Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

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The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships was an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) from 1967 to 2013. Only athletes representing a member nation of the confederation may compete. Started in 1967, the event has been held every two years except for the 2007 edition which was held in 2008 instead.

After 24 editions replaced with NACAC Championships since 2015.

Editions[edit]

An overview of the early editions of the championships together with a list of the top three performing countries and the outstanding athletes was published.[1]

Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of
events
No. of
countries
No. of
athletes
Top nation
1 1967 Xalapa  Mexico 5–7 May Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona 35  Cuba
2 1969 Havana  Cuba 17–19 August Estadio Juan Abrantes 35  Cuba
3 1971 Kingston  Jamaica 14–17 July National Stadium 38  Cuba
4 1973 Maracaibo  Venezuela 26–29 July Estadio José Pachencho Romero 37  Cuba
5 1975 Ponce  Puerto Rico 6–10 August Estadio Paquito Montaner 33  Cuba
6 1977 Xalapa  Mexico 5–7 August Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona 38  Cuba
7 1979 Guadalajara  Mexico 15–17 June Estadio Revolución 39  Cuba
8 1981 Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 10–12 July Estadio Juan Pablo Duarte 39  Cuba
9 1983 Havana  Cuba 22–24 July Estadio Pedro Marrero 40  Cuba
10 1985 Nassau  Bahamas 25–27 July Thomas Robinson Stadium 41  Cuba
11 1987 Caracas  Venezuela 24–26 July Estadio Olímpico 40  Cuba
12 1989 San Juan  Puerto Rico 27–29 July Estadio Sixto Escobar 41  Cuba
13 1991 Xalapa  Mexico 26–28 July Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona 40  Mexico
14 1993 Cali  Colombia 30 July - 1 August Estadio Pascual Guerrero 43  Cuba
15 1995 Guatemala City  Guatemala 14–16 July Estadio La Pedrera 44  Cuba
16 1997 San Juan  Puerto Rico 26–28 June Estadio Sixto Escobar 45  Cuba
17 1999 Bridgetown  Barbados 25–27 June Barbados National Stadium 39  Jamaica
18 2001 Guatemala City  Guatemala 20–22 July Estadio Mateo Flores 45  Cuba
19 2003 St. George's  Grenada 4–6 July National Stadium  Mexico
20 2005 Nassau  Bahamas 8–11 July Thomas Robinson Stadium 44 29 374  Cuba
21 2008 Cali  Colombia 4–6 July Estadio Pedro Grajales 44 30 383  Cuba
22 2009 Havana  Cuba 3–7 July Estadio Panamericano 46 27 420[2]  Cuba
23 2011 Mayagüez  Puerto Rico 15–17 July Estadio Jose Antonio Figueroa 46 35 449  Jamaica
24 2013 Morelia  Mexico 5–7 July Estadio Venustiano Carranza 44 28 338  Mexico

Medals (1967-2013)[edit]

Source:[3]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba413302170885
Totals (1 entries)413302170885

MEX 154 177 147 478

JAM 133 118 85 336

BAH 50 53 64 167

PUR 44 85 100 229

COL 36 44 57 137

TTO 33 28 47 108

VEN 20 49 83 152

BAR 18 16 28 62

DOM 9 27 35 71

LCA 9 3 3 15

GUA 8 11 31 50

BER 6 17 14 37

SKN 6 3 4 13

GRN 5 5 3 13

CAY 5 3 1 9

ESA 5 2 8 15

CRC 4 4 9 17

DMA 3 3 4 10

VIN 3 2 6 11

ANT 2 6 6 14

HAI 2 3 5 10

GUY 2 3 4 9

ISV 2 1 1 4

GUF 2 0 0 2

PAN 1 4 14 19

IVB 1 1 4 6

MRT 1 1 4 6

AIA 1 1 0 2

NCA 0 3 3 6

AHO 0 1 6 7

SUR 0 1 3 4

GUD 0 1 0 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ XXII Central American and Caribbean Track and Field Championships, Havana - Cuba, 2009, History of Athletics in Central American and Caribbean Championships, archived from the original on October 2, 2011, retrieved July 17, 2011{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-07-06). Culson prevails over Sanchez as six more records fall – CAC Champs Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
  3. ^ https://www.athleticspodium.com/champs/cacac-champs

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