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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = Athletics at the XXIII CAC Games
|Logo = 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletics.png
|Size = 150 px
|Optional caption =
|Host city = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Barranquilla]], [[Colombia]]
|Dates = 29 July – 3 August
|Stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]]
|Nations participating = 35
|Athletes participating = 468
|Events = 46
|Records set =
|Previous = [[Athletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|2014 Veracruz]]
|Next = [[Athletics at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games|2023 San Salvador]]
}}
The '''[[Athletics at the Central American and Caribbean Games|athletics]]''' competition at the '''[[2018 Central American and Caribbean Games]]''' was held in [[Barranquilla]], Colombia from 29 July to 3 August at the [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]] (warm-up Rafael Cotes Stadium).<ref>{{cite web|title=Technical manual – Athletics|url=http://c8y3u9i8.stackpathcdn.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAQ2018_Manual_Tecnico_Atletismo_Ingles-junio18.pdf|publisher=Barranquilla 2018|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093731/http://c8y3u9i8.stackpathcdn.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAQ2018_Manual_Tecnico_Atletismo_Ingles-junio18.pdf|archive-date=31 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Medal summary==
{{further|Athletics at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results}}
===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 10.07 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Jason Rogers (athlete)|Jason Rogers]]<br>{{SKN}}|| 10.15
|[[Cejhae Greene]]<br>{{ATG}}|| 10.16
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|[[Bernardo Baloyes]]<br>{{COL}}|| 20.13
|[[Alonso Edward]]<br>{{PAN}}|| 20.17
|[[Kyle Greaux]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 20.26
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|[[Luguelín Santos]]<br>{{DOM}}|| 44.59 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Yoandys Lescay]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 45.38 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Nery Brenes]]<br>{{CRC}}|| 45.61
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|[[Jesús Tonatiu López]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 1:45.2
|[[Ryan Sánchez]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 1:46.3
|[[Wesley Vázquez]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 1:46.6
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|[[Fernando Daniel Martínez]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 3:56.57
|[[José Eduardo Rodríguez]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 3:56.70
|[[Carlos San Martín]]<br>{{COL}}|| 3:56.78
|-
|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|[[José Mauricio González]]<br>{{COL}}|| 13:53.40 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Mario Pacay]]<br>{{GUA}}|| 13:56.30
|[[Víctor Montañez]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 14:05.87 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|[[10,000 m]]
|[[Juan Luis Barrios]]<br>{{MEX}}||30:07.49
|[[Mario Pacay]]<br>{{GUA}}|| 30:09.79
|[[Iván Darío González]]<br>{{COL}}||30:15.23
|-
|[[110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]
|[[Shane Brathwaite]]<br>{{BAR}}|| 13.38 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Ruebin Walters]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 13.57
|[[Roger Iribarne]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 13.58
|-
|[[400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|[[Kyron McMaster]]<br>{{IVB}}|| 47.60 '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Annsert Whyte]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 48.50 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Juander Santos]]<br>{{DOM}}|| 48.77 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|[[3000 m steeplechase]]
|[[Gerard Giraldo]]<br>{{COL}} || 8:44.51 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Ricardo Estremera]]<br>{{PUR}} || 8:46.24 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Andrés Camilo Camargo]]<br>{{COL}} || 8:50.66
|-
|[[4 × 100 m relay]]
