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International athletics championship event

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at the Flor Blanca National Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, from July 13–15, It was the inaugural edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region.^[1] A total of forty-three events were contested, 22 by male and 21 by female athletes.^[2]

The championships prepared for the Pan American Games, held later that month, for many senior athletes.

Canada and Cuba, two of the region's strongest countries in the sport, did not send a delegation to participate. One further event—the women's 10, metres—was initially scheduled for the championships, but was subsequently not held in San Salvador.^[3]

The United States sent the largest contingent to the competition and, although many were developmental athletes, Americans dominated the competition