Athletics competitions at the 2010 Central American Games were held at the Estadio Rommel Fernández in Panama City, Panama, on April 16–19, 2010.

A total of 39 events were contested, 20 by men and 19 by women. Although initially scheduled, 8 events were finally cancelled: 35 km Walk, Hammer Throw, Pole Vault, and Marathon for men, and 10 km Walk, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, and Marathon for women.

Records

13 new games records were set.

Event Record Athlete Country TypeMen100 m10.24s (-0.2 m/s)Alonso Edward GR200 m20.84s (0.1 m/s)Rolando Palacios GR400 m47.21sNery Brenes GR110 m hurdles14.15s (0.0 m/s)Ronald Bennett GR400 m hurdles50.53sJonathan Williams GR4 × 400 m relay3:12.41Arnoldo Monge Gary Robinson Nery Brenes Víctor Cantillano GRLong jump8.19m (0.0 m/s)Irving Saladino GRWomen800 m2:02.52Andrea Ferris GR1500 m4:18.38Andrea Ferris GR100 m hurdles14.55s (-0.5 m/s)Jeimy Bernárdez GR3000 m steeplechase10:13.20Andrea Ferris GRLong jump5.97 m (-2.0 m/s)Tricia Flores GRHeptathlon4.241ptsAlejandra Gómez GR Key AR — Area record GR — Championship record NR — National record

Medal summary

The official website is no longer available, but a couple of pages were archived.

Medal winners as shown below were published in various sources: On the webpage of the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano) CADICA. Results from the first three days were compiled from the CACAC webpage. Medal winners were published on the webpage of the Panamanian Sports Institute (Spanish: Instituto Panameño de Deportes).

Men 100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s) 10.24 GR 10.36 10.78200 meters (wind: 0.1 m/s) 20.84 GR 21.62 21.84400 meters 47.21 GR 47.70 47.99 800 meters 1:53.19 1:53.20 1:54.271500 meters 4:01.77 4:04.17 4:08.295000 meters 15:37.14 15:56.24 16:29.6010,000 meters 32:57.32 33:15.21 34:13.95110 meter hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) 14.15 GR 14.18 14.38400 meter hurdles 50.53 GR 52.05 54.743000 m steeplechase 9:28.43 9:40.36 10:05.40 4×100 meter relay Jonathan Romero Mateo Edward Jonathan Gibson Jhamal Bowen 41.69 Victor Cantillano Arnoldo Monge Michael Guerrero 42.16 4×400 meter relay Arnoldo Monge Gary Robinson Nery Brenes Víctor Cantillano 3:12.41 GR Andrés Rodríguez Jonathan Gibson Luis Hassan Lino Pérez 3:21.74 Benjamín Veliz Daniel Alemán Edgar Cortés Lenín Vanegas 3:28:2920 km race walk 1:34:12.15 1:40:24.10 1:48:31.00High jump 2.06 2.03 1.90Long jump 8.19 (wind: 0.0 m/s) GR 7.72 (wind: 0.0 m/s) 7.19 (wind: -0.4 m/s)Triple jump 15.37 15.25 15.17Shot put 13.75 12.84 12.45Discus throw 45.23 45.04 43.77Javelin throw 61.91 60.79 59.62Decathlon 5,274 4,992 4,867

Women 100 metres (wind: 0.2 m/s) 12.05 12.38 12.42200 meters (wind: 0.5 m/s) 24.89 25.12 25.30400 meters 56.25 56.75 57.71800 meters 2:02.52 GR 2:10.12 2:12.041500 meters 4:18.38 GR 4:26.09 4:26.585000 meters 18:04.51 18:39.14 18:58.6210,000 meters 37:31.17 38:20.86 42:26.85100 meter hurdles (wind: -0.5 m/s) 14.55 GR 15.90 17.32400 meter hurdles 61.51 63.63 64.263000 m steeplechase 10:13.20 GR 12:08.14 12:27.514×100 meter relay Alejandra Gómez Shantelly Scott Mariela Leal Tracy Joseph Hamblin 48.45 Kashany Ríos Yelena Alvear Migdalia Morgan Mardel Alvarado 48.85 Janahi Cornejo Jessica Aguilera Kathi Cuadra Vanesa Romero 49.204×400 meter relay Yelena Alvear Mardel Alvarado Rolanda Bell Andrea Ferris 3:50.53 Ingrid Narvaez Jessica Aguilera Kathi Cuadra Vanessa Romero 3:52.49 Mariela Leal Shantelly Scott Sharolyn Scott Tracy Joseph Hamblin 3:54.83High jump 1.70 1.60 Long jump 5.97 (wind: -2.0 m/s) GR 5.49 (wind: 0.9 m/s) 5.15 (wind: 0.0 m/s)Shot put 11.74 11.26 10.91Discus throw 47.10 38.26 37.71Hammer throw 46.37 44.12 39.91Javelin throw 46.46 42.71 38.29Heptathlon 4.241 GR 3.887 2.642

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 114 athletes from 6 countries participated.

(6) (21) (10) (13) (19) (45)

References