1998 Central American Championships in Athletics

XIII Central American Championships in Athletics
XIII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	26–28 November 1998
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Mateo Flores
Level	Senior
Events	42
Participation	4 nations
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Dates26–28 November 1998

Host cityGuatemala City, Guatemala

VenueEstadio Mateo Flores

LevelSenior

The 13th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 26 and 28 November 1998.^[1]

A total of 42 events were contested, 21 by men, 21 by women.

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José Tinoco Guatemala	10.7	Edgardo Serpas El Salvador	10.7	Rolando Blanco Guatemala	11.0
200 metres	Edgardo Serpas El Salvador	21.9	Alejandro Navarro El Salvador	22.1	Denis Gutiérrez Nicaragua	22.1
400 metres	Alejandro Navarro El Salvador	48.4	Arisk Perdomo Guatemala	48.8	Carlos Toledo El Salvador	50.8
800 metres	Alfredo Hernández Guatemala	1:56.8	César Arias El Salvador	1:57.7	Ronald Arias El Salvador	2:02.2
1500 metres	Evilio Santos Guatemala	4:07.2	Alfredo Hernández Guatemala	4:08.8	Ronald Arias El Salvador	4:15.2
5000 metres	José Antonio Morales Guatemala	15:03.2	José Amado García Guatemala	15:47.6	Jorge Hernández El Salvador	16:27.7
10,000 metres	José Antonio Morales Guatemala	32:11.9	José Amado García Guatemala	33:22.2	Carlos Ochoa El Salvador	34:19.9
110 metres hurdles	Alex Foster Costa Rica	14.6	Jefry Pacheco Guatemala	15.4	Álvaro Paiz Guatemala	15.5
400 metres hurdles	Alejandro Navarro El Salvador	52.2	Alex Foster Costa Rica	52.9	Arisk Perdomo Guatemala	54.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Jorge Hernández El Salvador	10:05.4	René Merino El Salvador	10:26.2	Alfredo Hernández Guatemala	10:56.9
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador	3:23.6	Guatemala	3:24.7
20,000 metres track walk	Luis Fernando García Guatemala	1:32:57	Julio René Martínez Guatemala	1:33:54	Roberto Oscal Guatemala	1:36:34
High jump	Francisco Flores Guatemala	1.84	Rodolfo Espinoza Guatemala	1.70	Rogelio Campos El Salvador Luis Aguirre El Salvador	1.70
Pole vault	Róger Borbón Costa Rica	4.70	Sixto Ancheta El Salvador	4.00	Jorge Solórzano Guatemala	3.80
Long jump	Julio Gutiérrez El Salvador	6.37	Álvaro Paiz Guatemala	6.14	José Tinoco Guatemala	6.03
Triple jump	Rolando Lewis Costa Rica	13.95	José Tinoco Guatemala	13.19	Rogelio Campos El Salvador	13.00
Shot put	Edson Monzón Guatemala	13.56	Erick Rivas El Salvador	13.26	Henry Santos Guatemala	13.11
Discus throw	Fernando Alonzo Guatemala	39.16	Raúl Rivera Guatemala	38.10	Walter Hernández El Salvador	37.78
Hammer throw	Guillermo Morales El Salvador	55.58	Raúl Rivera Guatemala	51.46	Vicente Franco El Salvador	46.24
Javelin throw	Fernando Paloma El Salvador	61.66	Max Letona Guatemala	50.40	Orlando Ruano Guatemala	47.14
Decathlon	Mauricio Carranza El Salvador	5034	Pavel Ramírez Guatemala	4627

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Leticia Sorto El Salvador	12.6	Beatriz Amaya El Salvador	12.6	María José Paiz Guatemala	13.2
200 metres	Arely Franco El Salvador	25.8	Leticia Sorto El Salvador	26.2	Priscilla Curling Costa Rica	27.0
400 metres	Arely Franco El Salvador	57.2	Ana Quezada El Salvador	59.9	Rosana Rodríguez Guatemala	60.0
800 metres	Ana Quezada El Salvador	2:19.2	Sandra Siguenza El Salvador	2:26.2	Elisa Ramos Guatemala	2:38.7
1500 metres	Marcela Jackson Costa Rica	4:49.7	Ivis Martínez El Salvador	5:13.7	Sandra Siguenza El Salvador	5:16.0
5000 metres	Marcela Jackson Costa Rica	18:22.6	María Klody Hidalgo El Salvador	18:30.8	Elsa Monterosso Guatemala	18:45.3
10,000 metres	Kriscia García El Salvador	38:06.7	María Klody Hidalgo El Salvador	38:21.5	Angelina Cornejo Guatemala	40:09.2
100 metres hurdles	Denis Jerez Guatemala	15.8	Aura Amaya El Salvador	15.9	Sandra Oliveros Guatemala	15.9
400 metres hurdles	Patricia Valenzuela Guatemala	67.7	Arely Franco El Salvador	69.7	Karla Fernández El Salvador	72.2
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador	49.9	Guatemala	54.0
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador	4:07.5
10,000 metres track walk	Teresita Collado Guatemala	49:39.4	Ivis Martínez El Salvador	50:56.6	Zoila Reyes Guatemala	55:04.8
High jump	Silvia Cob Costa Rica	1.60	Sandra Oliveros Guatemala	1.50	María Carrillo El Salvador	1.50
Pole vault	Denise Jerez Guatemala	2.95	Karla Herńndez El Salvador	2.60	L. Castro El Salvador	2.20
Long jump	María Carrillo El Salvador	5.17	Priscilla Curling Costa Rica	5.06	Ruth Gallardo El Salvador	4.68
Triple jump	María Carrillo El Salvador	10.57	María José Paiz Guatemala	10.55	Ruth Gallardo El Salvador	10.26
Shot put	Veronica Monzón Guatemala	11.90	Eva María Dimas El Salvador	11.85	Sandra Valiente El Salvador	10.87
Discus throw	Eva María Dimas El Salvador	42.90	Ana Lucía Espinoza Guatemala	41.72	Rosita Vadillo El Salvador	33.48
Hammer throw	Sandra Valiente El Salvador	44.90	Ana Lucía Espinoza Guatemala	40.10	Rosita de León Guatemala	37.24
Javelin throw	Raquel Hernández Costa Rica	36.16	Aida Figueroa Guatemala	34.80	Arely Coreas El Salvador	34.14
Heptathlon	Sandra Oliveros Guatemala	3946	Paula Zayas El Salvador	3356	Evelyn Núñez Guatemala	2573

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	El Salvador	20	19	19	58
2	Guatemala*	15	20	18	53
3	Costa Rica	7	2	1	10
4	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		42	41	39	122

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1998 Central American Championships in Athletics

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Medal table (unofficial)

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