The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
100 metres | Carmen Valdés | 11.55 | Silvia Chivás | 11.65 | Lelieth Hodges | 11.75 | |
200 metres | Carmen Valdés | 23.76 | Asunción Acosta | 24.21 | Diva Bishop | 24.39 | |
400 metres | Aurelia Pentón | 52.27 | Carmen Trustée | 52.91 | Asunción Acosta | 53.92 | |
800 metres | Charlotte Bradley | 2:04.55 | Aurelia Pentón | 2:05.43 | Enriqueta Nava | 2:05.89 | |
100 metres hurdles | Marlene Elejalde | 14.53 | Mercedes Román | 14.69 | Raquel Martínez | 14.74 | |
4 × 100 metres relay | 44.90 | 47.42 | 48.02 | ||||
High jump | Lucía Duquet | 1.74 | Elisa Ávila | 1.74 | Maritza García | 1.71 | |
Long jump | Marcia Garbey | 6.48 | Ana Alexander | 6.07 | Dora Thompson | 5.75 | |
Shot put | María Elena Sarría | 14.60 | Hilda Ramírez | 14.40 | Caridad Romero | 13.82 | |
Discus throw | Carmen Romero | 54.70 | María Cristina Betancourt | 52.20 | Salvadora Vargas | 41.92 | |
Javelin throw | Tomasa Núñez | 47.58 | María Beltrán | 47.46 | Gladys González | 46.58 | |
Pentathlon | Francisca Janssen | 4014 | Angela Carbonell | 3867 | Mercedes Román | 3827 |