo 42.64 x 400 metres relay 3:23.8 3:26.3 3:28.320 Kilometres Road Walk High jump Pole vault 3.30 3.20 3.10Long jump 7.12 6.63 6.47Triple jump 14.83 13.90 13.79Shot put 13.47 13.43 13.22Discus throw 36.02 33.34 32.24Hammer throw 47.34 45.16 41.44Javelin throw 66.10 55.82 55.60Pentathlon
Women 100 metres 11.1 12.8 12.8200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 2:22. 2:23. 2:27.1500 metres 100 metres hurdles 16.3 17.6 18.14 x 100 metres relay Diva Bishop Clotilde Morales Yolanda Knight Rosalía Abadía 49.6 Brenda Charles Jean Robotham Sandra Johnson Rosa López 49.8 Ingrid Brenner Patricia Meighan Silvia Molina Regina de Herrera 50.1High jump 1.42 1.40 1.35Long jump 5.22 5.11 4.99Shot put 12.34 10.89 10.70Discus throw 33.16 32.12 32.12Javelin throw Pentathlon
Medal table (incomplete) Only medals from the 27 events with known results from above are counted.
Team Rankings Costa Rica won the overall team ranking, Nicaragua won the team ranking in the men's category, and Panamá won the team ranking in the women's category.
Total
Rank Nation Points 183 Panamá 172 160 4 145 5 59 6 37
Male
Rank Nation Points 131 129 Panamá 93 4 78 5 43 6 31
Female
Rank Nation Points Panamá 79 67 54 4 39 5 16 6 6
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