The Central American Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Centroamericanos Mayores) is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA (Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation) open for athletes from member associations.
There is an overall winner in the team ranking based on points awarded for the athlete's placings.
Moreover, there are winners in team ranking in the men's and women's categories.
The point system changed over the years.
[3] The following list was compiled from the CADICA website,[4][5] and from a variety of articles from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre.