Athletics competitions at the 1973 Central American Games were held at the Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in November 1973.

A total of 38 events were contested, 24 by men and 14 by women.

Medal summary

Gold medal winners and their results were published. A complete list of medal winners can be found on the MásGoles webpage (click on "JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS" in the low right corner). Gold medalists were also published in other sources. A couple of results can be found in the archives of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.

All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Ciudad de Guatemale is located at 1,592 m above sea level.

Men 100 metres 10.9 A 200 metres 22.1 A 400 metres 48.2 A 48.9 A 800 metres 1:58.9 A 1:59.7 A 2:01.0 A1500 metres 4:04.0 A 5000 metres 15:05.2 A 10000 metres 31:17.4 A Marathon 2:23:52 A 2:34:39.7 A 2:40:08.7 A110 metres hurdles 15.2 A 400 metres hurdles 54.2 A 3000 metres steeplechase 9:42.8 A 10:01.7 A 10:14.4 A4 x 100 metres relay Rolando Mendieta César Duff Martin Irwin Weeks 43.1 A Carlos Aguilar Óscar Gallardo Mayorga Omar Martínez 4 x 400 metres relay Óscar Gallardo Enrique Ramírez Belarmino Peláez Salomón Rowe 3:21.4 A 20 Kilometres Road Walk 1:53:58 A 50 Kilometres Road Walk 5:35:29 A High jump 1.75 A Pole vault 4.04 A Long jump 7.77 A Triple jump 14.91 A 14.44 A Shot put 14.30 A Discus throw 45.08 A Hammer throw 47.22 A Javelin throw 57.94 A* Decathlon 5383 A

Women 100 metres 12.0 A 200 metres 24.2 A 400 metres 57.6 A 800 metres 2:23.2 A 2:27.4 A 2:27.4 A1500 metres 5:13.0 A 100 metres hurdles 15.6 A 4 x 100 metres relay Margarita Martínez Beatriz de Knight Clotilde Morales Diva Bishop 49.0 A Mayra Figueroa Ingrid Brenner González Patricia Meighan 4 x 400 metres relay Ruby Callist Diva Bishop Borland Mirna Ambursley 3:59.7 A Maribel González Ingrid Brenner González Patricia Meighan High jump 1.45 A Long jump 5.11 A Shot put 12.03 A Discus throw 37.98 A Javelin throw 36.38 A* Pentathlon 2977 A

Notes *: Original model javelin.

Medal table (unofficial)

References