1975 Central American Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

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
← 1972 Panama City 1980 Guatemala City →

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.

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

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

A medal table was published.

* 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

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

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

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
^ 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

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