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The athletics competition in the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mariano Aguilar  Mexico	11.1A	Francisco Ramírez  Mexico		Mario González  Cuba
200 metres	Mario Gómez  Mexico	22.2A	Armando "Pepe" Barrientos  Cuba		Francisco Arango  Cuba
400 metres	Luciano Iturbe  Mexico	49.9A	Luis Estévez  Cuba		José Moraila  Mexico
800 metres	Luciano Iturbe  Mexico	2:01.4A	Modesto Careaga  Mexico		Darío Álvarez  Cuba
1500 metres	Modesto Careaga  Mexico	4:22.6A	Francisco Terrazas  Mexico		José Eslava  Mexico
5000 metres	Eduardo Quintanar  Mexico	17:16.6A	Juan Cortés  Mexico		José Eslava  Mexico
10,000 metres	Eduardo Quintanar  Mexico	36:02.4A	M.M. Hernández  Mexico		José Nevares  Mexico
10,000 metres	Tomás Zafiro  Mexico	36:05A	Juventino Guzmán  Mexico		Madardo Sánchez  Mexico
110 metres hurdles	Armando Díaz  Mexico	16.4A	José Sorzano  Cuba		Dionisio Fuentefría  Cuba
400 metres hurdles	Armando Díaz  Mexico	57.8A	José María Suárez  Cuba		Ernesto Estévez  Cuba
4 × 100 metres relay	Mexico Herminio Ahumada Mario Gómez Francisco Ramírez Mariano Aguilar	43.6A	Cuba Mario González Calixto García Otilio Campuzano Francisco Arango		Guatemala Gonzalo Palarea Ángel Herrera Víctor Granai Manuel Padilla
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico Alfonso García Carlos García Jesús Moraila Lucílo Iturbe	3:25.6A	Cuba Mario González Francisco Arango Arturo Ojeda Luis Estévez		Guatemala Ángel Herrera Fernando Murúa Enrique Asturias Gonzalo Palarea
High jump	Alfonso Stoopen  Mexico	1.77A	Francisco Costas  Mexico	1.75A	Juan Alonso  Cuba	1.75A
Pole vault	José Sanjurjo  Cuba	3.43A	Fernando Álvarez  Cuba	3.43A	Juan Figueroa  Mexico	3.38A
Long jump	Alfonso de Gortari  Mexico	6.70A	José Torriente  Cuba	6.53A	Carlos Carranza  Mexico	6.46A
Triple jump	Sergio Macías  Cuba	13.29A	Manuel Montes  Cuba	13.13A	Armando Díaz  Mexico	13.09A
Shot put	Pedro Rodríguez  Cuba	11.65A	Jesús Aguirre  Mexico	11.30A	Ricardo Villar  Cuba	11.30A
Discus throw	Manuel Guzmán  Mexico	35.79A	Miguel Gutiérrez  Cuba	35.46A	Jesús Aguirre  Mexico	34.43A
Hammer throw	Troadio Hernández  Cuba	36.07A	Abel Salazar  Mexico	35.73A	Jesús Aguirre  Mexico	35.43A
Javelin throw	Luis Lewis  Cuba	52.15A	Luis Estévez  Cuba	48.34A	Gustavo Gallardo  Mexico	45.18A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	15	9	11	35
2	Cuba (CUB)	5	11	7	23
3	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		20	20	20	60

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.

• Athletics at the Central American and Caribbean Games
• 1926 in athletics (track and field)
• International athletics competitions hosted by Mexico
• 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games
• 1926 in Mexican sports