1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968... Cuba	10.4 CR	José Triana Cuba	10.7	Carl Edmund Panama	10.8
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968... Cuba	21.0 CR	Pedro Fernández Pedro Fernández José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:1979: La De La Mochila Azul1989: Vicio1990: Por Un Amigo Más1991: Muñecos De Papel... Cuba	21.5	Carl Edmund Panama	21.8
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	47.0 CR	Garth Case Jamaica	47.4	Antonio Álvarez Cuba	47.9
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Luis Dubouchet Cuba	1:50.1 CR	Herminio Isaac Puerto Rico	1:51.5	Carlos Martínez Mexico	1:53.2
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Sergio González Mexico	3:52.2 CR	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:53.2	Lázaro Valdivieso Cuba	3:54.8
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Sergio González Mexico	14:59.4 CR	Andrés Romero Mexico	15:00.8	Carlos Báez Puerto Rico	15:37.0
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Sergio González Mexico	31:13.3	Andrés Romero Mexico	31:21.5	Felipe Chaviano Cuba	32:46.4
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...	Pablo Garrido Pablo Garrido Pablo Garrido Lugo was a Mexican athlete who competed in the late 1960s. He finished 26th in the Men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Garrido also took the Olympic Oath at those same games.-References: ... Mexico	1:08:53 CR	Jacinto Sabinal Mexico	1:11:35	Patricio Larriñaga Cuba	1:12:10
3000 metres steeplechase	Antonio Villanueva Mexico	9:04.0 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Pérez is a retired male marathon runner from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1975.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	9:06.6	Bulmaro Olguín Mexico	9:08.5
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Juan Morales Juan Morales Juan Morales is a former Cuban athlete who competed mainly in 110 metres hurdles. Together with Hermes Ramírez, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968... Cuba	14.4 CR	Pedro Fernández Pedro Fernández José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:1979: La De La Mochila Azul1989: Vicio1990: Por Un Amigo Más1991: Muñecos De Papel... Cuba	14.4	Richard Davis Panama	17.0
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Miguel Olivera Cuba	53.9	Juan García Cuba	53.9	Richard Davis Panama	67.0
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Miguel Durañona Cuba	1.95	Bernabé Luaces Cuba	1.95	Trevor Tennant Jamaica	1.90
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Roberto Moré Cuba	4.52 CR	Jorge Miranda Puerto Rico	4.10	Guillermo González Puerto Rico	4.10
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Ernesto Boy Cuba	7.46	David Cruz Puerto Rico	7.33	Victor Brooks Victor Brooks Victor Brooks was a British film and television actor. He appeared in the television series Raffles, in the recurring role of the Albany porter.-Filmography:FilmThe Hostage The Birthday Present... Jamaica	7.31
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	José Hernández Cuba	15.60 CR	Ricardo Carnejo Cuba	15.56	Iván Baldayo Venezuela	15.44
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Benigno Hodelín Cuba	15.78	Modesto Mederos Cuba	15.68	Jorge Marrero Puerto Rico	14.78
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Bárbaro Cañizares Barbaro Canizares Bárbaro Rafael Cañizares [cah-nyee-that'-ress] is a Cuban first baseman that plays for the Guerreros de Oaxaca in the Triple-A Mexican League. He is 6'3" and weights 230 lbs... Cuba	54.70 CR	Javier Moreno Cuba	50.84	Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico	48.92
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Víctor Suárez Cuba	56.10	Jesús Fuentes Cuba	53.60	Pedro Granell Puerto Rico	53.56
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Salomón Robins Mexico	69.98 CR	Francisco Mena Cuba	69.70	Julio Loredo Cuba	69.50
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Jesús Mirabal Jesús Mirabal Jesús Mirabal is a former Cuban decathlete.He won the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1970 and 1974 and took bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 1971 and 1975. He was the first Cuban decathlete to break the 7000 point barrier, and eventually established his national record at 7506... Cuba	6492 CR	José Díaz Cuba	6040
20 km road walk 20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race...	Pascual Ramírez Mexico	1:39:57 CR	José Oliveros Mexico	1:40:06	Euclides Calzado Cuba	1:41:05
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Jamaica	42.2	Panama	43.4
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Cuba	3:13.1 CR	Jamaica	3:15.8	Panama	3:20.5

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián is a retired sprinter from Cuba who helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medal ever achieved by Cuban women.-References:... Cuba	11.6	Fulgencia Romay Fulgencia Romay Fulgencia Romay is a retired sprinter from Cuba. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She also won a silver medal in 200... Cuba	11.8	Margarita Martínez Panama	12.8
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián is a retired sprinter from Cuba who helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medal ever achieved by Cuban women.-References:... Cuba	23.8 CR	Violeta Quesada Cuba	23.8	Margarita Martínez Panama	25.8
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Carmen Trustée Carmen Trustée Carmen Trustée Lee is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*... Cuba	55.2 CR	Aurelia Pentón Aurelia Pentón Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972.... Cuba	55.3	Lucía Quiroz Mexico	58.5
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Carmen Trustée Carmen Trustée Carmen Trustée Lee is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*... Cuba	2:12.2 CR	Lucía Quiroz Mexico	2:14.1	Aurelia Pentón Aurelia Pentón Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972.... Cuba	2:14.9
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Lourdes Jones Cuba	14.7 CR	Raquel Martínez Cuba	14.7	Beatriz Aparicio Panama	16.5
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Hilda Fabré Cuba	1.55 CR	Silvia Tapia Mexico	1.55	Lucía Duquet Cuba	1.55
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Marina Samuells Cuba	6.08 CR	Marcia Garbey Cuba	6.07	Carol Cummings Jamaica	5.52
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	14.02 CR	Grecia Hamilton Cuba	13.95	Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico	13.00
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Carmen Romero Carmen Romero Carmen Romero Ferrer is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 69.08 metres, achieved in April 1976 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	51.41 CR	María Betancourt María Betancourt María Cristina Betancourt Ramírez is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.54 metres, achieved in February 1981 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	47.78	Eileen Hibbert Jamaica	38.52
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Milagros Bayard Cuba	45.28	Tomasa Núñez Cuba	42.72	Ana López Panama	35.84
Pentathlon Women's pentathlon The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon. It had a different set of events than the ancient Olympic pentathlon...	Daisy Hechevarría Cuba	3974	Josefa Reyes Cuba	3640
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Cuba	45.9	Panama	50.3	Jamaica	50.8

Medal table

1	Cuba	26	21	8	55
2	Mexico	7	7	4	18
3	Puerto Rico	1	3	5	9
4	Jamaica	1	2	5	8
5	Panama	0	2	9	11
6	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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