The 13th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 26 and 28 November 1998.^[1]

A total of 42 events were contested, 21 by men, 21 by women.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José Tinoco  Guatemala	10.7	Edgardo Serpas  El Salvador	10.7	Rolando Blanco  Guatemala	11.0
200 metres	Edgardo Serpas  El Salvador	21.9	Alejandro Navarro  El Salvador	22.1	Denis Gutiérrez  Nicaragua	22.1
400 metres	Alejandro Navarro  El Salvador	48.4	Arisk Perdomo  Guatemala	48.8	Carlos Toledo  El Salvador	50.8
800 metres	Alfredo Hernández  Guatemala	1:56.8	César Arias  El Salvador	1:57.7	Ronald Arias  El Salvador	2:02.2
1500 metres	Evilio Santos  Guatemala	4:07.2	Alfredo Hernández  Guatemala	4:08.8	Ronald Arias  El Salvador	4:15.2
5000 metres	José Antonio Morales  Guatemala	15:03.2	José Amado García  Guatemala	15:47.6	Jorge Hernández  El Salvador	16:27.7
10,000 metres	José Antonio Morales  Guatemala	32:11.9	José Amado García  Guatemala	33:22.2	Carlos Ochoa  El Salvador	34:19.9
110 metres hurdles	Alex Foster  Costa Rica	14.6	Jefry Pacheco  Guatemala	15.4	Álvaro Paiz  Guatemala	15.5
400 metres hurdles	Alejandro Navarro  El Salvador	52.2	Alex Foster  Costa Rica	52.9	Arisk Perdomo  Guatemala	54.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Jorge Hernández  El Salvador	10:05.4	René Merino  El Salvador	10:26.2	Alfredo Hernández  Guatemala	10:56.9
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador	3:23.6	Guatemala	3:24.7
20,000 metres track walk	Luis Fernando García  Guatemala	1:32:57	Julio René Martínez  Guatemala	1:33:54	Roberto Oscal  Guatemala	1:36:34
High jump	Francisco Flores  Guatemala	1.84	Rodolfo Espinoza  Guatemala	1.70	Rogelio Campos  El Salvador Luis Aguirre  El Salvador	1.70
Pole vault	Róger Borbón  Costa Rica	4.70	Sixto Ancheta  El Salvador	4.00	Jorge Solórzano  Guatemala	3.80
Long jump	Julio Gutiérrez  El Salvador	6.37	Álvaro Paiz  Guatemala	6.14	José Tinoco  Guatemala	6.03
Triple jump	Rolando Lewis  Costa Rica	13.95	José Tinoco  Guatemala	13.19	Rogelio Campos  El Salvador	13.00
Shot put	Edson Monzón  Guatemala	13.56	Erick Rivas  El Salvador	13.26	Henry Santos  Guatemala	13.11
Discus throw	Fernando Alonzo  Guatemala	39.16	Raúl Rivera  Guatemala	38.10	Walter Hernández  El Salvador	37.78
Hammer throw	Guillermo Morales  El Salvador	55.58	Raúl Rivera  Guatemala	51.46	Vicente Franco  El Salvador	46.24
Javelin throw	Fernando Paloma  El Salvador	61.66	Max Letona  Guatemala	50.40	Orlando Ruano  Guatemala	47.14
Decathlon	Mauricio Carranza  El Salvador	5034	Pavel Ramírez  Guatemala	4627

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Leticia Sorto  El Salvador	12.6	Beatriz Amaya  El Salvador	12.6	María José Paiz  Guatemala	13.2
200 metres	Arely Franco  El Salvador	25.8	Leticia Sorto  El Salvador	26.2	Priscilla Curling  Costa Rica	27.0
400 metres	Arely Franco  El Salvador	57.2	Ana Quezada  El Salvador	59.9	Rosana Rodríguez  Guatemala	60.0
800 metres	Ana Quezada  El Salvador	2:19.2	Sandra Siguenza  El Salvador	2:26.2	Elisa Ramos  Guatemala	2:38.7
1500 metres	Marcela Jackson  Costa Rica	4:49.7	Ivis Martínez  El Salvador	5:13.7	Sandra Siguenza  El Salvador	5:16.0
5000 metres	Marcela Jackson  Costa Rica	18:22.6	María Klody Hidalgo  El Salvador	18:30.8	Elsa Monterosso  Guatemala	18:45.3
10,000 metres	Kriscia García  El Salvador	38:06.7	María Klody Hidalgo  El Salvador	38:21.5	Angelina Cornejo  Guatemala	40:09.2
100 metres hurdles	Denis Jerez  Guatemala	15.8	Aura Amaya  El Salvador	15.9	Sandra Oliveros  Guatemala	15.9
400 metres hurdles	Patricia Valenzuela  Guatemala	67.7	Arely Franco  El Salvador	69.7	Karla Fernández  El Salvador	72.2
4 × 100 metres relay	El Salvador	49.9	Guatemala	54.0
4 × 400 metres relay	El Salvador	4:07.5
10,000 metres track walk	Teresita Collado  Guatemala	49:39.4	Ivis Martínez  El Salvador	50:56.6	Zoila Reyes  Guatemala	55:04.8
High jump	Silvia Cob  Costa Rica	1.60	Sandra Oliveros  Guatemala	1.50	María Carrillo  El Salvador	1.50
Pole vault	Denise Jerez  Guatemala	2.95	Karla Herńndez  El Salvador	2.60	L. Castro  El Salvador	2.20
Long jump	María Carrillo  El Salvador	5.17	Priscilla Curling  Costa Rica	5.06	Ruth Gallardo  El Salvador	4.68
Triple jump	María Carrillo  El Salvador	10.57	María José Paiz  Guatemala	10.55	Ruth Gallardo  El Salvador	10.26
Shot put	Veronica Monzón  Guatemala	11.90	Eva María Dimas  El Salvador	11.85	Sandra Valiente  El Salvador	10.87
Discus throw	Eva María Dimas  El Salvador	42.90	Ana Lucía Espinoza  Guatemala	41.72	Rosita Vadillo  El Salvador	33.48
Hammer throw	Sandra Valiente  El Salvador	44.90	Ana Lucía Espinoza  Guatemala	40.10	Rosita de León  Guatemala	37.24
Javelin throw	Raquel Hernández  Costa Rica	36.16	Aida Figueroa  Guatemala	34.80	Arely Coreas  El Salvador	34.14
Heptathlon	Sandra Oliveros  Guatemala	3946	Paula Zayas  El Salvador	3356	Evelyn Núñez  Guatemala	2573

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	El Salvador	20	19	19	58
2	Guatemala*	15	20	18	53
3	Costa Rica	7	2	1	10
4	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		42	41	39	122