|{{BAR}}<br>[[Shane Brathwaite]]<br>[[Mario Burke]]<br>[[Burkheart Ellis]] <br>[[Jaquone Hoyte]]|| 38.41 '''[[List of Barbadian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|{{DOM}}<br>[[Christopher Valdez]]<br>[[Yohandris Andújar]]<br>[[Stanly del Carmen]]<br>[[Yancarlos Martínez]]|| 38.71 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|{{JAM}}<br>[[Nesta Carter]]<br>[[Romario Williams (athlete)|Romario Williams]]<br>[[Rasheed Dwyer]]<br>[[Javoy Tucker]]|| 38.79
|-
|[[4 × 400 m relay]]
|{{CUB}}<br>[[Leandro Zamora]]<br>[[Adrián Chacón]]<br>[[Raydel Rojas]]<br>[[Yoandys Lescay]]|| 3:03.87 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|{{DOM}}<br>[[Luguelín Santos]]<br>[[Juander Santos]]<br>[[Andito Charles]]<br>[[Leonel Bonón]]|| 3:03.92 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|{{COL}}<br>[[Diego Palomeque]]<br>[[Rafith Rodríguez]]<br>[[Yilmar Herrera]]<br>[[Jhon Perlaza]]|| 3:04.35 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|[[Marathon]]
|[[Jeison Suárez]]<br>{{COL}}|| 2:29:54
|[[Daniel Vargas (athlete)|Daniel Vargas]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 2:30:30
|[[Williams Julajuj]]<br>{{GUA}} || 2:31:42
|-
|[[20 kilometres race walk|20 km walk]]
|[[Éider Arévalo]]<br>{{COL}}|| 1:26:42
|[[Manuel Esteban Soto]]<br>{{COL}} || 1:26:59
|[[Érick Barrondo]]<br>{{GUA}} || 1:27:17
|-
|[[50 kilometres race walk|50 km walk]]
|[[José Leyver Ojeda]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 4:02:45
|[[Jorge Armando Ruiz]]<br>{{COL}}|| 4:05:28
|[[José Leonardo Montaña]]<br>{{COL}} || 4:08:10
|-
|[[High jump]]
|[[Donald Thomas (high jumper)|Donald Thomas]]<br>{{BAH}}|| 2.28 m
|[[Eure Yáñez]]<br>{{VEN}}|| 2.28 m ={{AthAbbr|SB}}
|{{ill|Jermaine Francis (high jumper)|lt=Jermaine Francis|fr|Jermaine Francis|no|Jermaine Francis|pl|Jermaine Francis}}<br>{{SKN}}|| 2.28 m '''[[List of Saint Kitts and Nevis records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
|[[Lázaro Borges]]<br>{{CUB}}<hr>{{ill|Walter Viáfara|it}}<br>{{COL}}|| 5.30 m {{AthAbbr|SB}}<hr>5.30 m ={{AthAbbr|PB}}
|colspan=2|''Not awarded''
|[[Eduardo Nápoles]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 5.20 m
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|[[Ramone Bailey]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 8.07 m
|[[Tyrone Smith (athlete)|Tyrone Smith]]<br>{{BER}}|| 8.03 m {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Andwuelle Wright]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 7.94 m
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
|[[Cristian Nápoles]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 17.34 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|[[Jordan Díaz (triple jumper)|Jordan Díaz]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 17.29 m '''w'''
|[[Miguel van Assen]]<br>{{SUR}}|| 16.96 m '''[[List of Surinamese records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|[[Shot put]]
|[[O'Dayne Richards]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 21.02 m '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Ashinia Miller]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 20.19 m
|[[Eldred Henry]]<br>{{IVB}}|| 20.18 m '''[[List of British Virgin Islands records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
|[[Mauricio Ortega (discus thrower)|Mauricio Ortega]]<br>{{COL}}|| 66.30 m '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Colombian}}'''
|[[Jorge Fernández (athlete)|Jorge Yedián Fernández]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 65.27 m {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Traves Smikle]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 64.68 m
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
|[[Diego del Real]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 74.95 m '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Rainier Mejías]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 73.28 m
|[[Roberto Janet]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 73.11 m
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
|[[Keshorn Walcott]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 84.47 m
|[[Anderson Peters]]<br>{{GRN}}|| 81.80 m
|[[David Carreón]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 76.27 m
|-
|[[Decathlon]]
|[[Leonel Suárez]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 8026 pts
|[[José Lemos (athlete)|José Lemos]]<br>{{COL}}|| 7913 pts '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Colombian}}'''
