2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
The event was open for athletes from the invited countries, that are members of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), in two categories (newly defined in 2012): Junior A Category: 18 to 19 years as of 31 December 2012 (born either 1993 or 1994), and Junior B Category: 14 to 17 years as of 31 December 2012 (born in 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998).[2][3] Events marked as "Exhibition" did not meet the official conditions with respect to the minimum number of participants ("not less than five (5) competitors of three (3) countries").Complete results can also be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[7] Working through the results,[3][4] an unofficial count yields the number of about 467 athletes (203 junior, 264 youth) in the start list.Following, the numbers in brackets refer to (athletes in published team roster/athletes in start list):