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'''[[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]''' competitions have been held at the quadrennial '''[[Central American Games]]''' and open to member federations of the Central American Sports Organization (Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana or [[ORDECA]]) since the inaugural edition  of [[1973 Central American Games|1973]] in [[Guatemala City|Ciudad de Guatemala]], [[Guatemala]]. The 1981 games were cancelled due to political instability. In 2006 the athletics events were not contested by Costa Rica, El Salvador or Panama.<ref name = gbr/>  In 2010, Guatemala did not participate.

==Editions==

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
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! rowspan="2" width=60|Games !! rowspan="2" width=100|Year !! rowspan="2" width=150|Host city !! rowspan="2" width=100|Country!! colspan="2"|Events
|-
! width=60|Men !! width=60|Women
|-
| [[1973 Central American Games|I]] || 1973 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 1973 Central American Games}}) || [[Guatemala City|Ciudad de Guatemala]] ||align=left| {{GUA}} || 24 || 14
|-
| [[1977 Central American Games|II]] || 1977 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 1977 Central American Games}}) || [[San Salvador]] ||align=left| {{ESA}} || 23 || 14
|-
| [[1986 Central American Games|III]] || 1986 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 1986 Central American Games}}) || [[Guatemala City|Ciudad de Guatemala]] ||align=left| {{GUA}} || 24 || 16
|-
| [[1990 Central American Games|IV]] || 1990 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 1990 Central American Games}}) || [[Tegucigalpa]]  ||align=left| {{HON}} || 24 || 19
|-
| [[1994 Central American Games|V]] || 1994 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 1994 Central American Games}}) || [[San Salvador]] ||align=left| {{ESA}} || 24 || 21
|-
| [[1997 Central American Games|VI]] || 1997 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 1997 Central American Games}}) || [[San Pedro Sula]] ||align=left| {{HON}} || 24 || 22
|-
| [[2001 Central American Games|VII]] || 2001 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 2001 Central American Games}}) || [[Guatemala City|Ciudad de Guatemala]] ||align=left| {{GUA}} || 22 || 21
|-
| [[2006 Central American Games|VIII]] || 2006 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 2006 Central American Games}}) || [[Managua]] ||align=left| {{NCA}} || 21 || 15
|-
| [[2010 Central American Games|IX]] || 2010 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 2010 Central American Games}}) || [[Panama City|Ciudad de Panamá]] ||align=left| {{PAN}} || 20 || 19
|-
| [[2013 Central American Games|X]] || 2013 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 2013 Central American Games}}) || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] ||align=left| {{CRC}} || 20 || 21
|-
| [[2017 Central American Games|XI]] || 2017 ({{detailsLink|Athletics at the 2017 Central American Games}}) || [[Managua]] ||align=left| {{NCA}} || 24 || 23 
|}

==Medals==

Gold medal winners for the athletics events of the [[Central American Games]] were published.<ref name=gbr>
{{ Citation 
| last =  
| first =  
| date =  
| title = CENTRAL AMERICAN GAMES
| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cag.htm
| publisher = Athletics Weekly
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| accessdate = July 25, 2012
}}
</ref><ref name=masgoles>
{{ Citation
 |title=Centroamericanos - Resultados en la historia 
 |url=http://www.masgoles.com/ 
 |publisher=masgoles.com 
 |language=Spanish 
 |accessdate=August 10, 2012 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919225854/http://www.masgoles.com/ 
 |archivedate=September 19, 2012 
}}
</ref>

==See also==
[[List of Central American Games records in athletics]]

==External links==
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cag.htm Athletics gold medallists from 1973–2006 Central American Games]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Central American Games Athletics}}
{{Athletics at multi-sport events}}

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