Americas Continental championships · since 1926 
Medellin ↗ , Colombia 7–28 Jul 1978
1978 CAC Games
Medellin ↗ , Colombia 7–28 Jul 1978- events
- 37
- medals awarded
- 111
- nations on the podium
- 13
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Marathon
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
20 km race walk
Decathlon
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
13 nations · 111 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cuba CUB | 27 | 13 | 10 | 50 | |
| 2 |  Mexico MEX | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| 3 |  Jamaica JAM | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 4 |  Bahamas BAH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Trinidad & Tobago TTO | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Puerto Rico PUR | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 7 | Colombia COL | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic DOM | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Venezuela VEN | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 |  Costa Rica CRC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Surinam SUR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Panama PAN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Records set
29 CR- CR Silvio Leonard 100m · Men 10.10
- CR Silvio Leonard 200m · Men 20.49
- CR Alberto Juantorena 400m · Men 44.27
- CR Alberto Juantorena 800m · Men 1:47.23
- CR Rodolfo Gomez (1950) 10,000m · Men 29:34.64
- CR Radames Vega Marathon · Men 2:22:34
- CR Jose Cobo 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:46.39
- CR Clive Bariffe (1955) 400m hurdles · Men 50.16
- CR= Richard Spencer High jump · Men 2.12
- CR= Rodolfo Madrigal (1958) High jump · Men 2.12
- CR Augusto Perdomo Pole vault · Men 5.00
- CR David Giralt (1959) Long jump · Men 7.82
- CR Steve Hanna Triple jump · Men 16.60
- CR Humberto Calvario Shot put · Men 17.51
- CR Luis Delis Discus throw · Men 58.62
- CR Armando Orozco Hammer throw · Men 69.86
- CR Antonio Gonzalez Javelin throw · Men 78.74
- CR Daniel Bautista 20 km race walk · Men 1:29:10
- CR Rigoberto Salazar Decathlon · Men 7483
- CR Trinidad & Tobago 4x100m · Men 39.13
- CR Jamaica 4x400m · Men 3:03.76
- CR* Silvia Chivas 100m · Women 11.47
- CR Silvia Chivas 200m · Women 23.01
- CR Aurelia Penton 400m · Women 50.56
- CR Aurelia Penton 800m · Women 2:01.38
- CR Grisel Machado 100m hurdles · Women 13.31
- CR Angela Carbonell High jump · Women 1.75
- CR Hilda Ramirez Shot put · Women 17.00
- CR Carmen Romero Discus throw · Women 60.54
About this edition
↗ HIGH ALTITUDE EVENT (1495m)