Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are partial results of the athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 15 and 20 July 1978, at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia.[1]

Men's results

100 metres

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200 metres

400 metres

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800 metres

1500 metres

16 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luis Medina  Cuba 3:44.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eduardo Castro  Mexico 3:45.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Osmán Escobar  Venezuela 3:45.89
4 Modesto Comprés  Dominican Republic 3:49.43
5 Jorge Ortíz  Puerto Rico 3:52.03
6 Hugo Villegas  Colombia 3:53.22
7 Carlos Báez  Puerto Rico 3:56.49
8 Gabriel Giraldo  Colombia 4:00.93
9 Ignacio Melesio  Mexico 4:01.86

5000 metres

17 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico 13:55.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia 13:56.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Gómez  Mexico 14:27.33
4 Gabriel Giraldo  Colombia 14:33.10
5 Jaime Vélez  Puerto Rico 14:34.29
6 Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela 14:41.52
7 Víctor Gil  Venezuela 14:41.78
8 Virgilio Herrera  Guatemala 15:07.34
9 Teodoro Zalaya  Nicaragua 17:31.93

10,000 metres

15 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico 29:34.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia 29:38.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Luis Hernández  Mexico 30:23.84
4 Jaime Villate  Colombia 30:49.36
5 Virgilio Herrera  Guatemala 31:20.08
6 Aldo Allen  Cuba 31:37.07
Radamés González  Cuba DNF [8]

Marathon

20 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Radamés Vega  Puerto Rico 2:22:34 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mario Cuevas  Mexico 2:23:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Granajo  Guatemala 2:26:04
4 Radamés González  Cuba 2:27:42
5 Víctor Rodríguez  Colombia 2:32:23
6 Héctor Rodríguez  Colombia 2:33:13
7 Eduardo Vera  Puerto Rico 2:40:49
8 Javier Cuadro  Nicaragua 2:42:45

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

20 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) José Cobo  Cuba 8:46.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos Martínez  Mexico 8:52.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jaime Villate  Colombia 8:56.29
4 Rafael Baracaldo  Colombia 9:02.93
5 Jorge Pitayo  Mexico 9:07.87
6 Modesto Comprés  Dominican Republic 9:07.96
7 Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela 9:16.36
8 Víctor Gil  Venezuela 9:24.19
9 Enrique Guevara  Costa Rica 9:39.35
10 Carlos Báez  Puerto Rico 9:41.28

4 × 100 metres relay

20 July

Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Trinidad and Tobago Eldwin Noel, Hasely Crawford, Anthony Husbands, Ephraim Serrette 39.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Cuba Juan Saborit, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, Osvaldo Lara 39.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Dominican Republic Juan Contreras, Gregorio García, Enrique Almarante, Rafael Félix 39.62
4 5  Jamaica Errol Quarrie, Floyd Brown, Oliver Heywood, Ray Mahoney 39.91
5 2  Colombia Mina Arquimedes, Edgar Biojo, William Moreno, Fabio García 40.53
6 1  Netherlands Antilles Lionel Rafaela, Magno Koeiman, Edsel Trompet, Siegfried Regales 41.35

4 × 400 metres relay

20 July

Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Jamaica Clive Barriffe, Oliver Heywood, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron 3:03.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Myers, Michael Paul, Mike Solomon, Joseph Coombs 3:05.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Cuba Alexis Misignak, Ernesto Vinent, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena 3:05.57
4 2  Dominican Republic Francisco Manrique, Alejandro Ricón, José Pimentel, Enrique Almarante 3:07.93
5 1  Venezuela Hipólito Brown, Alexis Herrera, Moisés Zambrano, Edison Reyes 3:08.51
6 5  Bahamas Michael Ambrister, Steve Hanna, Rickey Moxey, Chris Clarke 3:12.92

20 kilometres

16 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Bautista  Mexico 1:29:10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raúl González  Mexico 1:31:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jorge Quiñones  Colombia 1:39:31
4 Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia 1:41:45
5 Alexis López  Costa Rica 1:41:50
6 Edgar López  Costa Rica 1:41:50
7 Henry Klein  United States Virgin Islands 1:46:14
8 César Argüello  Nicaragua 1:46:49
9 Wilmer Santiago  Puerto Rico 1:47:46
10 David Félix  Puerto Rico 1:52:00
11 Ángel Novoa  Nicaragua 2:01:51

