1980 Central American Championships in Athletics

The 9th Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 5 and 8 November 1980.

IX Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	5–8 November 1980
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Mateo Flores
Level	Senior
Events	39
Participation	3 nations
← 1975 San José 1984 Guatemala City →

A total of 39 events were contested, 24 by men, 15 by women.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Héctor Daley Panama	10.5	Alfonso Pitters Panama	10.6	Emilio Moss Guatemala	10.7
200 metres	Héctor Daley Panama	21.2	Víctor Henry Panama	22.0	Emilio Moss Guatemala	22.1
400 metres	Alfonso Pitters Panama	49.8	Francisco Recinos Guatemala	50.0	Orlando Ruano Guatemala	50.2
800 metres	Cristobal Méndez Panama	1:54.4	Orlando Ruano Guatemala	1:58.5	Francisco López El Salvador	1:59.5
1500 metres	Francisco Piedra Guatemala	4:07.2	Luis Aguillón El Salvador	4:09.1	Jesús Jérez Guatemala	4:10.7
5000 metres	Óscar Lara Guatemala	15:22.9	José Hernández El Salvador	15:52.9	Juan Vásquez El Salvador	15:57.6
10,000 metres	Virgilio Herrera Guatemala	31:00.5	Jaime Hernández El Salvador	33:19.2	Juan Francisco Vásquez El Salvador	33:20.9
Marathon	Carlos Cuque López Guatemala	2:19:20	Juan Sacarías Guatemala	2:32:36	Carlos Acosta Guatemala	2:41:30
110 metres hurdles	Salvador Ruiz Panama	15.7	Roy Bennett Guatemala	15.8	Milton Gálvez Guatemala	16.7
400 metres hurdles	Salvador Ruiz Panama	55.3	Fidel Camargo Panama	56.1	Rubén Quintanilla El Salvador	56.7
3000 metres steeplechase	Óscar Lara Guatemala	9:57.5	Luis Alfonso El Salvador	10:17.3	Rolando Martínez Panama	10:24.4
4 × 100 metres relay	Guatemala	43.1	El Salvador	43.3	Only two finishing teams
4 × 400 metres relay	Panama	3:22.5	El Salvador	3:25.2	Guatemala	3:26.4
20 kilometres walk	Mario Rodríguez Panama	1:37:01	José Alonso Guatemala	1:39:34	Leonel Ramos Panama	1:41:26
50 kilometres walk	Arturo Calderón Guatemala	5:07:53 NR	Marco Juárez Guatemala	5:10:51	Ricardo Concepción Panama	5:14:53
High jump	Gerardo Alcazar Guatemala	1.80	Ernesto Oqueli El Salvador	1.75	Omar Martínez Guatemala	1.75
Pole vault	Rudy Aguilar El Salvador	3.45	Manolo Fearon Guatemala	3.45	Omar Martínez Guatemala	3.30
Long jump	Salomón Rowe Guatemala	7.48	Héctor Murillo Panama	6.58	Danilo Melgar Guatemala	6.50
Triple jump	Salomón Rowe Guatemala	15.22	Héctor Murillo Panama	14.77	Samuel Abarca El Salvador	13.53
Shot put	César Sajche Guatemala	13.40	Eustacio de León Panama	13.22	Juan Enrique Galdámez El Salvador	13.12
Discus throw	César Sajche Guatemala	37.66	Marcelo Gaytán Guatemala	35.70	Eduardo Hasbún El Salvador	34.92
Hammer throw	Juan Pedro Varela El Salvador	44.70	Hugo Berganza Guatemala	38.30	Igor Morales Guatemala	37.80
Javelin throw	Eustacio de León Panama	64.05	Rudy Aguilar El Salvador	63.14	Héctor Phemmings Panama	60.64
Decathlon	Rudy Aguilar El Salvador	5782	Sergio Catalán Guatemala	5516	Manuel Carranza Guatemala	4547

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Zaida Núñez Panama	12.0	Mayra Figueroa Guatemala	12.3	Patricia Quiñónez Guatemala	12.4
200 metres	Zaida Núñez Panama	25.0	Christa Schumann Guatemala	26.0	Irma Ambulo Panama	26.1
400 metres	Patricia Meighan Guatemala	58.1	Irma Ambulo Panama	58.5	Zaida Núñez Panama	59.9
800 metres	Patricia Meighan Guatemala	2:21.2	Sonia Lemus Guatemala	2:23.2	Norma Franco El Salvador	2:28.8
1500 metres	Norma Franco El Salvador	5:01.6	Kriscia García El Salvador	5:07.2	Cristina Girón Guatemala	5:07.2
100 metres hurdles	Amapola Arimany Guatemala	15.7	Mayra Figueroa Guatemala	15.9	Analú Gálvez Guatemala	18.1
400 metres hurdles	Patricia Meighan Guatemala	65.5	Mayra Figueroa Guatemala	68.5	Rina Francos El Salvador	72.3
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador	51.4	Only one finishing team
4 × 400 metres relay	Guatemala	4:10.5	El Salvador	4:11.5	Only two finishing teams
High jump	María Stella Pacheco Guatemala	1.53	Nora Hernández Guatemala	1.53	Sintia Rollox Panama	1.40
Long jump	Christa Schumann Guatemala	5.06	Nora Hernández Guatemala	4.79	Sonia Chávez El Salvador	4.77
Shot put	Marta Centeno Guatemala	11.06	Yolanda Marquínez Panama	10.45	María Eugenia Díaz Guatemala	9.45
Discus throw	Patricia Comandari El Salvador	34.88	Marta Centeno Guatemala	34.50	Yolanda Marquínez Panama	34.22
Javelin throw	Carmen Valenzuela Guatemala	32.81	Carmen Miller Guatemala	31.10	Maricela Sol El Salvador	27.32
Heptathlon	Amapola Arimany Guatemala	2976	María Stella Pacheco Guatemala	2868	Lucrecia Aragón Guatemala	2425

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala (GUA)*	22	20	17	59
2	Panama (PAN)	11	8	8	27
3	El Salvador (ESA)	6	10	10	26
Totals (3 entries)		39	38	35	112