The 24th Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Pista de Atletismo "Ernesto Canto" del Complejo Olímpico Bicentenario in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, between July 5–7, 2013.

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.

A detailed analysis of the championships was published by Javier Clavelo Robinson.

Records Two new Central American and Caribbean Championships records and a couple of other (mainly national) records were set. NameEventCountryRecordTypeO'Dayne Richards Shot put 20.97m CRLevern Spencer High jump 1.95m CR

Key:WR — World record AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record

Medal summary

The results were published.

Men 100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) 10.14 10.19 10.19200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) 20.13 NR 20.28 20.29400 metres 45.54 45.67 46.20800 metres 1:49.54 1:49.97 1:50.101500 metres 3:52.94 3:53.53 4:02.615000 metres 14:08.19 14:48.94 15:22.2310,000 metres 30:11.84 30:16.76 32:23.553000 metres steeplechase 9:17.56 9:27.92 9:42.51110 metres hurdles (wind: -3.4 m/s) 13.70 13.75 13.82400 metres hurdles 49.72 49.94 50.02High jump 2.22m 2.22m 2.10mPole vault 5.10m 4.80m 4.65mLong jump 7.85m (wind: +1.1 m/s) 7.80m (wind: +0.8 m/s) 7.73m (wind: +1.5 m/s)Triple jump 16.45m (wind: -1.2 m/s) 16.39m (wind: +0.6 m/s) 16.00 (wind: -0.5 m/s)Shot put 20.97m CR 17.74m 17.67mDiscus throw 60.79m 58.58m 55.83mHammer throw 68.92m 65.35m 61.88mJavelin throw 72.49m 71.85m 69.64mDecathlon 7011 pts 6773 pts 6619 pts20 Kilometres Road Walk 1:27:17 1:29:51 1:39:144 × 100 metres relay Adrian Griffith Jamial Rolle Trevorvano Mackey Shavez Hart 38.77 NR Oshane Bailey Andrew Fisher Jermaine Brown Jason Livermore 38.86 Jamol James Ayodele Taffe Jereem Richards Emmanuel Callender 39.264 × 400 metres relay Renny Quow Emmanuel Mayers Machel Cedenio Jarrin Solomon 3:02.19 Latoy Williams O'Jay Ferguson Jeffery Gibson Wesley Neymour 3:02.66 Arismendy Peguero Gustavo Cuesta Félix Sánchez Luguelín Santos 3:02.82

Women 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) 11.21 11.24 11.34200 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s) 23.00 23.08 23.15400 metres 51.32 52.52 52.81800 metres 2:02.02 2:03.08 2:03.101500 metres 4:27.55 4:31.79 4:32.065000 metres 16:04.93 17:11.89 18:17.5510,000 metres † 35:19.92 36:05.94 37:44.353000 metres steeplechase 10:56.55 11:09.21 11:20.28100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.5 m/s) 13.25 13.37 13.41400 metres hurdles 56.39 57.74 58.12High jump 1.95m CR 1.92m NJR 1.84mPole vault 3.95m 3.90m 3.85mLong jump 6.49m (wind: -0.2 m/s) 6.45m (wind: -0.3 m/s) 6.42m (wind: -0.5 m/s)Triple jump 13.18m (wind: -0.6 m/s) 13.17m (wind: -1.6 m/s) 12.90m (wind: -1.4 m/s)Shot put 17.56m 16.33m 15.69mDiscus throw 55.26m 50.16m 49.84mHammer throw 54.27m 54.26m Javelin throw 57.48m 48.90m 47.40mHeptathlon 5467 pts 5222 pts 5204 pts10,000 metres Walk 47:48.30 49:27.10 50:00.904 × 100 metres relay Elaine Thompson Nadine Palmer Aleen Bailey Sheri-Ann Brooks 43.58 Kamaria Durant Kai Selvon Reyare Thomas Michelle-Lee Ahye 43.67 Tyla Carter Cache Armbrister Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Nivea Smith 44.084 × 400 metres relay Shawna Fermin Sparkle McKnight Ramona Modeste Alena Brooks 3:30.64 NR Mariel Espinosa Zudikey Rodríguez Claudia Soberanes Gabriela Medina 3:34.52 Shakeithra Henfield Lanece Clarke Miriam Byfield Amara Jones 3:36.41 †: In women's 10000 m, some athletes were invited to start out of competition. Martha Iris Vázquez from came in second in 35:49.23 min, and Violeta Gómez, also from , came in 4th in 37:14.57 min.

Medal table

Participation The published competition results report the participation of about 338 athletes from 28 countries. Colombia, Panama and Suriname sent their athletes to the South American Championships held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia at the same weekend. Aruba, Belize and Nicaragua did not participate.

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