1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates15–17 June
Host cityGuadalajara, Mexico
VenueEstadio Revolución

The 1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Revolución in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 15–17 June 1979.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Guy Abrahams
 Panama		 10.37A Gerardo Suero
 Dominican Republic		 10.53A Esteban Briceño
 Venezuela		 10.54A
200 metres Floyd Brown
 Jamaica		 21.30A Rafael López
 Dominican Republic		 21.33A Jesús Cabrera
 Puerto Rico
Tomás González
 Cuba		 21.45A
400 metres Colin Bradford
 Jamaica		 46.41A Michael Barnes
 Jamaica		 46.84A Dean Greenaway
 British Virgin Islands		 47.12A
800 metres Owen Hamilton
 Jamaica		 1:48.2A Eduardo Castro
 Mexico		 1:48.3A Víctor Ramos
 Puerto Rico		 1:49.7A
1500 metres Ignacio Melecio
 Mexico		 3:48.1A Osmán Escobar
 Venezuela		 3:50.5A Modesto Comprés
 Dominican Republic		 3:54.7A
5000 metres José Gómez
 Mexico		 14:27.4A Jaime Vélez
 Puerto Rico		 14:43.0A Lucirio Garrido
 Venezuela		 14:50.4A
10,000 metres Virgilio Herrera
 Guatemala		 31:42.8A Luis Haro
 Mexico		 32:04.6A Celso Garro
 Costa Rica		 32:48.8A
30 km road race Mario Cuevas
 Mexico		 1:26:24A CR Radamés González
 Cuba		 1:27:35A Andrés Romero
 Mexico		 1:27:38A
110 metres hurdles Rafael Echavarría
 Mexico		 13.93A Jorge Palacios
 Cuba		 13.94A Mariano Reyes
 Dominican Republic		 14.20A
400 metres hurdles Julio Ferrer
 Puerto Rico		 51.4A Carlos Yambot
 Puerto Rico		 51.4A Rafael Echavarría
 Mexico		 51.5A
3000 metres steeplechase Demetrio Cabanillos
 Mexico		 9:18.6A Lucirio Garrido
 Venezuela		 9:18.7A Octavio Guadarrama
 Mexico		 9:22.6A
4 × 100 metres relay  Dominican Republic
Gregorio García
Esteban Vázquez
Rafael Felix
Gerardo Suero		 40.02A  Jamaica
Raymond Quarrie
Dennis Henry
Floyd Brown
Colin Bradford		 40.17A  Puerto Rico
Luis Alers
Iván Mangual
Jesús Cabrera
Wilfredo Molina		 40.72A
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica
Dennis Henry
Colin Bradford
Michael Barnes
Owen Hamilton		 3:05.0A CR  Venezuela
Hipolito Brown
Edison Reyes
Humberto Galea
Erick Phillips		 3:08.9A  Dominican Republic
Francisco Solis
Anatalio Ramírez
Gill Fortuna
Rafael Felix		 3:11.9A
20 km road walk Félix Gómez
 Mexico		 1:28:21A CR Ernesto Canto
 Mexico		 1:28:53A Rigoberto Medina
 Cuba		 1:34:41A
High jump Jorge Alfaro
 Cuba		 2.25A CR Cristóbal de León
 Dominican Republic		 2.17A Rodolfo Madrigal
 Costa Rica		 2.12A
Pole vault Rubén Camino
 Cuba		 5.05A CR Edgardo Rivera
 Puerto Rico		 4.60A
Long jump Ray Quiñones
 Puerto Rico		 7.70A Oswaldo Torres
 Venezuela		 7.61A Ubaldo Duany
 Cuba		 7.30A
Triple jump Ricardo Goitizolo
 Cuba		 15.97A José Salazar
 Venezuela		 15.81A Edgar Moreno
 Venezuela		 15.54A
Shot put Nicolás Hernández
 Cuba		 18.49A CR Bradley Cooper
 Bahamas		 18.35A Humberto Calvario
 Cuba		 17.46A
Discus throw José Santa Cruz
 Cuba		 62.48A CR Bradley Cooper
 Bahamas		 61.24A Luis Palacios
 Venezuela		 49.70A
Hammer throw Alfredo Guillot
 Cuba		 62.10A Ángel Cabrera
 Cuba		 58.52A Luis Martínez
 Puerto Rico		 54.44A
Javelin throw Reinaldo Patterson
 Cuba		 82.24A CR Amado Morales
 Puerto Rico		 77.70A Dionisio Quintana
 Cuba		 76.58A
Decathlon Carlos Palacios
 Cuba		 6882A Juan Ríos
 Venezuela		 6716A Pedro Herrera
 Cuba		 6525A

