1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1979 Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

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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...	Guy Abrahams Panama	10.37A	Gerardo Suero Dominican Republic	10.53A	Esteban Briceño Venezuela	10.54A
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...	Floyd Brown Jamaica	21.30A	Rafael López Dominican Republic	21.33A	Jesús Cabrera Puerto Rico Tomás González Cuba	21.45A
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...	Colin Bradford Colin Bradford Colin Bradford is a former Jamaican track and field athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980.... Jamaica	46.41A	Michael Barnes Jamaica	46.84A	Dean Greenaway British Virgin Islands	47.12A
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...	Owen Hamilton Jamaica	1:48.2A	Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Almanza is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won several medals during the early 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Mexico	1:48.3A	Víctor Ramos Puerto Rico	1:49.7A
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...	Ignacio Melecio Mexico	3:48.1A	Osmán Escobar Venezuela	3:50.5A	Modesto Comprés Dominican Republic	3:54.7A
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...	José Gómez José Gómez (athlete) José Gómez Cervantes is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Mexico	14:27.4A	Jaime Vélez Jaime Velez Jaime Velez, played by Christopher Rivera, is a Latino inmate on the HBO drama Oz.-Character overview:He wants to follow Miguel Alvarez and tries to kill Carmen Guerra to get in his good graces. The attempt backfires however as Guerra kills Jaime.... Puerto Rico	14:43.0A	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	14:50.4A
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...	Virgilio Herrera Guatemala	31:42.8A	Luis Haro Mexico	32:04.6A	Celso Garro Costa Rica	32:48.8A
30 km road race Road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...	Mario Cuevas Mario Cuevas Mario Cuevas is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Professional career:... Mexico	1:26:24A CR	Radamés González Radamés González Radamés González Tamayo is a former Cuban marathon runner. He won the gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Cuba	1:27:35A	Andrés Romero Mexico	1:27:38A
3000 metres steeplechase	Demetrio Cabanillos Mexico	9:18.6A	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	9:18.7A	Octavio Guadarrama Mexico	9:22.6A
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...	Rafael Echavarría Mexico	13.93A	Jorge Palacios Cuba	13.94A	Mariano Reyes Dominican Republic	14.20A
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...	Julio Ferrer Puerto Rico	51.4A	Carlos Yambot Puerto Rico	51.4A	Rafael Echavarría Mexico	51.5A
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....	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.25A CR	Cristóbal de León Dominican Republic	2.17A	Rodolfo Madrigal Costa Rica	2.12A
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...	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.05A CR	Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico	4.60A
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...	Ray Quiñones Ray Quiñones Ray Quiñones is a retired Puerto Rican long jumper.He won the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1979 and 1987, the latter in a career best jump of 8.01 metres. He also competed at the 1987 World Championships without reaching the final.-References:... Puerto Rico	7.70A	Oswaldo Torres Venezuela	7.61A	Ubaldo Duany Cuba	7.30A
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...	Ricardo Goitizolo Cuba	15.97A	José Salazar José Salazar -Achievements:-References:*... Venezuela	15.81A	Edgar Moreno Venezuela	15.54A
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....	Nicolás Hernández Cuba	18.49A CR	Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper (athlete) Bradley "Brad" Cooper is a retired male discus thrower and shot putter from the Bahamas. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Cooper set his personal best, , in the discus event on June 14, 1986 in Nassau.-References:* * *... The Bahamas	18.35A	Humberto Calvario Cuba	17.46A
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...	José Santa Cruz Cuba	62.48A CR	Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper (athlete) Bradley "Brad" Cooper is a retired male discus thrower and shot putter from the Bahamas. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Cooper set his personal best, , in the discus event on June 14, 1986 in Nassau.-References:* * *... The Bahamas	61.24A	Luis Palacios Venezuela	49.70A
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...	Alfredo Guillot Cuba	62.10A	Ángel Cabrera Cuba	58.52A	Luis Martínez Puerto Rico	54.44A
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:*... Cuba	82.24A CR	Amado Morales Amado Morales Amado Rigoberto Morales is a retired male javelin thrower from Puerto Rico, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Puerto Rico	77.70A	Dionisio Quintana Dionisio Quintana Dionisio Quintana Viltres is a retired male javelin thrower from Cuba, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s. He later became the trainer of Osleidys Menéndez. Under his guidance, Menéndez developed a successful career spanning thirteen years... Cuba	76.58A
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...	Carlos Palacios Carlos Palacios Carlos Palacios is a Honduran footballer who plays for Club Deportivo Marathón as a defender. He earned his first caps for the Honduran national team in 2009 during the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Recently, manager Reinaldo Rueda called Palacios up for a World Cup Qualifier against Costa Rica.-External... Cuba	6882A	Juan Ríos Venezuela	6716A	Pedro Herrera Cuba	6525A
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...	Félix Gómez Mexico	1:28:21A CR	Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*... Mexico	1:28:53A	Rigoberto Medina Cuba	1:34:41A
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...	Dominican Republic	40.02A	Jamaica	40.17A	Puerto Rico	40.72A
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...	Jamaica	3:05.0A CR	Venezuela	3:08.9A	Dominican Republic	3:11.9A

