2008 Central American Championships in Athletics

XIX Central American Championships in Athletics
XIX Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 27–28
Host city	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Level	Senior
Events	43 (22 men, 21 women)
Participation	6 nations
	← 2007 San José 2009 Guatemala City →

The 19th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, between June 27–28, 2008.

A total of 43 events were contested, 22 by men and 21 by women. There were no athletes from Belize.

Medal summary

Complete results and medal winners were published.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] A total of 5 championships records were set.^[5]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Rolando Palacios (HON)	10.61	Babner Bardales (HON)	11.02	Renan Palma (ESA)	11.19
200 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Rolando Palacios (HON)	21.25	Babner Bardales (HON)	22.20	Oscar Barzuna (CRC)	22.46
400 metres	Andrés Rodríguez (PAN)	47.59	Takeshi Fujiwara (ESA)	47.89	Pedro Suazo (HON)	48.88
800 metres	Marco Pérez (CRC)	1:53.52	Jenner Pelicó (GUA)	1:53.71	Camilo Quevedo (GUA)	1:54.97
1500 metres	Jenner Pelicó (GUA)	4:01.94	Francis Jiménez (ESA)	4:02.47	Carlos Álvarez (GUA)	4:04.43
5000 metres	Estuardo Palacios (GUA)	15:21.64	Jeremías Saloj (GUA)	15:23.21	Williams Sánchez (ESA)	15:28.96
10000 metres	Jeremías Saloj (GUA)	31:58.59	Estuardo Palacios (GUA)	32:21.49	Dimas Castro (NCA)	33:17.32
3000 metres steeplechase	Álvaro Vásquez (NCA)	9:33.61	Domingo Alvarez (GUA)	9:42.32	Douglas Aguilar (ESA)	9:45.94
110 metres hurdles (wind: 1.0 m/s)	Ronald Bennett (HON)	14.35	Renan Palma (ESA)	14.76	Luis Carlos Bonilla (GUA)	14.79
400 metres hurdles	Allan Ayala (GUA)	51.72	Camilo Quevedo (GUA)	52.80	Jonnie Lowe (HON)	53.16
High Jump	Octavius Gillespie (GUA)	2.00	Jason Castro (HON)	1.80
Pole Vault	Pedro Figueroa (ESA)	4.21
Long Jump	Kessel Campbell (HON)	7.52 CR (wind: NWI)	Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA)	6.99 (wind: NWI)	Ulises Peña (NCA)	6.85 (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump	Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA)	15.45 (wind: NWI)	Michael Thompson (PAN)	15.20 (wind: NWI)	Jason Castro (HON)	14.69 (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Edson Monzón (GUA)	14.05	Juan Enrique Galdámez (ESA)	12.18	Milton Cisne (NCA)	11.81
Discus Throw	Juan Enrique Galdámez (ESA)	43.97	Raúl Rivera (GUA)	42.57	Kayro Martínez (NCA)	40.55
Hammer Throw	Raúl Rivera (GUA)	63.92 CR	Diego Berrios (GUA)	56.56	Milton Cisne (NCA)	43.55
Javelin Throw	Javier Ugarte (NCA)	61.04	Rigoberto Calderón (NCA)	60.74	Edin Trigueros (GUA)	50.22
Decathlon	Darvin Colón (HON)	6690 CR	Daniel Gutiérrez (ESA)	4654	Ernesto Mendizabal (GUA)	2413
10,000 metres Walk	Aníbal Paau (GUA)	44:24.02	Luis Gómez (GUA)	46:54.55	Osman Flores (NCA)	53:13.80
4 x 100 metres relay	Honduras Rolando Palacios Babner Bardales Ronald Bennett Jonnie Lowe	41.10	Guatemala Patrick Holwerda Benjamín Rodríguez Allan Ayala Juan Carlos Nájera	42.30	Costa Rica José González Marco Pérez Oscar Barzuna Luis Rojas	42.75
4 x 400 metres relay	Guatemala Hans Villagrán Patrick Holwerda Allan Ayala Camilo Quevedo	3:15.28	El Salvador Juan Cuellar José González Takeshi Fujiwara Francis Jiménez	3:20.70	Honduras Pedro Suazo Juan José Alvarez Jonnie Lowe Maxin Espinal	3:21.27

