2002 Central American Championships in Athletics

XIV Central American Championships in Athletics
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Date(s)	October 12-13
Main stadium	Estadio Nacional
Level	Senior
Participation	7 nations
Events	38 (20 men, 18 women)
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The 14th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between October 12-13, 2002.

A total of 38 events were contested, 20 by men and 18 by women.

Participation

A total of 180 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:^[1]

Belize  Costa Rica (65)  El Salvador (15)

Guatemala  Honduras (8)

Nicaragua (12) Panamá (24)

Medal summary

Results and medal winners were published.^[2][3]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Bob Colville (CRC)	10.25 CR	Rolando Blanco (GUA)	10.61	Enrique Colville (CRC)	10.66
200 metres	Rolando Blanco (GUA)	22.01	Andrés Leonel Rodríguez (PAN)	22.29	Víctor Cantillano (CRC)	22.37
400 metres	Jonathan Gibson (PAN)	48.71	Selvin Henry (GUA)	48.96	Roberto Cortés (ESA)	49.28
800 metres	Kenneth Otarola (CRC)	1:52.78	Roberto Arroyo (CRC)	1:54.98	Carmen Daniel Hernández (NCA)	1:56.73
1500 metres	Kenneth Otarola (CRC)	3:58.03	José Francisco Chávez (CRC)	4:00.90	Said Gómez (PAN)	4:06.25
5000 metres	Francisco Gómez (CRC)	14:29.72	José Amado García (GUA)	14:30.14	Andres Rizo (CRC)	14:45.96
10000 metres	José Amado García (GUA)	30:05.31	José Chinchilla (CRC)	32:36.88
3000 metres steeplechase	Francisco Gómez (CRC)	8.54.50 CR	Erick Bonilla (ESA)	9.30.63	César Lizano (CRC)	9.34.05
110 metres hurdles	David Umaña (CRC)	15.65	Anthony Rugama (CRC)	15.81	Edgar Esquina (PAN)	16.26
400 metres hurdles	Jonathan Gibson (PAN)	52.95	Roberto Cortés (ESA)	53.54	David Umaña (CRC)	55.46
High Jump	Henry Linton (CRC)	1.95	Emerson Cruz (GUA)	1.80	Jonathan Romero (PAN)	1.80
Long Jump	Irving Saladino (PAN)	7.18	Julio González (CRC)	6.88	Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA)	6.57
Triple Jump	Álvaro Paiz (GUA)	14.58	Irving Saladino (PAN)	14.51	Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA)	14.42
Shot Put	Edson Monzón (GUA)	15.28	Henry Santos (GUA)	14.63	Esteban Caballero (PAN)	13.68
Discus Throw	Nelson Chavarría (CRC)	44.20	Raúl Rivera (GUA)	43.16	Raúl Squirre (PAN)	41.59
Hammer Throw	Raúl Rivera (GUA)	59.29	Vicente Franco (ESA)	51.97	Nelson Chavarría (CRC)	50.26
Javelin Throw	Javier Ugarte (NCA)	62.28	Iván Sibaja (NCA)	58.07	Luis Brenes (CRC)	52.71
20 Kilometres Walk	Allan Segura (CRC)	1:37:51.67	Salvador Mira (ESA)	1:39:14.27	Sergio Gutiérrez (CRC)	1:46:19.23
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Oscar Barzuna Roberto Arroyo Bob Colville Antonio Ramírez	41.37	Guatemala Rolando Blanco Juan Carlos Nájera Selvin Henry Jorge Solórzano	42.83	Panama Joseph Reynaldo Andrés Leonel Rodríguez Irving Saladino Levyn Hansell	42.86
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica	3.19.88	Panama	3.27.16	Nicaragua Emilio Morales Jorge Conde Jimy Galeano Carlos Abaunza	3.34.16

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gabriela Patterson (CRC)	12.01	Mónica Campos (CRC)	12.08	Adasa Padmore (PAN)	12.31
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Gabriela Patterson (CRC)	25.42	Sigrid Gutiérrez (CRC)	25.83	Amada Martínez (ESA)	26.32
400 metres	Verónica Quijano (ESA)	55.89	Ana Hurtado (GUA)	56.58	Sigrid Gutiérrez (CRC)	58.25
800 metres	Ana Hurtado (GUA)	2:11.47 CR	Raquel Barquero (CRC)	2:16.74	Karen Arce (CRC)	2:16.94
1500 metres	Dina Cruz (GUA)	4:42.30	Elsa Monterroso (GUA)	4:47.72	Reina Obando (NCA)	4:50.22
5000 metres	Elsa Campos (ESA)	17:56.76	Dina Cruz (GUA)	17:57.23	Elsa Monterroso (GUA)	18:01.34
100 metres hurdles (wind:  m/s)	Gabriela Carrillo (ESA)	15.72	Migdalia Morgan (PAN)	15.82	Farina Murillo (CRC)	16.05
400 metres hurdles	Verónica Quijano (ESA)	60.87	Cindy Castro (CRC)	64.45	Marcela González (CRC)	65.50
High Jump	Gabriela Carrillo (ESA)	1.60	Gabriela Cuellar (ESA)	1.60	Alejandra Gómez (CRC)	1.60
Long Jump	Mónica Campos (CRC)	5.50	Sabrina Asturias (GUA)	5.44	Adasa Padmore (PAN)	5.42
Triple Jump	María José Paiz (GUA)	13.01 CR	Gabriela Carrillo (ESA)	11.95	Gabriela Cuellar (ESA)	11.24
Shot Put	Ismara Francis (PAN)	10.90	María Lourdes Ruiz (NCA)	10.41	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	9.80
Discus Throw	Ana Lucía Espinoza (GUA)	43.28 CR	Aixa Middleton (PAN)	38.06	María Lourdes Ruiz (NCA)	37.77
Hammer Throw	Ana Lucía Espinoza (GUA)	46.28	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	36.29	Raquel Sanchez (CRC)	31.60
Javelin Throw	Dalila Rugama (NCA)	46.62	Karen Villafuerte (ESA)	43.95	Janys Ramírez (NCA)	41.38
10,000 metres Walk	Ivis Martínez (ESA)	50:38.33	María Reinolds (CRC)	1:00:52.32	María Ferris (PAN)	1:02:43.16
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Mónica Campos Indra Hansen Gabriela Patterson Sigrid Gutiérrez	47.91	El Salvador Marcela Navarro Amada Martínez Karla Hernández Verónica Quijano	48.11	Nicaragua Irma Navarrete Mayra Alvarez Auxiliadora Bonilla Jenny Pérez	50.08
4 x 400 metres relay	El Salvador Verónica Quijano Elsa Campos Amada Martínez Marcela Navarro	4:05.78	Nicaragua Jenny Pérez Denia Mongalo Reina Obando Irma Navarrete	4:10.23

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica	15	11	15	41
2	Guatemala	10	11	2	23
3	El Salvador	7	8	3	18
4	Panama	4	5	9	18
5	Nicaragua	2	3	6	11

Team Ranking

Costa Rica won the overall team ranking.^[4]

Total

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Costa Rica	310.5
	Panamá	159
	Guatemala	158,5
4	El Salvador	114
5	Nicaragua	114

References

1. Deportistas del istmo compiten a partir de hoy en torneo de atletismo en Costa Rica (in Spanish), La Nación, San José, Costa Rica, October 11, 2002, retrieved September 15, 2012
2. Centroamericanos de Mayores (in Spanish), CADICA, August 29, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2012
3. CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR - COSTA RICA 2002 (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, retrieved September 15, 2012
4. Marín C., Andrea (October 13, 2002), Campeonato Centroamericano de Atletismo - El título se quedó en casa • Torneo cerró con pocas sorpresas y mucho entusiasmo (in Spanish), La Nación, San José, Costa Rica, retrieved September 15, 2012