2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 14th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Estadio Sixto Escobar in San Juan, Puerto Rico between 14–16 July 2000.

Records
A total of 15 new championship records were set. The wind-assisted mark of 8.09 m (2.9 m/s) by Cleavon Dillon from Trinidad and Tobago was the best performance in long jump of the Male Junior A (U-20) category, as was the mark of 13.30 s (4.8 m/s) by Toni Ann D'Oyley from Jamaica in 100 metres hurdles of the Female Junior A (U-20) category, the mark of 21.46 s (2.4 m/s) by Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago in 200 metres of the Male Junior B (U-17) category, the mark of 7.35 m (5.1 m/s) by Damion Young from Jamaica in long jump of the Male Junior B (U-17) category, and the mark of 6.17m (3.4 m/s) by Charisse Bacchus from Trinidad and Tobago in long jump of the Female Junior B (U-17) category, but all five could not be recognized as new records.
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Medal summary
Complete results are published on a day by day basis, and medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B.

Medal table
count above. The unofficial count results in only 3 gold medals for both the Bahamas and Puerto Rico, only 13 silver medals for Puerto Rico, no silver or any other medal for Saint Lucia, and only 7 bronze medals for Mexico and only 2 bronze medals for Barbados. This could be explained by published results being incomplete. In the technical manual the events 2000 metres steeplechase in the Girls under 20 (Junior) category and Octathlon in the Boys under 17 (Youth) category were scheduled, but no results could be found. Assuming that the published medal tables are correct, and working through the published medal count,   the following result could tentatively be assigned:  2000 metres steeplechase girls (U-20): gold for Puerto Rico, silver for Puerto Rico, and bronze for Barbados, octathlon boys (U-17): gold for the Bahamas, silver for Saint Lucia, and bronze for Mexico. The number of events would increase to 82.
 * There is a mismatch between the unofficial medal count and the published medal

Participation (unofficial)
Haiti 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 a number of about 422 athletes (260 junior (under-20) and 162 youth (under-17)) from about 31 countries, a new record number of participating nations:


 * 🇦🇮 anguilla (3)
 * 🇦🇬 antigua and barbuda (1)
 * 🇦🇼 aruba (4)
 * 🇧🇸 bahamas (23)
 * 🇧🇧 barbados (23)
 * 🇧🇲 bermuda (6)
 * undefined (1)
 * 🇰🇾 cayman islands (8)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (4)
 * 🇨🇷 costa rica (2)
 * 🇩🇲 dominica (1)
 * 🇩🇴 dominican republic (11)
 * 🇸🇻 el salvador (8)
 * 🇬🇩 grenada (12)
 * 🇬🇹 guatemala (10)
 * 🇬🇾 guyana (2)
 * 🇭🇹 haiti (2)
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica (70)
 * 🇲🇽 México (42)
 * undefined (9)
 * 🇳🇮 nicaragua (1)
 * 🇵🇦 panama (8)
 * 🇵🇷 puerto rico (88)
 * 🇰🇳 saint kitts and nevis (3)
 * 🇱🇨 saint lucia (2)
 * 🇻🇨 saint vincent and the grenadines (2)
 * 🇸🇷 suriname (2)
 * 🇹🇹 trinidad and tobago (40)
 * 🇹🇨 turks and caicos islands (2)
 * undefined (7)
 * 🇻🇪 venezuela (25)