# Central American Championships in Athletics

The Central American Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Centroamericanos Mayores) is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA (Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation) open for athletes from member associations.

## Team ranking

There is an overall winner in the team ranking based on points awarded for the athlete's placings. Moreover, there are winners in team ranking in the men's and women's categories. The point system changed over the years. In the early years, points were awarded for athletes on the first 6 places (6 points for the 1st place, 5 points for the 2nd place, ..., 1 point for the 6th place). Starting in the mid 70ths, points were awarded for athletes on the first 8 places (9 points for the 1st place, 7 points for the 2nd place, ..., 1 point for the 8th place). From 2009 on, points were only awarded for athletes on the first 4 places (5 points for the 1st place, 3 points for the 2nd place, 2 points for the 3rd place, and 1 point for the 4th place).

## Editions

The following list was compiled from the CADICA website, and from a variety of articles from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, and Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre.
| | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events | Winner Team Ranking |
| 1st | 1958 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | September 27–29 | Estadio Mateo Flores | 26 | Guatemala |
| 2nd | 1965 | San Salvador | El Salvador | | | | |
| 3rd | 1967 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | April 7–9 | Estadio Mateo Flores | | |
| 4th | 1968 | Managua | Nicaragua | March 15–18 | Estadio Somoza | | |
| 5th | 1970 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | December 4–6 | Estadio Mateo Flores | | |
| 6th | 1971 | San José | Costa Rica | November 19–21 | Pista Eduardo Garnier | | Costa Rica |
| 7th | 1972 | Panama City | Panama | November 24–26 | Estadio Revolución | | Panama |
| 8th | 1975 | San José | Costa Rica | November 26–29 | Estadio Nacional | 36 | Costa Rica |
| 9th | 1980 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | November 5–8 | Estadio Mateo Flores | 38 | Guatemala |
| 10th | 1984 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | August 15–18 | Estadio Mateo Flores | 40 | Guatemala |
| 11th | 1991 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | June 27–28 | | 39 | Guatemala |
| 12th | 1996 | | | | | | |
| 13th | 1998 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | November 17–18 | Estadio Mateo Flores | 42 | |
| 14th | 2002 | San José | Costa Rica | October 12–13 | Estadio Nacional | 38 | Costa Rica |
| 15th | 2003 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | June 20–21 | Estadio Cementos Progreso | 41 | Guatemala |
| 16th | 2004 | Managua | Nicaragua | September 25–26 | Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes | 42 | Costa Rica |
| 17th | 2005 | San José | Costa Rica | June 3–4 | Estadio Nacional | 44 | Costa Rica |
| 18th | 2007 | San José | Costa Rica | June 8–9 | Estadio Nacional | 44 | Costa Rica |
| 19th | 2008 | San Pedro Sula | Honduras | June 27–28 | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano | 43 | Guatemala |
| 20th | 2009 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | June 12–13 | Estadio Cementos Progreso | 40 | Guatemala |
| 21st | 2010 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | September 17–18 | Estadio Mateo Flores | 40 | Guatemala |
| 22nd | 2011 | San José | Costa Rica | June 24–26 | Estadio Nacional | 43 | Costa Rica |
| 23rd | 2012 | Managua | Nicaragua | June 15–17 | Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes | 44 | Costa Rica |
| 24th | 2013 | Managua | Nicaragua | June 21–23 | Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes | 43 | Costa Rica |
| 25th | 2014 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | June 20–22 | Estadio Olímpico Palacio de los Deportes UNAH | 44 | Guatemala |
| 26th | 2015 | Managua | Nicaragua | June 26–28 | Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes | 44 | El Salvador |
| 27th | 2016 | San Salvador | El Salvador | June 17–19 | Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González | 44 | Guatemala |
| 28th | 2017 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | June 30 – July 2 | Estadio Olimpico José Simon Ascona | 44 | Panama |
| 29th | 2018 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | July 13–14 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores | 44 | Costa Rica |
| 30th | 2019 | Managua | Nicaragua | June 22–23 | Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes | 44 | Costa Rica |
| 31st | 2020 | San José | Costa Rica | December 28–29 | Estadio Nacional | | |
| 32nd | 2021 | San José | Costa Rica | June 26–27 | Estadio Nacional | | |
| 33rd | 2022 | Managua | Nicaragua | July 2–3 | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | | |
| 34th | 2023 | San José | Costa Rica | May 6–7 | Estadio Nacional | | |
| 35th | 2024 | San Salvador | El Salvador | June 28–29 | Estadio Jorge "El Mágico" González | 44 | |