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...	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	11.64A	Rosie Allwood Jamaica	11.79A	Darcy Bryant Costa Rica	11.96A
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...	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides... Jamaica	23.44A CR	Elsa Antúnez Venezuela	24.34A	Divina Estrella Dominican Republic	24.41A
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...	Debbie Byfield-White Jamaica	54.29A	Carol Cummings Jamaica	54.92A	Nancy Calveart Cuba	55.02A
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...	María Ribeaux Cuba	2:09.0A	Eloína Kerr Cuba	2:09.3A	Ana Orendaín Mexico	2:11.0A
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...	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	4:40.0A	Sergia Martínez Cuba	4:41.2A	Angelita Lind Angelita Lind Angelita Lind a.k.a. "The Angel of Puerto Rico" is a Puerto Rican track and field athlete.-Early years:Lind was born in the barrio Marin Bajo of Patillas, Puerto Rico into a poor family. She received her primary and secondary education in her hometown... Puerto Rico	4:42.4A
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	10:06.6A	Rosa Domínguez Mexico	10:11.8A	Irma Hernández Mexico	10:15.0A
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...	Lorlee Giscombe Jamaica	14.28A	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	14.44A	Maritza de la Guardia Cuba	14.84A
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...	Marcela Chivás Cuba	59.78A CR	Stephanie Vega Puerto Rico	60.21A	Divina Estrella Dominican Republic	62.43A
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....	Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez is a former high jumper from Cuba most known for winning medals at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also has three medals from the Summer Universiade... Cuba	1.80A	Elisa Ávila Mexico	1.78A	Reina Mateu Cuba	1.76A
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...	Emilia Lenk Mexico	5.90A	Madeline de Jesús Madeline de Jesús Madeline de Jesús is a retired female track and field athlete from Puerto Rico, who competed in the women's long jump and triple jump during her career. Her personal best in the long jump was set on July 24, 1988 in Mexico City... Puerto Rico	5.87A	Odalys Herrera Cuba	5.79A
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....	Rosa Fernández Cuba	17.88A CR	Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba	17.80A	Patricia Andrus Venezuela	13.46A
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...	Salvadora Vargas Cuba	55.30A CR	Maritza Martén Maritza Martén Maritza Martén García is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of 70.68m was achieved in 1992.-Achievements:-External reference:*... Cuba	50.22A	Laura Aguiñaga Mexico	44.90A
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 Cuba	54.16A CR	Mayra Vila Cuba	49.36A	Martha Blanco Mexico	44.88A
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 Mexico	3907A	Elida Aveillé Cuba	3840A	Ansis Salazar Cuba	3618A
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	44.82A CR	Dominican Republic	46.79A	Puerto Rico	47.16A
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	3:41.8A	Jamaica	3:42.8A	Venezuela	3:45.9A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

1	Cuba	17	9	10	36
2	Jamaica	9	5	0	14
3	Mexico	8	5	7	20
4	Puerto Rico	2	6	6	14
5	Dominican Republic	1	5	5	11
6	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
6	Panama	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela	0	7	6	13
9	The Bahamas	0	2	0	2
10	Costa Rica	0	0	3	3
11	British Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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