The 2008 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez" in San Salvador, El Salvador, between July 19–20, 2008.

A total of 77 events were contested, 41 by boys and 36 by girls.

[1] Complete results can be found on the CADICA[2][3][4] and on the official website.

[13] *   Host nation (El Salvador) The placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (boys and girls categories) was published.

[13] A total number of 372 athletes were reported to participate in the event.