The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica.
100 metres | Miguelina Cobián | 12.08 | Marcela Daniel | 12.12 | Sybil Donmartin | 12.20 | |
80m hurdles | Bertha Díaz | 11.1 | Lorraine Dunn | 11.7 | Carmen Smith | 11.8 | |
4 × 100 metres relay | 47.0 | 47.3 | 47.7 | ||||
High jump | Brenda Archer | 1.53 | Marta Font | 1.51 | Beverley Welsh | 1.51 | |
Long jump | Bertha Díaz | 5.50 | Dorothy Yates | 5.38 | Gisela Vidal | 5.35 | |
Discus throw | Caridad Aguero | 43.75 | Alejandrina Herrera | 38.70 | Ivonne Rojano | 38.69 | |
Javelin throw | Hilda Ramírez | 40.32 | Beverly Eloisa Oglivie | 40.19 | Berta Chiú | 35.63 |