Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Not to be confused with NACAC Championships in Athletics.

The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships was an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), held once every two years from 1967 to 2013. Only athletes representing a member nation of the confederation were permitted to compete. Started in 1967, the event was held every two years except for the 2007 edition which was held in 2008 instead.

After 24 editions it was replaced with the NACAC Championships, beginning in 2015.

Editions

An overview of the early editions of the championships together with a list of the top three performing countries and the outstanding athletes was published.^[1]

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of events	No. of countries	No. of athletes	Top nation
1	1967	Xalapa	Mexico	5–7 May	Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona	35			Cuba
2	1969	Havana	Cuba	17–19 August	Estadio Juan Abrantes	35			Cuba
3	1971	Kingston	Jamaica	14–17 July	National Stadium	38			Cuba
4	1973	Maracaibo	Venezuela	26–29 July	Estadio José Pachencho Romero	37			Cuba
5	1975	Ponce	Puerto Rico	6–10 August	Estadio Paquito Montaner	33			Cuba
6	1977	Xalapa	Mexico	5–7 August	Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona	38			Cuba
7	1979	Guadalajara	Mexico	15–17 June	Estadio Revolución	39			Cuba
8	1981	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	10–12 July	Estadio Juan Pablo Duarte	39			Cuba
9	1983	Havana	Cuba	22–24 July	Estadio Pedro Marrero	40			Cuba
10	1985	Nassau	Bahamas	25–27 July	Thomas Robinson Stadium	41			Cuba
11	1987	Caracas	Venezuela	24–26 July	Estadio Olímpico	40			Cuba
12	1989	San Juan	Puerto Rico	27–29 July	Estadio Sixto Escobar	41			Cuba
13	1991	Xalapa	Mexico	26–28 July	Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona	40			Mexico
14	1993	Cali	Colombia	30 July - 1 August	Estadio Pascual Guerrero	43			Cuba
15	1995	Guatemala City	Guatemala	14–16 July	Estadio La Pedrera	44			Cuba
16	1997	San Juan	Puerto Rico	26–28 June	Estadio Sixto Escobar	45			Cuba
17	1999	Bridgetown	Barbados	25–27 June	Barbados National Stadium	39			Jamaica
18	2001	Guatemala City	Guatemala	20–22 July	Estadio Mateo Flores	45			Cuba
19	2003	St. George's	Grenada	4–6 July	National Stadium				Mexico
20	2005	Nassau	Bahamas	8–11 July	Thomas Robinson Stadium	44	29	374	Cuba
21	2008	Cali	Colombia	4–6 July	Estadio Pedro Grajales	44	30	383	Cuba
22	2009	Havana	Cuba	3–7 July	Estadio Panamericano	46	27	420[2]	Cuba
23	2011	Mayagüez	Puerto Rico	15–17 July	Estadio Jose Antonio Figueroa	46	35	449	Jamaica
24	2013	Morelia	Mexico	5–7 July	Estadio Venustiano Carranza	44	28	338	Mexico

Medals (1967-2013)

Source:^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	413	302	170	885
2	Mexico	154	177	147	478
3	Jamaica	133	118	85	336
4	Bahamas	50	43	64	157
5	Puerto Rico	44	85	100	229
6	Colombia	36	44	57	137
7	Trinidad and Tobago	33	28	47	108
8	Venezuela	20	49	83	152
9	Barbados	18	16	28	62
10	Dominican Republic	9	27	35	71
11	Saint Lucia	9	3	3	15
12	Guatemala	8	11	31	50
13	Bermuda	6	17	14	37
14	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6	3	4	13
15	Grenada	5	5	3	13
16	Cayman Islands	5	3	1	9
17	El Salvador	5	2	8	15
18	Costa Rica	4	4	9	17
19	Dominica	3	3	4	10
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	2	6	11
21	Antigua and Barbuda	2	6	6	14
22	Haiti	2	3	5	10
23	Guyana	2	3	4	9
24	U.S. Virgin Islands	2	1	1	4
25	French Guiana	2	0	0	2
26	Panama	1	4	14	19
27	British Virgin Islands	1	1	4	6
	Martinique	1	1	4	6
29	Anguilla	1	1	0	2
30	Nicaragua	0	3	3	6
31	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	6	7
32	Suriname	0	1	3	4
33	Guadeloupe	0	1	0	1
Totals (33 entries)		978	968	949	2,895

See also

• List of Central American and Caribbean Championships records
• Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships
• CARIFTA Games