High jump

15 July

Rank Name Nationality 1.95 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.15 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Richard Spencer  Cuba – o – o – o xxx 2.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rodolfo Madrigal  Costa Rica – o o xo xo xo xxx 2.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jamil Justiniano  Puerto Rico xo o o xxo xo xxx 2.09
4 Cristóbal De León  Dominican Republic – x– o o xxx 2.06
5 Hermes Cabal  Colombia o o o xo xxx 2.06
6 Gabriel Díaz  Cuba o o xxo xxx 2.03
7 Javier Vivo  Mexico o xxo xxo xxx 2.03
8 Manuel Gómez  Dominican Republic – o – xxx 2.00
8 Carlos Acosta  Puerto Rico – o – xxx 2.00
10 Laird McLean  Trinidad and Tobago o o xxx 2.00

Pole vault

19 July

Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.45 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.85 5.00 5.10 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Augusto Perdomo  Cuba – – xo – o – xxo xr 5.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elberto Pratt  Mexico – xo o o o xxx 4.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rubén Camino  Cuba – – o xo o – xxx 4.80
4 Edgardo Rivera  Puerto Rico – – o xo – xxx 4.70
5 Luis Mascorro  Mexico o o o xxx 4.60
Ramón Zequeira  Puerto Rico – – xxx NM

Women's results

100 metres

200 metres

Final – 18 July

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 23.01 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Janice Bernard  Trinidad and Tobago 24.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Maureen Gottshalk  Jamaica 24.42
4 3 Martha Meléndez  Colombia 24.63
5 1 Darcey Bryan  Costa Rica 24.92
5 Asunción Acosta  Cuba ?

400 metres

800 metres

Final – 18 July

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 2:01.38 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Charlotte Bradley  Mexico 2:03.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Nery McKeen  Cuba 2:04.48
4 2 Helen Blake  Jamaica 2:09.37
5 3 Ileana Hocking  Puerto Rico 2:09.65
6 6 Adriana Marchena  Venezuela 2:12.51

1500 metres

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charlotte Bradley  Mexico 4:30.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ileana Hocking  Puerto Rico 4:35.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susana Herrera  Mexico 4:39.62
4 Melquises Fonseca  Cuba 4:43.75
5 Yamile Medina  Colombia 4:45.02
6 Thelma Zúñiga  Costa Rica 4:45.52
7 Leonor Suárez  Colombia 4:56.20
8 Violeta Larrauri  Dominican Republic 5:13.56
9 Norma Franco  El Salvador NT
10 Agnelita Lind  Puerto Rico NT
11 Herminia García  Dominican Republic NT

100 metres hurdles

Final – 18 July

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Grisel Machado  Cuba 13.31 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Marisela Peralta  Dominican Republic 14.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Carmen Zamora  Cuba 14.29
4 2 Vilma Paris  Puerto Rico 14.34
5 4 June Caddle  Barbados 14.50
5 Doreen Small  Jamaica ?

4 × 100 metres relay

20 July

Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1  Cuba Grisel Machado, Silvia Chivás, Carmen Valdés, Isabel Taylor 44.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Jamaica Leleith Hodges, Dorothy Scott, Maureen Gottschalk, Jacqueline Pusey 44.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  Trinidad and Tobago Rebeca Roberts, Joane Gardner, Janice Bernard, Esther Hope 45.13
4 2  Dominican Republic Felicia Candelario, Miriam Sánchez, Divina Estrella, Teresa Almanzar 46.30
3  Costa Rica Darcey Bryan, Ana Baylis, Aracelly Arias, Lorelly Trejos DQ FS

4 × 400 metres relay

20 July

Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Cuba Ana Guibert, Ana Fidelia Quirot, Beatriz Castillo, Aurelia Pentón 3:31.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1  Jamaica Ruth Simpson, Norma Lee, Maureen Gottschalk, Helen Blake 3:41.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Puerto Rico Angelita Lind, Ileana Hocking, Madeline de Jesús, Vilma Paris 3:46.58
4 3  Dominican Republic Divina Estrella, Belkis Mañón, Felicia Candelario, Ana Hostesse 3:53.37

