Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Athletics at the XX CAC Games
The host stadium
Host city	Cartagena, Colombia
Date(s)	July 25–29
Main stadium	Estadio Pedro de Heredia
Participation	444 athletes from 31 nations
Events	44
Records set	10 Games records
← 2002 San Salvador 2010 Mayagüez → 2006 CAC Games

The athletics competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games took place at the Estadio Pedro de Heredia in Cartagena, Colombia and lasted from July 25 to July 29. There were 23 events for men and 21 for women. A total of ten Games records were broken at the competition, in addition to a number of national records.

The events were dominated by Cuban athletes, whereas teams like Jamaica did not send their strongest athletes. With 21 gold medals, Cuba won nearly half of the events and 45 medals were won by the country's athletes. Mexico was the next most successful nation, winning eight golds and fourteen medals overall. The hosts Colombia took third place on the medal tally, having won four golds, but also had the second greatest medal haul with nineteen in total. Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles and Panama were the only other nations at the competition to win two golds or more.

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