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	Mexico		Cuba
200 metres	Mario Gómez  Mexico	22.2A	Armando "Pepe" Barrientos  Cuba		Cuba
400 metres	Luciano Iturbe  Mexico	49.9A	Cuba		Mexico
800 metres	Luciano Iturbe  Mexico	2:01.4A	Mexico		Darío Álvarez  Cuba
1500 metres	Mexico	4:22.6A	Mexico		José Eslava  Mexico
5000 metres	Mexico	17:16.6A	Mexico		José Eslava  Mexico
10,000 metres	Mexico	36:02.4A	Mexico		Mexico
10,000 metres	Mexico	36:05A	Mexico		Mexico
110 metres hurdles	Mexico	16.4A	Cuba		Cuba
400 metres hurdles	Mexico	57.8A	Cuba		Cuba
4 × 100 metres relay	Mexico Herminio Ahumada Mario Gómez Mariano Aguilar	43.6A	Cuba		Guatemala
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico Alfonso García Jesús Moraila Lucílo Iturbe	3:25.6A	Cuba		Guatemala
High jump	Alfonso Stoopen  Mexico	1.77A	Francisco Costas  Mexico	1.75A	Cuba	1.75A
Pole vault	Cuba	3.43A	Cuba	3.43A	Mexico	3.38A
Long jump	Alfonso de Gortari  Mexico	6.70A	Cuba	6.53A	Carlos Carranza  Mexico	6.46A
Triple jump	Cuba	13.29A	Cuba	13.13A	Mexico	13.09A
Shot put	Cuba	11.65A	Jesús Aguirre  Mexico	11.30A	Cuba	11.30A
Discus throw	Mexico	35.79A	Cuba	35.46A	Jesús Aguirre  Mexico	34.43A
Hammer throw	Cuba	36.07A	Mexico	35.73A	Jesús Aguirre  Mexico	35.43A
Javelin throw	Cuba	52.15A	Cuba	48.34A	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 nations)		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.