High jump

16 July

Rank Name Nationality 1.50 1.55 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.75 1.80 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ángela Carbonell  Cuba – – – – o o xxx 1.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grace Jackson  Jamaica – – o o o xxx 1.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elisa Ávila  Mexico – o o o xxx 1.65
4 Lucía Duguet  Cuba – o xo o xxx 1.65
5 Ana Hidalgo  Puerto Rico o o xo xxx 1.60

Long jump

16 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas x 5.84 6.16 6.41 x x 6.41
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ana Alexander  Cuba 5.86 5.96 6.25 5.96 6.12 6.25 6.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eloína Echevarría  Cuba x 6.12 x x 5.92 6.08 6.12
4 Yolanda Romero  Mexico 5.31 5.47 5.55 5.77 5.64 5.62 5.77
5 Sharol Henry  Jamaica x x 5.76 3.03 5.45 5.74 5.76
6 Madeline de Jesús  Puerto Rico 5.49 5.70 5.68 5.74 5.54 x 5.74
7 Laura Vásquez  Mexico x 5.46 5.67 x 5.57 x 5.67
8 Jennifer Swanston  Barbados 5.44 5.54 5.44 5.52 5.51 5.46 5.54

Shot put

19 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hilda Ramírez  Cuba 17.00 16.91 x x 16.36 16.64 17.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcelina Rodríguez  Cuba x 14.84 14.97 x 14.95 14.95 14.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vicky López  Puerto Rico 12.66 13.40 12.92 12.90 13.42 13.02 13.42
4 Patricia Andrews  Venezuela 11.96 12.93 13.15 13.18 13.22 12.97 13.22
5 Magdalena Gómez  Colombia x 13.11 12.88 13.18 12.71 13.05 13.18
6 Lynette Antoinne  Bahamas x 13.08 13.04 12.91 x 12.70 13.08
7 Orlanda Lynch  Suriname 11.04 11.17 11.04 11.62 11.34 12.02 12.02
Ibelisse Echeverry  Puerto Rico DNS

Discus throw

15 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carmen Romero  Cuba x 57.94 x 60.54 x x 60.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) María Cristina Betancourt  Cuba x 55.84 56.84 57.58 x x 57.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Selene Saldarriaga  Colombia x 41.28 39.50 40.10 x x 41.28
4 Beryl Bethel  Bahamas x 35.85 38.08 33.58 39.88 38.58 39.88
5 Elena Cajigas  Puerto Rico 37.04 36.98 37.78 38.40 x 38.94 38.94
6 Orlanda Lynch  Suriname 35.64 34.76 35.06 36.00 x x 36.00
Lynette Antoinne  Bahamas DNS
Patricia Andrews  Venezuela DNS

Javelin throw

20 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) María Caridad Colón  Cuba 59.22 63.40 57.80 61.40 60.04 53.94 63.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) María Beltrán  Cuba x 53.54 48.34 52.04 54.86 x 54.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guadalupe López  Mexico 49.80 47.12 46.40 49.52 47.74 x 49.80
4 María López  Puerto Rico 43.76 47.32 x x 43.76 x 47.32
5 Diana Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 44.96 x 42.08 x 46.48 46.44 46.48
6 Ivelisse Gómez  Dominican Republic 40.58 x 43.12 40.38 x 39.72 43.12
7 Marta Velásquez  Nicaragua 34.30 35.54 33.54 36.52 x x 36.52
8 Beryl Bethel  Bahamas 31.28 36.10 x x x 36.36 36.36

References

  1. ^ Memoria XIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (PDF). pp. 364–379. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ 100 metres year list
  3. ^ El Tiempo (16 July 1978, p10)
  4. ^ a b c d e "Juantorena Llega segundo 400 metros". El Mundo (in Spanish). 16 July 1978. p. 49. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ^ 200 metres year list
  6. ^ El Tiempo (16 July 1978, p10)
  7. ^ "Boricuas se anotan triunfo sobre Bermudas en Sóftbol". El Mundo (in Spanish). 16 July 1978. p. 19. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Impusieron siete récords en justas atletismo primer día en XIII Juegos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 17 July 1978. p. 19. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  9. ^ 110 metres hurdles year list
  10. ^ El Tiempo (16 July 1978, p10)