The fourth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Somoza in Managua, Nicaragua, between March 15–18, 1968.

[1] A couple of results could be retrieved from a variety of articles from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.

[2][3][4][5][6][7] Costa Rica won a total of 22 medals.

[6][7] Costa Rica came in third in the team ranking of the men's category.

Guatemala won the team ranking of the women's category with 85 points, Costa Rica came in second gaining 84.5 points.