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Lelieth Hodges
 Jamaica		 11.64A Rosie Allwood
 Jamaica		 11.79A Darcy Bryant
 Costa Rica		 11.96A
200 metres Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica		 23.44A CR Elsa Antúnez
 Venezuela		 24.34A Divina Estrella
 Dominican Republic		 24.41A
400 metres Debbie Byfield
 Jamaica		 54.29A Carol Cummings
 Jamaica		 54.92A Nancy Calveart
 Cuba		 55.02A
800 metres María Ribeaux
 Cuba		 2:09.0A Eloína Kerr
 Cuba		 2:09.3A Ana Orendaín
 Mexico		 2:11.0A
1500 metres Melquises Fonseca
 Cuba		 4:40.0A Sergia Martínez
 Cuba		 4:41.2A Angelita Lind
 Puerto Rico		 4:42.4A
3000 metres Melquises Fonseca
 Cuba		 10:06.6A Rosa Domínguez
 Mexico		 10:11.8A Irma Hernández
 Mexico		 10:15.0A
100 metres hurdles Lorlee Giscombe
 Jamaica		 14.28A Marisela Peralta
 Dominican Republic		 14.44A Maritza de la Guardia
 Cuba		 14.84A
400 metres hurdles Marcela Chivás
 Cuba		 59.78A CR Stephanie Vega
 Puerto Rico		 60.21A Divina Estrella
 Dominican Republic		 62.43A
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica
Lelieth Hodges
Dorothy Scott
Rosie Allwood
Merlene Ottey		 44.82A CR  Dominican Republic
Felicia Candelario
Divina Estrella
Teresa Almanzar
Ana Hotesse		 46.79A  Puerto Rico
Georgina López
Nilsa París
Marie-Lande Mathieu
Madeline de Jesús		 47.16A
4 × 400 metres relay  Cuba
Nancy Calveart
Eloína Kerr
María Ribeaux
Marcela Chibás		 3:41.8A  Jamaica
Fredricka Wright
Carol Cummings
Debbie Byfield
Rosie Allwood		 3:42.8A  Venezuela
Arelis Pulvet
Yaneth Carvajal
Elsa Antúnez
Adriana Marchena		 3:45.9A
High jump Silvia Costa
 Cuba		 1.80A Elisa Ávila
 Mexico		 1.78A Reina Mateu
 Cuba		 1.76A
Long jump Emilia Lenk
 Mexico		 5.90A Madeline de Jesús
 Puerto Rico		 5.87A Odalys Herrera
 Cuba		 5.79A
Shot put Rosa Fernández
 Cuba		 17.88A CR Marcelina Rodríguez
 Cuba		 17.80A Patricia Andrus
 Venezuela		 13.46A
Discus throw Salvadora Vargas
 Cuba		 55.30A CR Maritza Martén
 Cuba		 50.22A Laura Aguiñaga
 Mexico		 44.90A
Javelin throw Ana María González
 Cuba		 54.16A CR Mayra Vila
 Cuba		 49.36A Martha Blanco
 Mexico		 44.88A
Pentathlon María Ángeles Cato
 Mexico		 3907A Elida Aveillé
 Cuba		 3840A Ansis Salazar
 Cuba		 3618A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)1791036
2 Jamaica (JAM)95014
3 Mexico (MEX)85720
4 Puerto Rico (PUR)26614
5 Dominican Republic (DOM)15511
6 Guatemala (GUA)1001
 Panama (PAN)1001
8 Venezuela (VEN)07613
9 Bahamas (BAH)0202
10 Costa Rica (CRC)0033
11 British Virgin Islands (IVB)0011
Totals (11 entries)393938116


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