Athletics at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mariano Aguilar Mexico	11.1A	Francisco Ramírez Mexico		Mario González Cuba
200 metres	Mario Gómez Mexico	22.2A	Armando "Pepe" Barrientos Cuba		Francisco Arango Cuba
400 metres	Luciano Iturbe Mexico	49.9A	Luis Estévez Cuba		José Moraila Mexico
800 metres	Luciano Iturbe Mexico	2:01.4A	Modesto Careaga Mexico		Darío Álvarez Cuba
1500 metres	Modesto Careaga Mexico	4:22.6A	Francisco Terrazas Mexico		José Eslava Mexico
5000 metres	Eduardo Quintanar Mexico	17:16.6A	Juan Cortés Mexico		José Eslava Mexico
10,000 metres	Eduardo Quintanar Mexico	36:02.4A	M.M. Hernández Mexico		José Nevares Mexico
10,000 metres	Tomás Zafiro Mexico	36:05A	Juventino Guzmán Mexico		Madardo Sánchez Mexico
110 metres hurdles	Armando Díaz Mexico	16.4A	José Sorzano Cuba		Dionisio Fuentefría Cuba
400 metres hurdles	Armando Díaz Mexico	57.8A	José María Suárez Cuba		Ernesto Estévez Cuba
4 × 100 metres relay	Mexico Herminio Ahumada Mario Gómez Francisco Ramírez Mariano Aguilar	43.6A	Cuba Mario González Calixto García Otilio Campuzano Francisco Arango		Guatemala Gonzalo Palarea Ángel Herrera Víctor Granai Manuel Padilla
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico Alfonso García Carlos García Jesús Moraila Lucílo Iturbe	3:25.6A	Cuba Mario González Francisco Arango Arturo Ojeda Luis Estévez		Guatemala Ángel Herrera Fernando Murúa Enrique Asturias Gonzalo Palarea
High jump	Alfonso Stoopen Mexico	1.77A	Francisco Costas Mexico	1.75A	Juan Alonso Cuba	1.75A
Pole vault	José Sanjurjo Cuba	3.43A	Fernando Álvarez Cuba	3.43A	Juan Figueroa Mexico	3.38A
Long jump	Alfonso de Gortari Mexico	6.70A	José Torriente Cuba	6.53A	Carlos Carranza Mexico	6.46A
Triple jump	Sergio Macías Cuba	13.29A	Manuel Montes Cuba	13.13A	Armando Díaz Mexico	13.09A
Shot put	Pedro Rodríguez Cuba	11.65A	Jesús Aguirre Mexico	11.30A	Ricardo Villar Cuba	11.30A
Discus throw	Manuel Guzmán Mexico	35.79A	Miguel Gutiérrez Cuba	35.46A	Jesús Aguirre Mexico	34.43A
Hammer throw	Troadio Hernández Cuba	36.07A	Abel Salazar Mexico	35.73A	Jesús Aguirre Mexico	35.43A
Javelin throw	Luis Lewis Cuba	52.15A	Luis Estévez Cuba	48.34A	Gustavo Gallardo Mexico	45.18A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	15	9	11	35
2	Cuba (CUB)	5	11	7	23
3	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		20	20	20	60

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.