The

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Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Grajales in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

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between 4–6 July

. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. During the three-day competition, six championship records were broken. The competition took place at almost 1000 m above sea level, a factor which helps athletic performance in some events. Cuba took the most medals overall, winning 34 medals – half of which were gold. The hosts Colombia were the next best with 8 golds and 24 medals altogether, shortly followed by Trinidad and Tobago. Guest athletes took part in some events, but their performances were excluded from the medal tally.Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008
. AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. Championship records were broken in both triple jump events; by Mabel Gay in the women's event and

Leevan Sands Leevan Sands (born August 16, 1981 Nassau) is a Bahamian triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. This is the current Bahamian record and won a bronze medal. He also won bronze medals ...

in the men's. The championships also saw four national records broken in competition. Two athletes topped the podium twice:

Rosibel García Rosibel García Mina (born 13 February 1981) is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships ...

completed the 800 metres/

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double, while

Indira Terrero Indira Terrero Letuce (born 29 November 1985) is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Earlier she represented her native Cuba. Career Her personal best time is 51.00 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Havana. Personal best Outdo ...

won in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

sprint and relay races. Bertha Sánchez, representing the hosts, took the

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title, but just missed out on a second gold, winning the silver in the

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. Bahamian

Shamar Sands Shamar Sands (born 30 April 1985) is a Bahamian track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the Bahamian national record holder in the event with 13.40 seconds.Nakamura, Ken (2009-05-09)‘07 World champs Wari ...

showed multi-event ability by winning the

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gold medal, as well as helping his country to the 100 m relay silver medal.

Records

Medal summary

Men

* † The 20 km racewalk event was won by Jefferson Pérez of Ecuador, who was competing as a guest athlete.

Women

* †† A Brazilian team of

Rosemar Coelho Neto Rosemar Maria Coelho Neto (born January 2, 1977, in Miracatu, São Paulo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil.

Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura (born 22 March 1974 in Timóteo, MG) is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the ...

Thaissa Presti Thaissa Barbosa Presti(born November 7, 1985, in São Paulo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 Presti represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

and

Franciela Krasucki Franciela das Graças Krasucki (born 26 April 1988 in Valinhos, São Paulo) is a Brazilian sprinter. Career She competed for the Brazilian team in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics; the team set a South American record wit ...

took third place in the 4×100 m relay, but they were competing as guest athletes. * ††† A Brazilian team of

Maria Laura Almirão Maria Laura Almirão (born September 20, 1977 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympian and a five-time medalist for the 400 metres and sprint relay at the Ibero-American Championships. ...

, Lucimar Teodoro,

Josiane Tito Josiane da Silva Tito (born August 8, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter and middle-distance runner. Career She set a personal best time of 2:01.28 for the 800 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games, coincidentally in her home city. ...

and

Emmily Pinheiro Emmily da Silva Pinheiro (born November 3, 1985, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography Pinheiro competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her ...

took second place in the 4×400 m relay, but they were competing as guest athletes.

Medal table

Participating nations

* (3) * (1) * (34) * (10) * (6) ** (8) * (2) * (7) ** (2) * (54) * (1) * (41) * (7) * (27) ** (1) * (5) * (11) * (4) * (6) * (2) * (17) * (26) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (24) * (4) * (10) * (4) * (5) * (27) * (6) * (22) * Guest nations

References

Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008
AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. ;Specific

External links

Official website
{{Central American and Caribbean Championships Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Central American and Caribbean Championships Central American and Caribbean Championships International athletics competitions hosted by Colombia