|[[Briander Rivero]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 7858 pts
|}
===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|[[Jonielle Smith]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 11.04
|[[Khalifa St. Fort]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 11.15
|[[Andrea Purica]]<br>{{VEN}}|| 11.32
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|[[Sashalee Forbes]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 22.80 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Semoy Hackett]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 22.95
|[[Jodean Williams]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 22.96
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|[[Tiffany James (athlete)|Tiffany James]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 52.35
|[[Fiordaliza Cofil]]<br>{{DOM}}|| 52.72 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|[[Derri-Ann Hill]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 53.30
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|[[Rose Mary Almanza]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 2:01.63
|[[Alena Brooks]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 2:02.26
|[[Sonia Gaskin]]<br>{{BAR}}|| 2:03.13 '''[[List of Barbadian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|[[Rose Mary Almanza]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 4:22.14 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Angelín Figueroa]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 4:22.52
|[[Rosibel García]]<br>{{COL}}|| 4:23.43 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|[[Muriel Coneo]]<br>{{COL}}|| 16:13.47
|[[Beverly Ramos]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 16:14.04
|[[Brenda Flores]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 16:16.71 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|[[10,000 m]]
|[[Úrsula Sánchez]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 33:41.48 '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Beverly Ramos]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 33:46.99 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Vianey de la Rosa]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 34:10.75
|-
|[[100 metre hurdles|100 m hurdles]]
|[[Andrea Vargas]]<br>{{CRC}}|| 12.90 '''[[List of Costa Rican records in athletics|NR]]'''
|[[Vanessa Clerveaux]]<br>{{HAI}}|| 13.07
|[[Jeanine Williams]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 13.11
|-
|[[400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|[[Ronda Whyte]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 55.08
|[[Zudikey Rodríguez]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 55.11 '''[[List of Mexican records in athletics|NR]]'''
|[[Zurian Hechavarría]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 55.13 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|[[3000 m steeplechase]]
|[[Ana Cristina Narváez]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 10:00.01 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Beverly Ramos]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 10:07.71
|[[Andrea Ferris]]<br>{{PAN}}|| 10:18.92 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|[[4 × 100 m relay]]
|{{JAM}}<br>[[Jura Levy]]<br>[[Sherone Simpson]]<br>[[Jonielle Smith]]<br>[[Natasha Morrison]]|| 43.41
|{{TTO}}<br>[[Khalifa St. Fort]]<br>[[Zakiyah Denoon]]<br>[[Reyare Thomas]]<br>[[Semoy Hackett]]|| 43.61
|{{DOM}}<br>[[Mariely Sánchez]]<br>[[Marileidy Paulino]]<br>[[Anabel Medina (athlete)|Anabel Medina]]<br>[[Estrella de Aza]]|| 43.68 {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
|[[4 × 400 m relay]]
|{{CUB}}<br>[[Zurian Hechavarría]]<br>[[Rose Mary Almanza]]<br>[[Gilda Casanova]]<br>[[Roxana Gómez]]|| 3:29.48 '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|{{JAM}}<br>[[Derri-Ann Hill]]<br>[[Tiffany James (athlete)|Tiffany James]]<br>[[Sonikqua Walker]]<br>[[Junelle Bromfield]]|| 3:30.67
|{{COL}}<br>[[Eliana Chávez]]<br>[[Rosangélica Escobar]]<br>[[Melissa Gonzalez (hurdler)|Melissa Gonzalez]]<br>[[Jennifer Padilla]]|| 3:32.61
|-
|[[Marathon]]
|[[Madaí Pérez]]<br>{{MEX}} || 2:57:55
|[[Dailín Belmonte]]<br>{{CUB}} || 2:59:09
|[[Angie Orjuela]]<br>{{COL}} || 2:59:49
|-
|[[High jump]]
|[[Levern Spencer]]<br>{{LCA}} || 1.90 m
