
1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
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The 1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships
in Athletics were held in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Central American and Caribbean Championships
The Central American and Caribbean Championships is an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation . Only athletes representing a member nation of the confederation may compete. Created in 1967, the event has been held every...
in Athletics were held in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
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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... |
Charles Joseph Charles Joseph (athlete) Charles Joseph is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.He attended the Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.-Achievements:-External links:*... ![]() |
10.7 | Pablo Franco![]() |
10.7 | Félix Mata![]() |
10.7 |
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... |
Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s.... ![]() |
21.5 | Pablo Franco![]() |
21.8 | Raymond Heerenveen![]() |
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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... |
Mike Sands![]() |
46.6 | Félix Mangual![]() |
47.6 | Alfred Daley![]() |
47.7 |
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... |
Byron Dyce![]() |
1:58.1 | José Velásquez![]() |
1:59.3 | Garth Manwarring![]() |
1:59.3 |
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... |
Carlos Martínez![]() |
3:45.9 =CR | Antonio Colón![]() |
3:48.4 | Byron Dyce![]() |
3:49.4 |
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... |
Luis Hernández Luis Hernández (athlete) Luis Hernández is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He claimed the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the Men's 10,000 metres, and represented his native country the following year at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada.-References:* He also is one of the best... ![]() |
15:04.7 | Lucirio Garrido![]() |
15:04.8 | Carlos Martínez![]() |
15:19.0 |
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... |
Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Orozco is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s... ![]() |
30:05.9 | 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:*... ![]() |
30:07.1 | Rafael Palomares![]() |
30:18.3 |
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... |
Carlos Hernández![]() |
1:07:52 | 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:*... ![]() |
1:08:03 | Andrés Romero![]() |
1:08:41 |
3000 metres steeplechase | Demetrio Cabanillos![]() |
9:28.4 | Octavio Guadarrama![]() |
9:33.2 | Carlos Báez![]() |
9:35.0 |
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... |
Iván Mangual![]() |
50.9 CR | José Santiago![]() |
51.8 | Enrique Aguirre![]() |
52.5 |
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.... |
Cristóbal de León![]() |
2.05 | Clark Godwin![]() |
2.05 | Rudy Levarity![]() |
2.01 |
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... |
Augusto Perdomo![]() |
4.70 | Juan Laza![]() |
4.55 | Elberto Pratt![]() |
4.40 |
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... |
George Swanston![]() |
7.48 | Henry Jackson![]() |
7.24 | Dennis Trott![]() |
7.20 |
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... |
Juan Velázquez![]() |
16.11 CR | Juvenal Pérez![]() |
15.66 | Michael Sharpe Michael Sharpe Michael Douglas Sharpe, JP , is an Australian businessman. He is a Joint Managing Director of Sharpe Bros Pty Ltd, along with brothers Richard and Hayden Sharpe... ![]() |
15.62 |
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.... |
Pedro Serrano![]() |
15.68 | Jesús Ramos![]() |
15.55 | José Santa Cruz![]() |
14.82 |
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... |
Javier Moreno![]() |
53.24 | José Santa Cruz![]() |
52.48 | Pedro Serrano![]() |
47.24 |
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![]() |
62.36 | William Silén![]() |
58.20 | Marcos Borregales![]() |
56.36 |
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... |
Reinaldo Patterson Reinaldo Patterson Reinaldo Patterson is a retired javelin thrower from Cuba, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:*... ![]() |
69.84 | Antonio González![]() |
68.46 | Salomón Robins![]() |
68.24 |
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... |
Enrique Vera![]() |
1:48:34 | Domingo Colín![]() |
1:54:30 | Rigoberto Medina![]() |
1:57:00 |
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... |
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40.6 | ![]() |
40.7 | ![]() |
41.3 |
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... |
Debbie Jones![]() |
11.9 | Eia Cabreja![]() |
12.1 | Lelieth Hodges![]() |
12.1 |
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... |
Lorna Forde![]() |
24.3 | Jackie Pusey![]() |
24.4 | Rosie Allwood![]() |
24.6 |
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... |
Helen Blake![]() |
54.8 | Lorna Forde![]() |
55.1 | Ruth Williams![]() |
55.7 |
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... |
Helen Blake![]() |
2:17.5 | Charlotte Bradley![]() |
2:18.1 | Mercedes Álvarez![]() |
2:19.0 |
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... |
Charlotte Bradley![]() |
4:34.1 | Mercedes Álvarez![]() |
4:44.7 | Evasol Vallejo![]() |
4:46.5 |
200 metres hurdles Hurdling Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women... |
Marcela Chivás![]() |
28.2 | Mercedes Román![]() |
30.0 | Linda Woodside![]() |
30.3 |
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.... |
Andrea Bruce![]() |
1.83 CR | Lucía Duquet![]() |
1.65 | María Scrubb![]() |
1.65 |
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... |
Andrea Bruce![]() |
6.10 CR | Dora Thompson![]() |
5.88 | Shonel Ferguson Shonel Ferguson Shonel Ferguson is a former track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competed in the women's sprint and long jump events during her career. She is a three-time Olympian . Ferguson was inducted into the Bahamas Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1993.-External links:*... ![]() |
5.69 |
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.... |
Caridad Romero![]() |
14.74 CR | Rosa Fernández![]() |
14.33 | Orlanda Lynch![]() |
12.91 |
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... |
Caridad Romero![]() |
45.56 | Salvadora Vargas![]() |
44.00 | Patricia Andrus![]() |
39.38 |
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... |
Ana María González![]() |
45.90 | Clementina Díaz![]() |
42.78 | Diana Rodríguez![]() |
41.84 |
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... |
María Ángeles Cato![]() |
3796 | Maritza García![]() |
3628 | Mercedes Román![]() |
3619 |
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... |
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47.4 |
Medal table
1 | ![]() |
9 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
2 | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
9 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
11 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
External links
- Men Results - GBR Athletics
- Women Results - GBR Athletics