Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 1 and 6 December 2002. Results were reported and discussed in detail on a day-by-day basis.

Medal summary
Detailed results were published.

Women's events
†: Lorena de la Rosa from the 🇩🇴 was tested positive for nandrolone, she and here teams were disqualified. Initially, she was 2nd in the 400m event (53.09s), 1st as member of the 4 × 100m relay team (44.90s), and 2nd as member of the 4 × 400m relay team (3:32.88min).

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 282 athletes from 28 countries participated.


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