|[[Ximena Esquivel]]<br>{{MEX}} || 1.86 m
|[[María Fernanda Murillo]]<br>{{COL}} || 1.86 m
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
|[[Yarisley Silva]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 4.70 m '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Robeilys Peinado]]<br>{{VEN}}|| 4.50 m
|[[Lisa Salomón]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 4.10 m ={{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|[[Caterine Ibargüen]]<br>{{COL}}|| 6.83 m '''w'''
|[[Chantel Malone]]<br>{{IVB}}|| 6.52 m {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|[[Alysbeth Félix]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 6.45 m '''w'''
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
|[[Caterine Ibargüen]]<br>{{COL}}|| 14.92 m '''{{AthAbbr|GR|Central American and Caribbean Games}}'''
|[[Yosiris Urrutia]]<br>{{COL}}|| 14.48 m '''w'''
|[[Liadagmis Povea]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 14.44 m '''w'''
|-
|[[Shot put]]
|[[Cleopatra Borel]]<br>{{TTO}}|| 18.14 m
|[[Yaniuvis López]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 18.03 m
|[[María Fernanda Orozco]]<br>{{MEX}}|| 17.88 '''[[List of Mexican records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
|[[Yaime Pérez]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 66.00 m '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Denia Caballero]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 65.10 m
|[[Shaniece Love]]<br>{{JAM}}|| 58.40 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
|[[Rosa Rodríguez]]<br>{{VEN}}|| 67.91 m
|[[Elianis Despaigne]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 64.40 m
|[[Yaritza Martínez]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 61.44 m
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
|[[María Lucelly Murillo]]<br>{{COL}}|| 59.54 m
|[[Coraly Ortiz]]<br>{{PUR}}|| 56.27 m
|[[Yulenmis Aguilar]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 55.60 m
|-
|[[Heptathlon]]
|[[Yorgelis Rodríguez]]<br>{{CUB}}|| 6436 pts '''[[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|[[Evelis Aguilar]]<br>{{COL}}|| 6285 pts '''{{AthAbbr|AR|South American}}'''
|[[Luisaris Toledo]]<br>{{VEN}}|| 5848 pts '''[[List of Venezuelan records in athletics|NR]]'''
|}
==Medal table==
{{Medals table
| caption        =
| host           = COL
| flag_template  =
| event          =
| team           =
| gold_COL = 11 | silver_COL = 5 | bronze_COL = 9 | host_COL = yes
| gold_CUB = 10 | silver_CUB = 8 | bronze_CUB = 9
| gold_MEX = 8 | silver_MEX = 4 | bronze_MEX = 5
| gold_JAM = 8 | silver_JAM = 3 | bronze_JAM = 6
| gold_TTO = 2 | silver_TTO = 5 | bronze_TTO = 2
| gold_BAR = 2 | silver_BAR = 0 | bronze_BAR = 1
| gold_DOM = 1 | silver_DOM = 3 | bronze_DOM = 2
| gold_VEN = 1 | silver_VEN = 2 | bronze_VEN = 2
| gold_IVB = 1 | silver_IVB = 1 | bronze_IVB = 1
| gold_CRC = 1 | silver_CRC = 0 | bronze_CRC = 1
| gold_BAH = 1 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 0
| gold_LCA = 1 | silver_LCA = 0 | bronze_LCA = 0
| gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 7 | bronze_PUR = 2
| gold_GUA = 0 | silver_GUA = 2 | bronze_GUA = 2
| gold_PAN = 0 | silver_PAN = 1 | bronze_PAN = 1
| gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 1 | bronze_SKN = 1
| gold_BER = 0 | silver_BER = 1 | bronze_BER = 0
| gold_GRN = 0 | silver_GRN = 1 | bronze_GRN = 0
| gold_HAI = 0 | silver_HAI = 1 | bronze_HAI = 0
| gold_ATG = 0 | silver_ATG = 0 | bronze_ATG = 1
| gold_SUR = 0 | silver_SUR = 0 | bronze_SUR = 1
}}
==Participating nations==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{ATG}} (2)
*{{ARU}} (2)
*{{BAH}} (10)
*{{BAR}} (15)
*{{BIZ}} (2)
*{{BER}} (5)
*{{IVB}} (13)
*{{CAY}} (4)
*{{COL}} (50)
*{{CRC}} (17)
*{{CUB}} (52)
*{{CUW}} (6)
*{{DMA}} (2)
*{{DOM}} (26)
*{{flag|French Guiana|local}} (2)
*{{GRN}} (3)
*{{GUA}} (22)
*{{GUY}} (5)
*{{HAI}} (8)
*{{flag|Honduras|1949}} (2)
*{{JAM}} (45)
*{{flag|Martinique|snake}} (4)
*{{MEX}} (40)
*{{NCA}} (2)
*{{PAN}} (17)
*{{PUR}} (20)
*{{SKN}} (6)
*{{LCA}} (3)
*{{VIN}} (2)
*{{ESA}} (6)
*{{SUR}} (4)
*{{TRI}} (28)
*{{TCA}} (7)
*{{ISV}} (9)
*{{VEN}} (27)
{{div col end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093744/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-daily-competition-schedule.htm 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Athletics]
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