The 32nd Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between June 26–27, 2021.

A total of 44 events were contested (one as exhibition), 22 by men and 22 by women. In total, 9 championships records were set. Costa Rica won the overall team trophy.

Complete results were published.^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Arturo Deliser  Panama	10.42	Yeykell Romero  Nicaragua	10.50	Shermal Calimore  Costa Rica	10.54
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Shermal Calimore  Costa Rica	20.89	Nery Brenes  Costa Rica	20.91	Jeikob Monge  Costa Rica	21.49
400 metres	Nery Brenes  Costa Rica	46.78	Antonio Grant  Panama	48.12	José Pablo Elizondo  Costa Rica	48.30
800 metres	Juan Diego Castro Villalobos  Costa Rica	1:49.87 CR	Chamar Chambers  Panama	1:50.17	George Erazo  El Salvador	1:51.81
1500 metres	Juan Diego Castro Villalobos  Costa Rica	3:58.08	Aaron Alexander Hernández  El Salvador	3:59.80	Didier Rodríguez  Panama	4:00.53
5000 metres	Mario Pacay  Guatemala	14:26.48	Alberto Gonzalez Mindez  Guatemala	14:28.41	Daniel Johanning  Costa Rica	14:34.22
10,000 metres	Alberto Gonzalez Mindez  Guatemala	29:52.13	Daniel Johanning  Costa Rica	29:56.38	Oscar Antonio Aldana  El Salvador	31:25.63
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Wienstan Mena  Guatemala	14.22	Emmanuel Niño  Costa Rica	14.62	Victor Steiner  Puerto Rico	14.97
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	49.31 CR	Emmanuel Niño  Costa Rica	50.17	Luis Alonso Guevara  Costa Rica	54.95
3000 metres steeplechase	César Peraza  El Salvador	9:12.38	Carlos Alcides Santos  El Salvador	9:14.01	Julio César Avilés  Costa Rica	9:16.88
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Luis Guevara Shermal Calimore Jeikob Monge Emmanuel Niño	41.29	El Salvador Juan Rodríguez Victor Steiner Fernando Bonilla Piero Braghieri	42.23	Honduras Gerom Solis Melique García Miguel Negrete Kenneth Glenn	42.29
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Jose Elizondo Jeikob Monge Emmanuel Niño Gerald Drummond	3:19.86	El Salvador Ronal Moreno Piero Braghieri Samuel Ibáñez George Erazo	3:20.69	Belize Jihad Ahmad Hance Card Gary Neal Rahim Monsanto	3:32.16
10,000 metres track walk	Bryan Matías  Guatemala	43:55.30	Juan Manuel Calderón  Costa Rica	44:23.03	Gabriel Alvarado  Nicaragua	44:52.05
High jump	Víctor Saavedra  Panama	1.93	Byron Villalobos  Costa Rica	1.85	Elias Ocampo  Costa Rica	1.80
Pole vault	Christiaan Higueros  Guatemala	4.60	Julio Flores  Nicaragua	4.55	Daniel Machado  El Salvador	4.50
Long jump	Rasheed Miller  Costa Rica	7.58	Kenneth Glenn  Honduras	7.50	Adrian Alvarado  Panama	7.42
Triple jump	Fredy Lemus  Guatemala	15.54	Brandon Jones  Belize	14.89	Elias Ocampo  Suriname	14.17
Shot put	Zack Short  Honduras	19.66 CR	Anselmo Delgado  Panama	14.54	Cojac Smith  Belize	13.69
Discus throw	Zack Short  Honduras	49.03	Elías José Gómez  Costa Rica	45.98	Alberto Peralta  Panama	39.50
Hammer throw	Roberto Sawyers  Costa Rica	71.72 CR	Dylan Suárez  Costa Rica	59.40	Carlos Arteaga Carrión  Nicaragua	56.08
Javelin throw	Jonathan Cedeño  Panama	68.07	Armando Caballero  Panama	62.40	Rowe Miranda  Panama	60.51
Decathlon	Esteban Ibañez  El Salvador	6482	Miguel Negrete  Honduras	5616	Edgar Nieto  Panama	4880

