The North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships is a continental
track and field athletics
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event organised by the
. The last of the
six IAAF areas to hold a continental senior athletics competition, the NACAC Championships' inaugural edition was held in 2007 in
San Salvador
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,
El Salvador
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. Three hundred athletes competed at the 2007 Championships and a total of 26 nations were represented.
[Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2007-07-16)]
USA dominates 1st NACAC Senior Championships
IAAF
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. Retrieved on 2009-06-16. The
United States
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dominated the first edition with a total of 43 medals, including 28 gold medals.
Mexico
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and
Trinidad and Tobago
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took second and third places with totals of 20 and 11 medals, respectively.
Editions
Records
Men
Women
Mixed
Medal table
References
External links
NACAC official site2007 Medal tableat gbrathletics
{{North American Championships
NACAC competitions
International sports championships in the Americas
Biennial athletics competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2007
Continental athletics championships