The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
100 metres | Rafael Fortún | 10.3Aw | Herb McKenley | 10.4Aw | Lloyd La Beach | 10.5Aw | |
200 metres | Herb McKenley | 20.9Aw | Rafael Fortún | 21.2Aw | Lloyd La Beach | 21.2Aw | |
400 metres | Herb McKenley | 47.8A | George Rhoden | 48.3A | Cirilo McSween | 49.3A | |
800 metres | George Rhoden | 1:59.4A | Frank Prince | 1:59.5A | Frank Rivera | 2:01.1A | |
1500 metres | Frank Prince | 4:13.0A | Ken Hyland | 4:14.8A | Guillermo Rojas | 4:15.0A | |
5000 metres | Francisco Hernández | 16:05.8A | Doroteo Flores | 16:10.6A | Isidoro Reséndiz | 16:24.7A | |
10,000 metres | Luis Velásquez | 34:33.6A | Isidoro Reséndiz | 34:50.7A | Cruz Serrano | 34:52.5A | |
Half marathon | Luis Velásquez | 1:14:44A | Doroteo Flores | 1:15:41A | Gustavo Ramírez | 1:17:14A | |
110 metres hurdles | Julio Sabater | 14.9A | Samuel Anderson | 15.2A | Vicente Tavárez | 15.2A | |
400 metres hurdles | Jaime Aparicio | 54.9A | Relín Sosa | 56.6A | Carlos Monges | 57.3A | |
4 × 100 metres relay | 41.5A | 41.6A | 42.0A | ||||
4 × 400 metres relay | 3:17.2A | 3:19.0A | 3:19.0A | ||||
High jump | Gilberto Torres | 1.89A | Oswald Lyon | 1.89A | Benjamín Casado | 1.85A | |
Pole vault | José Vincente | 4.10A | José Barbosa | 3.78A | José Fontanés | 3.63A | |
Long jump | Francisco Castro | 7.01A | Benjamín Casado | 6.95A | Claudio Cabreja | 6.94A | |
Triple jump | Reinaldo Salamo | 14.20A | Francisco Castro | 14.10A | Benjamín Casado | 13.57A | |
Shot put | Israel Capavete | 13.78A | Eduardo Adriana | 13.67A | Gerardo de Villiers | 13.23A | |
Discus throw | Eduardo Parera | 40.54A | Manuel Seoane | 38.88A | Juan Luyanda | 37.75A | |
Hammer throw | Jaime Annexy | 45.87A | Vicente Lagoyete | 42.64A | Julio Bordás | 42.08A | |
Javelin throw | Enrique Pizarro | 56.67A | Mario Salas | 55.74A | Emilio Romero | 55.57A | |
Pentathlon | Amador Terán | 2944A | Víctor Castañeda | 2779A | Enrique Salazar | 2560A |
50 metres | Hyacinth Walters | 6.7A | Cynthia Thompson | 6.8A | Graviola Ewing | 6.9A | |
100 metres | Hyacinth Walters | 12.3A | Cynthia Thompson | 12.4A | Graviola Ewing | 12.5A | |
80 metres hurdles | Karleen Searchwell | 12.1Aw | Vinton Beckett | 12.5Aw | Kathleen Russell | 12.6Aw | |
4 × 100 m relay | 48.9A | 52.0A | 52.2A | ||||
High jump | Vinton Beckett | 1.61A | Carmen Phipps | 1.59A | Lili Schluter | 1.30A | |
Discus throw | Concepción Villanueva | 33.96A | Alejandrina Herrera | 31.78A | Ana Campos | 30.91A | |
Javelin throw | Judith Caballero | 36.20A | Berta Chiú | 34.33A | Ana Campos | 33.40A |