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Sharolyn Scott (CRC)	12.50	Lissette Mejía (ESA)	12.64	Jessica Lino (HON)	12.75
200 metres (wind: 2.9 m/s)	Lissette Mejía (ESA)	25.54 w	Sharolyn Scott (CRC)	25.91 w	Natalia Santamaría (ESA)	26.38 w
400 metres	Natalia Santamaría (ESA)	59.37	Josseline Escobar (ESA)	59.67	Jessica Aguilera (NCA)	59.76
800 metres	Brenda Salmeron (ESA)	2:12.30	Gladys Landaverde (ESA)	2:12.36	Cecilia Gutiérrez (GUA)	2:15.37
1500 metres	Gladys Landaverde (ESA)	4:40.12	Brenda Salmeron (ESA)	4:44.15	Cecilia Gutiérrez (GUA)	4:53.18
5000 metres	Merlin Chalí (GUA)	18:11.12	Delbin Solis (ESA)	18:22.83	Eva María Rodríguez (ESA)	18:54.86
10000 metres	Élida De Xuyá (GUA)	39:18.36	Delbin Solis (ESA)	39:21.86	Eva María Rodríguez (ESA)	40:46.66
3000 metres steeplechase	Evonne Marroquín (GUA)	11:22.87	Blanca Solís (ESA)	11:26.77	Ligia Morales (GUA)	11:43.41
100 metres hurdles (wind: 1.0 m/s)	Jeimmy Bernárdez (HON)	14.11 CR	Sharolyn Scott (CRC)	14.59	Claudia Villeda (GUA)	15.28
400 metres hurdles	Ana María Porras (CRC)	65.54	Jessica Aguilera (NCA)	65.97	Bessy Flores (ESA)	66.14
Pole Vault^†
Long Jump	Estefany Cruz (GUA)	5.67 (wind: NWI)	Francisca Martínez (GUA)	5.44 (wind: NWI)	Ana María Porras (CRC)	5.02 (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump	Estefany Cruz (GUA)	12.19 (wind: NWI)	Sharon Ruiz (CRC)	11.46 (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Dorothy López (GUA)	12.52	Lourdes Meléndez (ESA)	9.88	Ana Harry (HON)	8.35
Discus Throw	Dorothy López (GUA)	39.85	Lourdes Meléndez (ESA)	32.42	Jennifer Palma (HON)	32.28
Hammer Throw	Rosita De León (GUA)	48.96 CR	Fabiola Jovel (ESA)	37.77	Dorothy López (GUA)	33.17
Javelin Throw	Sandra Centeno (NCA)	39.90	Ginna von Quednow (GUA)	38.48	Lorena Medina (ESA)	37.44
Heptathlon	Ginna von Quednow (GUA)	3726	Inaly Morazán (NCA)	3542	Jennifer Henríquez (ESA)	3427
10,000 metres Walk	Verónica Colindres (ESA)	53:47.09	Zoila Reyes (GUA)	55:51.17	Ligia Altamirano (NCA)	1:09:24.40
4 x 100 metres relay	El Salvador Lissette Mejía Natalia Santamaría Iris Santamaría Bessy Flores	49.29	Guatemala Francisca Martínez Estefany Cruz Claudia Villeda Ginna von Quednow	50.38	Nicaragua Mariangeles Escobar Inaly Morazán Jessica Aguilera Indira Pérez	51.84
4 x 400 metres relay	El Salvador Natalia Santamaría Josseline Escobar Gladys Landaverde Brenda Salmeron	4:07.92	Nicaragua Mariangeles Escobar Jessica Aguilera Cony Villalobos Aldy Villalobos	4:22.45

Notes

^†: No athlete cleared the initial height.

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Honduras)

Team Rankings

Guatemala won the overall team ranking and the team ranking in the men's category. El Salvador won the team ranking in the women's category.^[6]

Total

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Guatemala	337
	El Salvador	294
	Nicaragua	199
4	Honduras	184
5	Costa Rica	100
6	Panama	17

Male

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Guatemala	202
	Honduras	122
	El Salvador	111
4	Nicaragua	107
5	Costa Rica	57
6	Panama	17

Female

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	El Salvador	183
	Guatemala	135
	Nicaragua	92
4	Honduras	62
5	Costa Rica	43

References

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