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Mariandreé Chacón  Guatemala	11.94	Ivanniz Blackwood  Costa Rica	12.18	Irma Harris  Costa Rica	12.21
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Samantha Dirks  Belize	23.80	Mariandreé Chacón  Guatemala	24.47	Ivanniz Blackwood  Costa Rica	24.85
400 metres	Tracy Joseph  Costa Rica	54.54	Desire Bermúdez  Costa Rica	55.32	Samantha Dirks  Belize	55.52
800 metres	Desire Bermúdez  Costa Rica	2:17.65	Lissette Ramírez  Costa Rica	2:19.88	Mónica Viviana Vargas  Costa Rica	2:24.24
1500 metres	Priscila María Solis  Costa Rica	4:54.57	Jimena Ortiz  Costa Rica	5:01.20	Mónica Viviana Vargas  Costa Rica	5:05.00
5000 metres	Viviana Aroche  Guatemala	17:23.11 CR	Priscila María Solis  Costa Rica	17:48.12	Idelma Delgado  El Salvador	17:54.66
10,000 metres	Diana Bogantes  Costa Rica	34:35.74 CR	Viviana Aroche  Guatemala	36:47.79	Idelma Delgado  El Salvador	37:18.81
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Andrea Vargas  Costa Rica	13.10	Reimy Irvin  Panama	15.54	Luisana Alonso  Costa Rica	15.74
400 metres hurdles	Daniela Rojas Gutiérrez  Costa Rica	59.82	Leyka Archibold  Panama	1:04.54	Ariana Rivera  Nicaragua	1:05.81
3000 metres steeplechase†	Chrisdyala Moraga  Costa Rica	12:35.08	Not awarded
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Luisana Alonso Shantely Scott Irma Harris Ivanniz Blackwood	49.92	Not awarded
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Ivanniz Blackwood Desire Bermúdez Lissette Ramírez Tracy Joseph	4:06.10	Not awarded
10,000 metres track walk	María Fernanda Peinado  Guatemala	47:01.20 CR	Sharon Herrera  Costa Rica	47:35.52	Mariana Muñoz  Costa Rica	50:54.32
High jump	Abigail Obando  Costa Rica	1.77	Ana Isabela González  El Salvador	1.74	Maria José Rodriguez  Costa Rica	1.71
Pole vault	Andrea Michelle Velasco Barrera  El Salvador	3.86 CR	Fatima Yanira Soto  El Salvador	3.20	Vielka Arias  Costa Rica	2.80
Long jump	Nathalee Aranda  Panama	6.18	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	5.29	Tricia Flores  Belize	5.23
Triple jump	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	12.96	Amanda Muñoz  Costa Rica	11.93	Rebeca Barrientos  El Salvador	11.82
Shot put	Deisheline Mayers  Costa Rica	13.84	Karina Espinoza  Guatemala	12.33	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	12.30
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton  Panama	47.91	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	44.33	Sofia Dinora Pérez  El Salvador	35.46
Hammer throw	Gabrielle Figueroa  Honduras	58.54 CR	Daniela Francini Cortes  Costa Rica	50.06	Lindsay Reyes  Costa Rica	45.97
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	47.26	Deisheline Mayers  Costa Rica	42.85	Génova Arias  Costa Rica	39.97
Heptathlon	Mariel Brokke  Costa Rica	4096	María Castejón  Honduras	3304	Did not awarded

^† Exhibition

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica (CRC)*	20	18	18	56
2	Guatemala (GUA)	10	5	0	15
3	Panama (PAN)	5	6	5	16
4	El Salvador (ESA)	3	6	8	17
5	Honduras	3	3	1	7
6	Nicaragua (NIC)	1	2	4	7
7	Belize (BIZ)	1	1	4	6
Totals (7 entries)		43	41	40	124

According to an unofficial count, 162 (+ 7 guest) athletes from 7 (+ 3 guest) countries participated.