2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
The 19th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 29 June and 1 July 2012. The event was open for athletes from the invited countries, that are members of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), in two categories (newly defined in 2012): Junior A Category: 18 to 19 years as of 31 December 2012 (born either 1993 or 1994), and Junior B Category: 14 to 17 years as of 31 December 2012 (born in 1995, 1996 , 1997, or 1998). By IAAF standards, Junior A is equal to Junior, while Junior B is equal to Youth. There were numerous changes as compared to the last competition held in 2010: The 17-year-old athletes competed in the Junior B category (rather than Junior A). 2000 metres steeplechase was replaced by 3000 metres steeplechase in the female Junior A category. 110 metres hurdles replaced 100 metres hurdles, and 10,000 metres racewalk replaced 5000 metres racewalk in the male Junior B category. And finally, in the female Junior B category, 3000 metres, 2000 metres steeplechase, pole vault, and hammer  throw (3 kg) were held for the first time, while 1500 metres replaced 1200 metres, 400 metres hurdles replaced 300 metres hurdles, 5000 metres racewalk replaced 4000 metres racewalk, and new implements for shot put (3 kg rather than 4 kg) and javelin (500 g rather 600 g) were used. In the Junior A category, a lot of athletes were preparing for the 14th World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain on 10–15 July 2012. A detailed discussion of the results was given elsewhere. Records. A couple of new championship records were set. Medal summary. The results are published. Events marked  as "Exhibition" did not meet the official conditions with respect to the minimum number of participants (“not less than five (5) competitors of three (3) countries”). Complete results can also be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. Medal table. The published medal count is based on 77 events, and does not include the events indicated above as exhibition. Participation (unofficial). Different numbers were published. One source announces 526 athletes from 28 countries. Another source reports the participation of 652 athletes and officials. This is in agreement with the officially published team roster, comprising 521 athletes and 131 officials  from 29 countries. Working through the results, an unofficial count yields the number of about 467 athletes (203 junior, 264 youth) in the start list. Following, the numbers in brackets refer to (athletes in published team roster/athletes in start list):