2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 15th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados between 5–7 July 2002. A discussion of the results is given. Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a total of 6 new championship records.

Records
A total of 22 new championship records were set. Moreover, during the Girls' U-20 Javelin Throw, there were probably a couple of intermediate records set: Yuneisy Rodríguez of Cuba 46.96m, Ana Gutiérrez of Mexico 46.98m, and again Yuneisy Rodríguez 48.48m, as well as in the Girls' U-20 Triple Jump: Arianna Martínez of Cuba 13.43m, and Mabel Gay of Cuba 13.65m.


 * Key:

Medal summary
The results are published.

Female Junior A (under 20)
†: Event marked as exhibition.

Medal table
The medal count was published.

Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields a number of about 443 athletes (257 junior (under-20) and 159 youth (under-17)) from about 32 countries, a new record number of participating nations:


 * 🇦🇮 anguilla (4)
 * 🇦🇬 antigua and barbuda (9)
 * 🇦🇼 aruba (2)
 * 🇧🇸 bahamas (37)
 * 🇧🇧 barbados (44)
 * 🇧🇲 bermuda (8)
 * 🇧🇿 belize (2)
 * undefined (4)
 * 🇰🇾 cayman islands (3)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (3)
 * 🇨🇷 costa rica (2)
 * 🇨🇺 cuba (13)
 * 🇩🇲 dominica (5)
 * 🇩🇴 dominican republic (12)
 * 🇸🇻 el salvador (6)
 * 🇬🇩 grenada (10)
 * 🇬🇹 guatemala (7)
 * 🇬🇾 guyana (8)
 * 🇭🇹 Haïti (1)
 * 🇭🇳 honduras (1)
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica (65)
 * 🇲🇽 México (50)
 * undefined (2)
 * 🇳🇮 nicaragua (1)
 * 🇵🇦 Panamá (5)
 * 🇵🇷 puerto rico (47)
 * 🇰🇳 saint kitts and nevis (9)
 * 🇱🇨 saint lucia (7)
 * 🇻🇨 saint vincent and the grenadines (19)
 * 🇹🇹 trinidad and tobago (41)
 * 🇹🇨 turks and caicos islands (1)
 * 🇻🇪 venezuela (17)