1982 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 5th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 23–25 July 1982.

Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.

Participation (unofficial)
The British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Grenada, Martinique, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed for the first time at the championships. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 320 athletes (186 junior (under-20) and 134 youth (under-17)) from about 18 countries, again a new record number of participating nations:


 * 🇦🇬 antigua and barbuda (3)
 * 🇧🇸 bahamas (19)
 * 🇧🇧 barbados (61)
 * 🇧🇲 bermuda (4)
 * undefined (1)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (5)
 * 🇨🇺 cuba (16)
 * 🇩🇴 dominican republic (1)
 * 🇬🇩 grenada (8)
 * 🇬🇾 guyana (1)
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica (34)
 * 🇲🇶 martinique (2)
 * 🇲🇽 México(25)
 * undefined (7)
 * 🇵🇷 puerto rico (56)
 * 🇻🇨 saint vincent and the grenadines (4)
 * 🇹🇹 trinidad and tobago (26)
 * 🇻🇪 venezuela (47)