1983 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...	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.16 CR NR	Tomás González Cuba	10.37	Florencio Aguilar Panama	10.48
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...	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	20.65 NR	Tomás González Cuba	20.96	Fabian Whymns The Bahamas	21.19
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...	Lázaro Martínez Lazaro Martínez Lázaro Martínez Despaigne is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. His personal best of 46.12 was set during the 1991 World Championships.... Cuba	45.91	Agustín Pavó Agustin Pavó Agustín Pavó is a retired male track and field athlete from Cuba who competed in the sprint events during his career. He won the gold medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 Pan American Games, alongside teammates Héctor Herrera, Jorge Valentin and Lázaro Martínez.-References:... Cuba	46.74	Edison Reyes Venezuela	46.95
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...	Bárbaro Serrano Cuba	1:47.67	Oslen Barr Guyana	1:48.25	Hilario Barnet Cuba	1:48.89
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	3:46.66	Jorge Poll Cuba	3:46.71	Félix Mesa Cuba	3:47.59
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...	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	14:11.91	Germán Peña Colombia	14:22.45	Eduardo Navas Venezuela	14:24.42
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...	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	31:05.86	Navel Parra Cuba	31:10.99	Eddy Ríos Cuba	31:16.50
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Víctor Mora Víctor Mora (athlete) Víctor Manuel Mora García is a retired long-distance runner from Colombia. He won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 .-References:*... Colombia	2:58:51	Héctor Rodríguez Colombia	2:59:35	Juan Brito Juan Brito Juan Ramon Brito is a J-BRITo catcher. Brito made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in... Colombia	3:01:31
3000 metres steeplechase	César Santiago Puerto Rico	8:48.80	Rafael Colmenares Venezuela	8:49.90	José Cobo Colombia	8:55.70
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...	Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez is a former Cuban hurdler.... Cuba	13.61w	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	13.79w	Ángel Bueno Cuba	13.93w
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...	David Charlton The Bahamas	50.07 CR	Greg Rolle The Bahamas	50.87	Victor Gómez Cuba	51.24
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	2.25 =CR	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.19	Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the... Cuba	2.17
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...	Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico	5.20 CR	Brian Morrissette United States Virgin Islands	5.10	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.00
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...	Juan Felipe Ortíz Juan Felipe Ortíz Juan Felipe Ortiz is a retired male long jumper who represented Cuba during his career. His main rival during the 1980s and early 1990s was Jaime Jefferson.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	8.04 CR	Joey Wells Joey Wells Joseph Wells is a retired male long jumper from the Bahamas, best known for finishing sixth at the 1984 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:*... The Bahamas	8.04	Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson is a retired long jumper who represented Cuba. Best known for his World Indoor Championships medals, he has also won the Pan American Games twice as well as other regional games.... Cuba	8.03
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...	Jorge Reyna Jorge Reyna Jorge Reyna is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba who won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.His personal best jump was 17.48 metres, achieved in February 1987 in Santiago de Cuba... Cuba	16.95 CR	Lázaro Balcindes Cuba	16.58	Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico	15.91
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....	Paul Ruiz Paul Ruiz Paul Ruiz is a retired male shot putter from Cuba. His personal best is 20.28 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Rostock.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	17.76	William Romero Venezuela	16.29	Marciso Boué Cuba	15.90
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...	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	63.26	Juan Martínez Cuba	63.12	Raúl Calderón Cuba	57.00
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...	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	67.60 CR	Vicente Sánchez Cuba	64.24	Luis Martínez Puerto Rico	56.90
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	79.76	Martín Álvarez Cuba	76.74	Juan de la Garza Juan de la Garza Juan Gerardo de la Garza Tenorio is a retired javelin thrower from Mexico, who won the bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games during his career.-Achievements:-References:*... Mexico	75.22
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...	Pedro Herrera Cuba	7358 CR	Guillermo Sánchez Mexico	7224	Douglas Rosado Puerto Rico	6974
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...	David Castro David Castro David Ferreira Castro was a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events, see Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Cuba	1:29:44	Querubín Moreno Querubín Moreno José Querubín Moreno is a retired Colombian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... Colombia	1:29:54	Marcelino Colín Mexico	1:33:49
50 km road walk	Arturo Bravo Arturo Bravo Arturo Bravo is a retired male racewalker from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1987.... Mexico	4:21:01 CR	Rolando Hernández Cuba	4:46:36	Félix Pérez Cuba	4:53:18
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	39.81	The Bahamas	40.34	Venezuela	40.64
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	3:05.12	Barbados	3:07.06	Venezuela	3:08.56

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...	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.52	Pauline Davis The Bahamas	11.60	Susana Armenteros Cuba	11.66
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...	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.38w	Pauline Davis The Bahamas	23.65w	Nilsa París Puerto Rico	23.70w
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...	Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m.... Cuba	52.89	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	53.47	Oralee Fowler The Bahamas	54.57
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...	Nery McKeen Nery McKeen Nery McKeen is a retired Cuban middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.Her personal best time was 2.00.23 minutes, achieved in June 1985 in Prague.-Achievements:... Cuba	2:04.26 CR	María Ribeaux Cuba	2:06.84	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	2:09.20
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...	Eloína Kerr Cuba	4:21.06 CR	Janice Carlo Puerto Rico	4:25.09	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	4:26.57
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...	Sergia Martínez Cuba	9:36.75 CR	Fabiola Rueda Colombia	9:40.10	María Cuesta Cuba	9:58.61
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...	Grisel Machado Cuba	13.64 CR	Julieta Rosseaux Cuba	14.19	Angie Marie Regis Venezuela	14.23
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...	Alma Vázquez Mexico	59.57	Felicia Candelario Dominican Republic	60.06	Vilma París Puerto Rico	60.84
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....	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	1.78	Amalia Montes Mexico	1.75	Eunice Greene The Bahamas	1.75
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...	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:*... The Bahamas	6.65 CR	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	6.49	Adelina Polledo Cuba	6.23
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....	Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba	17.00	Laverne Eve Laverne Eve Laverne Eve is a female track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 63.73 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Nashville. In her early career she also competed in shot put and discus throw... The Bahamas	14.75	Lissete Martínez Cuba	14.67
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	58.58	Hilda Ramos Hilda Ramos Hilda Elisa Ramos Manes is a retired Cuban discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 7.88 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Havana. This is the current North American, Central American and Caribbean record.... Cuba	57.80	Yunaira Piña Venezuela	46.04
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...	Iris de Grasse Cuba	59.74 CR	María Beltrán Cuba	56.40	Mariela Riera Venezuela	53.84
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	5469 CR	Leyda Castro Dominican Republic	5178	Genoveva Montano Cuba	4870
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...	The Bahamas	45.26	Puerto Rico	46.69
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	3:34.97 CR	Puerto Rico	3:39.36	The Bahamas	3:54.37

Medal table

1	Cuba	26	15	16	57
2	Mexico	5	2	2	9
3	The Bahamas	4	6	4	14
4	Puerto Rico	2	4	5	11
5	Dominican Republic	2	3	0	5
6	Colombia	1	4	2	7
7	Venezuela	0	2	9	11
8	Barbados	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	United States Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
12	Panama	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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