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. In the early years, points were awarded for athletes on the first 6 places (6 points for the 1st place, 5 points for the 2nd place, ..., 1 point for the 6th place). Starting in the mid 70ths, points were awarded for athletes on the first 8 places (9 points for the 1st place, 7 points for the 2nd place, ..., 1 point for the 8th place). From 2009 on, points were only awarded for athletes on the first 4 places (5 points for the 1st place, 3 points for the 2nd place, 2 points for the 3rd place, and 1 point for the 4th place).
The following list was compiled from the CADICA website, and from a variety of articles from the archive ofCosta Rican newspaper La Nación, and Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre.
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events | Winner Team Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 27–29 | 26 | ||||||
| 2nd | 1965 | |||||||
| 3rd | April 7–9 | |||||||
| 4th | March 15–18 | |||||||
| 5th | 1970 | December 4–6 | ||||||
| 6th | November 19–21 | |||||||
| 7th | November 24–26 | |||||||
| 8th | November 26–29 | 36 | ||||||
| 9th | November 5–8 | 38 | ||||||
| 10th | August 15–18 | 40 | ||||||
| 11th | June 27–28 | 39 | ||||||
| 12th | ||||||||
| 13th | November 17–18 | 42 | ||||||
| 14th | October 12–13 | 38 | ||||||
| 15th | June 20–21 | 41 | ||||||
| 16th | September 25–26 | 42 | ||||||
| 17th | June 3–4 | 44 | ||||||
| 18th | June 8–9 | 44 | ||||||
| 19th | June 27–28 | 43 | ||||||
| 20th | June 12–13 | 40 | ||||||
| 21st | September 17–18 | 40 | ||||||
| 22nd | June 24–26 | 43 | ||||||
| 23rd | June 15–17 | 44 | ||||||
| 24th | June 21–23 | 43 | ||||||
| 25th | June 20–22 | 44 | ||||||
| 26th | June 26–28 | 44 | ||||||
| 27th | June 17–19 | 44 | ||||||
| 28th | June 30 – July 2 | 44 | ||||||
| 29th | July 13–14 | 44 | ||||||
| 30th | June 22–23 | 44 | ||||||
| 31st | December 28–29 | |||||||
| 32nd | June 26–27 | |||||||
| 33rd | July 2–3 | |||||||
| 34th | May 6–7 | |||||||
| 35th | June 28–29 | 44 |