The 2012 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez" in San Salvador, El Salvador, between May 25–27, 2012.

A total of 83 events were contested, 42 by boys and 41 by girls.

[2] Complete results can be found on the CADICA webpage.

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

[3] A total number of 301 athletes and officials were reported to participate in the event.