Americas Continental championships · since 1926 
Panama City, Panama 5–24 Feb 1938
1938 CAC Games
Panama City, Panama 5–24 Feb 1938- events
- 27
- medals awarded
- 81
- nations on the podium
- 6
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Marathon
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
6 nations · 81 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Puerto Rico PUR | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 | |
| 2 | Panama PAN | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 3 |  Cuba CUB | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 4 |  Jamaica JAM | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 5 |  Mexico MEX | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 | |
| 6 |  El Salvador ESA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Records set
14 CR- CR Jennings Blackett 100m · Men 10.4
- CR Jacinto Ortiz 200m · Men 21.7
- CR Arthur Wint 800m · Men 1:56.3
- CR Horacio Quinones 110m hurdles · Men 14.8
- CR Juan Luyanda High jump · Men 1.89
- CR Rigoberto Perez Pole vault · Men 3.74
- CR Juan Luyanda Long jump · Men 6.75
- CR Juan Rafael Palmer (1916) Triple jump · Men 13.86
- CR Antulio Pietri Shot put · Men 13.50
- CR Ian Murphy Discus throw · Men 42.42
- CR Antonio Figueroa Javelin throw · Men 64.11
- CR Salvador Torros Pentathlon · Men 3459
- CR Puerto Rico 4x100m · Men 42.2
- CR Panama 4x400m · Men 3.21.5