The 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships (Spanish: XXII Campeonato CAC Atletismo) was the twenty second edition of the tournament and was held between 3 and 7 July in Havana, Cuba.

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22nd Central American and Caribbean Championships
Dates	3 – 7 July
Host city	Havana, Cuba
Venue	Estadio Panamericano
Level	Senior
Events	46
Participation	422 athletes from 27 nations
Records set	10 Championship records
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The host country Cuba dominated the tournament, winning the most gold, silver, and bronze medals, and finishing with a total of 53 medals. Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were joint second with two gold, five silver and seven bronze medals. Colombia, Puerto Rico and Saint Kitts and Nevis also picked up two gold medals.

Championships records were broken in over a quarter of the athletics events, bringing a total of 11 new records. A handful of national records were also broken at the Championships.

Three athletes won double golds: Virgil Hodge won the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay titles, Emmanuel Callender won the 100 metres then helped the Trinidad and Tobago relay team to victory, while Yudileyvis Castillo completed a 5000 and 10,000 metres double.

The 2009 edition of the Championships saw a number of nations win their first gold medal in the history of the competition. Shara Proctor took the long jump gold for Anguilla, Tahesia Harrigan won the British Virgin Islands' first gold in the 100 metres, and the Saint Kitts and Nevis relay team won the country's first ever gold medal in women's events.

A number of invitational guest athletes competed at the Championships. Although each country could only have two representatives, it could also enter additional athletes. Their performances, however, were not eligible for medals at the competition. Cuba entered a number of athletes and relay teams in this way. One such competitor, Arnie David Giralt, recorded 17.46 m in the triple jump, which was ultimately better than gold medallist Alexis Copello's best jump.^[1]

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Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Yeimer López	800 metres	Cuba	1:45.56 min	CR
Ryan Brathwaite	110 metres hurdles	Barbados	13.43 s	CR
Javier Culson	400 metres hurdles	Puerto Rico	48.51 s	CR
José Alberto Sánchez	3000 metres steeplechase	Cuba	8:30.08 min	CR
Alexis Copello	Triple jump	Cuba	17.33 m	CR
Guillermo Martínez	Javelin throw	Cuba	82.16 m	CR
Leonel Suárez	Decathlon	Cuba	8654 pts	CR NR
Yudileyvis Castillo	10,000 metres	Cuba	33:50.68 min	CR
Tanika Liburd Meritzer Williams Tameka Williams Virgil Hodge	4×100 metres relay	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43.53 s	NR
Kemar Hyman Tyrell Cuffy David Hamil Carlos Morgan	4×100 metres relay	Cayman Islands	39.54 s	NR
Adrian Durant Tabarie Henry David Walters Calvin Dascent	4×100 metres relay	United States Virgin Islands	39.89 s	NR
Yarisley Silva	Pole vault	Cuba	4.40 m	CR
Yargelis Savigne	Triple jump	Cuba	14.97 m	CR
Misleydis González	Shot put	Cuba	19.13 m	CR
Arasay Thondike	Hammer throw	Cuba	71.32 m	CR
Rosa Rodríguez	Hammer throw	Venezuela	69.06 m	NR

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  *   Host nation (Cuba)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)*	27	19	7	53
2	Jamaica (JAM)	2	5	7	14
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	5	7	14
4	Colombia (COL)	2	3	2	7
5	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	0	4	6
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	2	0	1	3
7	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	4	7
8	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	3	4
9	El Salvador (ESA)	1	0	1	2
10	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	1	0	0	1
	Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
13	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	3	1	4
14	Mexico (MEX)	0	2	2	4
15	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	1	2
16	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	1	0	1
	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	1	0	1
	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	1	0	1
19	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	2	2
20	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		43	43	43	129

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