1975 Central American Championships in Athletics

VIII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	November 26–29
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Level	Senior
Events	36
Participation	5 nations
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The eighth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between November 26–29, 1975.

A total of 36 events were contested.

Medal summary

Some results and medal winners could be reconstructed from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.[1][2]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Irving Weeks (PAN)	10.5	Carlos Jiménez (CRC)	10.6	Ricardo Dewitt (CRC)	10.6
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres	Venancio Ponce (HON)		Jesús Salazar (CRC)		Rafael Fonseca (CRC)
1500 metres	Venancio Ponce (HON)	4:06.0	Edgar Fournier (CRC)	4:09.2	Róger Zúñiga (CRC)	4:12.4
5000 metres	Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC)	14:21.10
10,000 metres	Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC)	29:40.90
Marathon	Rafael Ángel Sandí (CRC)	2:36:30	Hugo Vargas (CRC)	2:38:13	Félix González (ESA)	2:44:06
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles	Rafael Fonseca (CRC)	55.6	Silvio Larios (NCA)	59.9	Walter Salazar (CRC)	67.
3000 metres steeplechase
4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay	El Salvador	3:22.3	Nicaragua	3:24.1	Costa Rica	3:27.4
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Hipólito López (HON)	1:47:52	César Argüello (NCA)	1:51:42	Adolfo Vanegas (HON)	1:52:10
High Jump	Roberto McFarlane (CRC)	1.90	Arnoldo Monge (CRC)	1.83	Julio Cedeño (PAN)
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put	E. Montiel (NCA)	14.49	Roberto Ibáñez (PAN)	14.42	Iván Turcios (NCA)	13.40
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw	René Lichi (PAN)	46.62	Gustavo Morales (NCA)	45.48	Francisco Argüello (NCA)	44.60
Javelin Throw	Eustacio de Léon (PAN)	64.45	Donald Vélez (PAN)	61.12	Rodolfo Méndez (PAN)	60.01
Decathlon

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Campbell (CRC)	12.1	Sandra Johnson (CRC)	12.1	(NCA)
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres	Thelma Zúñiga (CRC)	2:16.4 CR	Maritza Garita (CRC)	2:24.7	Eleonora Rodríguez (ESA)	2:28.7
1500 metres	Thelma Zúñiga (CRC)	4:52	Myriam Benavides (CRC)	5:22	Zumara Larios (NCA)	5:22
100 metres hurdles
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Sandra Johnson Myriam Benavides Maritza Murillo Thelma Zúñiga	4:09.1	Nicaragua	4:16.1	El Salvador	4:27.5
High Jump
Long Jump	Rusel Carrero (NCA)	4.88	Elizabeth Aguilar (CRC)	4.19	Teresita Murillo (CRC)	4.01
Shot Put
Discus Throw	Ilse Sobrado (CRC)	28.69	Gené Clark (CRC)	27.71	Cinthia Porras (NCA)	27.67
Javelin Throw	Marta Velázquez (NCA)	35.48	Aida Wilson (CRC)	32.24	Gené Clark (CRC)	30.95
Pentathlon	Rusel Carrero (NCA)	2595	Elizabeth Aguilar (CRC)	2100	Teresita Murillo (CRC)	2075

Medal table

A medal table was published.[2]

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica (CRC)*	18	18	13	49
2	Nicaragua (NIC)	6	9	14	29
3	Panama (PAN)	6	4	4	14
4	El Salvador (ESA)	3	3	4	10
5	Honduras (HON)	3	2	1	6
Totals (5 entries)		36	36	36	108

Team Rankings

Costa Rica won the overall team ranking, the team ranking in the men's category and in the women's category[2]

Total   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 334  Nicaragua 207 Panamá 90 4  El Salvador 76 5  Honduras 46

Male   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 185  Nicaragua 112 Panamá 81 4  El Salvador 44  Honduras 44

Female   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 149  Nicaragua 95  El Salvador 32 4 Panamá 9 5  Honduras 2

References

1. Costa Rica puntero del centroamericano de atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 27, 1975, p. 18 (original page no.: 35A), retrieved September 22, 2012
2. Costa Rica ganó octavo centroamericano de atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, November 30, 1975, p. 33 (original page no.: 64A), retrieved September 22, 2012