| 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics | |
| Host City: | Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Dates: | 5–7 August |
| Stadium: | Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona |
| Previous: | Ponce 1975 |
| Next: | Guadalajara 1979 |
The 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Mexico between 5–7 August.
| 100 metres | Hasely Crawford | 10.38A | Silvio Leonard | 10.43A | Osvaldo Lara | 10.63A | |
| 200 metres | Silvio Leonard | 20.70A | Osvaldo Lara | 21.13A | Rudy Levarity | 21.43A | |
| 400 metres | Seymour Newman | 45.66A CR | Alberto Juantorena | 45.67A | Charles Joseph | 46.27A | |
| 800 metres | Seymour Newman | 1:46.13A CR | Jorge Ortíz | 1:48.67A | Eduardo Castro | 1:49.53A | |
| 1500 metres | Luis Medina | 3:46.71A | Eduardo Castro | 3:48.47A | Osmán Escobar | 3:53.10A | |
| 5000 metres | Rodolfo Gómez | 14:04.9A | Domingo Tibaduiza | 14:05.0A | Victoriano López | 14:09.8A | |
| 10,000 metres | Domingo Tibaduiza | 30:17.4A | Rodolfo Gómez | 30:17.5A | Juan Pérez | 30:23.0A | |
| Half marathon | Rafael Ángel Pérez | 1:06:32A | Mario Cuevas | 1:07:07A | Aldo Allen | 1:07:43A | |
| 110 metres hurdles | Alejandro Casañas | 13.55A CR | Dionisio Vera | 14.32A | José Cartas | 14.48A | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Dámaso Alfonso | 51.77A | Frank Montiéh | 51.81A | Enrique Aguirre | 52.30A | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Carlos Martínez | 8:51.0A | José Cobo | 9:01.1A | Lucirio Garrido | 9:03.1A | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Alejandro Casañas Osvaldo Lara Silvio Leonard Juan Morales | 39.86A | Hasely Crawford Charles Joseph Edwin Noel Ephraim Serrette | 40.16A | Humberto Galea José Chacín Victor Escobar Hipolito Ovalles | 40.71A | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Frank Montiéh Juan Morales Luis Delgado Alberto Juantorena | 3:09.24A | Hipolito Brown Eric Phillips Osman Escobar José Moisés Zambrano | 3:10.39A | Jorge Ortiz Jesús Cabrera José Santiago Istvan de Jesús | 3:11.78A | |
| 20 km road walk | Daniel Bautista | 1:29:34A CR | Enrique Vera | 1:34:48A | Rigoberto Medina | 1:40:04A | |
| High jump | Richard Spencer | 2.15A CR | Clark Godwin | 2.07A | Cristóbal de León | 2.03A | |
| Pole vault | Roberto Moré | 4.93A CR | Elberto Pratt | 4.75A | Luis Mascorro | 4.60A | |
| Long jump | David Giralt | 7.96A CR | Salomón Rowe | 7.79A NR | Steve Hanna | 7.68A | |
| Triple jump | Carmelo Martínez | 16.22A CR | Alejandro Herrera | 15.66A | Peter Pratt | 15.42A | |
| Shot put | Julián Mejías | 17.50A CR | Pablo Lamothe | 16.46A | Hubert Maingot | 15.72A | |
| Discus throw | Julián Morrinson | 60.82A CR | Luis Delís | 59.02A | Bradley Cooper | 54.08A | |
| Hammer throw | Ángel Cabrera | 66.74A CR | Guillermo Orozco | 63.56A | Alfonso Rodríguez | 53.60A | |
| Javelin throw | Juan Jarvis | 77.54A CR | Reinaldo Patterson | 74.82A | Robert Moulder | 71.83A | |
| Decathlon | Rigoberto Salazar | 7207A | José Montezuma | 6791A | Doel Bonilla | 6508A |
| 100 metres | Silvia Chivás | 11.53A | Lelieth Hodges | 11.71A | Isabel Taylor | 11.82A | |
| 200 metres | Silvia Chivás | 23.82A | Jackie Pusey | 23.82A | Freida Davy | 24.05A | |
| 400 metres | Beatriz Castillo | 52.76A CR | Helen Blake | 52.88A | Aurelia Pentón | 53.05A | |
| 800 metres | Charlotte Bradley | 2:07.46A | Helen Blake | 2:08.87A | Aurelia Pentón | 2:09.13A | |
| 1500 metres | Charlotte Bradley | 4:29.65A | Melquises Fonseca | 4:42.06A | Thelma Zúñiga | 4:45.78A | |
| 3000 metres | Charlotte Bradley | 10:00.61A CR | Melquises Fonseca | 10:13.73A | Susana Herrera | 10:27.74A | |
| 100 metres hurdles | Grisel Machado | 14.30A | Carmen Zamora | 14.58A | Vilma París | 14.81A | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Asunción Acosta Silvia Chivás Isabel Taylor Marta Zulueta | 45.51A | Margaret de Jesús Nilsa París Vilma París Nerva Bultron | 46.93A | Janice Bernard June Smith Esther Hope Rebecca Roberts | 47.20A | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Nery McKeen Asunción Acosta Beatriz Castillo Aurelia Pentón | 3:37.50A CR | Helen Blake Jackie Pusey Verone Webber Ruth Williams-Simpson | 3:42.38A | Madeline de Jesús Margaret de Jesús Vilma París Georgina López | 3:48.57A | |
| High jump | Angela Carbonell | 1.75A | Reina Mateu | 1.65A | Monica Johnson | 1.60A | |
| Long jump | Dora Thompson | 6.14A CR | Shonel Ferguson | 5.95A | Nancy Núñez | 5.91A | |
| Shot put | Caridad Romero | 13.94A | Marcelina Rodríguez | 13.88A | Patricia Andrus | 12.60A | |
| Discus throw | Caridad Romero | 49.58A | Salvadora Vargas | 48.92A | María Gómez | 40.22A | |
| Javelin throw | María Beltrán | 53.86A CR | Guadalupe López | 48.56A | Sonya Smith | 46.72A | |
| Pentathlon | Elida Aveillé | 3313A | Marisela Peralta | 3303A | Evelyn Abreu | 3289A |
A = affected by altitude