The 22nd Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between June 24–26, 2011.

In addition to the 7 CADICA members, two athletes from Suriname participated as guests.

[1][2][3][4] †: Event might have been treated as exhibition because of the low number of participants.

†: Event might have been treated as exhibition because of the low number of participants.

[4] Men's pole vault, and women's 3000 m steeplechase and 10,000 m race walk might have been treated as exhibition events because of the low number of participants.