1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1987 Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

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Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

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	10.22	Luis Morales Puerto Rico	10.37	John Mair Jamaica	10.39
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...	Clive Wright Jamaica	20.64	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	20.79	John Mair Jamaica	20.99
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...	Elvis Forde Elvis Forde Elvis Forde is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was the flag bearer for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics.... Barbados	45.63	Jesús Malavé Venezuela	45.68	Ian Morris Ian Morris (athlete) Ian Morris is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angel in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics before the age of 23... Trinidad and Tobago	45.90
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...	William Wuycke William Wuycke William Wuycke is a former Venezuelan 800m runner, who set a personal best of 1:43.54 minutes at a 1986 meeting in Rieti . This result made Wuycke the third-fastest South American 800m runner of all time... Venezuela	1:49.10	Raúl Mesa Cuba	1:49.80	Dennis Hines Jamaica	1:50.30
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...	Raúl Mesa Cuba	3:46.17	José Isaac Cuba	3:46.82	Linton McKenzie Jamaica	3:46.87
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...	Pablo Cerón Mexico	14:06.20	Pedro Ortiz Colombia	14:09.58	Carlos Quiñones Puerto Rico	14:13.53
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...	Rafael Zepeda Rafael Zepeda Rafael Zepeda Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner. Degree in Physical Education, Sports Sciences Diploma, Elite athlete, he won gold at the 1987 CAC Championships in the 10,000 meters – his time of 29:46.62 was the best time since the first edition in 1967.-Major competition... Mexico	29:46.62 CR	Silvio Salazar Colombia	30:38.69	José Carmona Venezuela	30:38.74
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...	Alfredo Bolívar Mexico	1:13:26	Óscar González Venezuela	1:13:42	Jahir Mosquera Colombia	1:13:59
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde Cuba	8:42.38	Diosdaro Martos Cuba	9:03.90	José Bolivar Venezuela	9:19.46
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...	Jacinto Álvarez Cuba	13.83	Ángel Bueno Cuba	14.01	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	14.06
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...	Winthrop Graham Winthrop Graham Winthrop Graham is a retired athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won two Olympic medals and three World Championship medals.... Jamaica	49.58 CR	Francisco Moret Cuba	50.45	Emmanuel Smith Venezuela	50.94
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....	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.26	Francisco Centelles Francisco Centelles Juan Francisco Centelles Aizpurúa is a retired male high jumper from Cuba.-Achievements:-References:* *... Cuba	2.20	Bárbaro Díaz Cuba	2.20
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...	Miguel Saldarriaga Colombia	5.05	Brent Vanderpool The Bahamas	4.75	Liston Boschette Puerto Rico	4.75
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...	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	8.01	Ubaldo Duany Cuba	8.00	Miguel Valle Cuba	7.92
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...	Héctor Marquetti Cuba	16.91	Norbert Elliott The Bahamas	16.40	Steve Hanna The Bahamas	16.32
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....	Marciso Boué Cuba	18.15	Pedro Contreras Pedro Contreras Pedro Contreras González, nicknamed El Koke , is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:... Cuba	17.30	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	16.46
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...	Roberto Moya Roberto Moya Roberto Saturnino Moya Sandoval is a Cuban athlete who mainly competed in discus throw.He was born in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in this event, and his personal best is 65.68.... Cuba	60.10	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	48.00	Luis Palacios Venezuela	46.78
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...	Vicente Sánchez Cuba	69.86 CR	Eladio Hernández Cuba	64.44	Edmundo Castillo Venezuela	56.50
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... (Current design)	Luis Lucumí Colombia	72.46 CR	Orlando Hernández Orlando Hernández Orlando Hernández Pedroso , nicknamed "El Duque", is a former Cuban right-handed baseball pitcher.... Cuba	71.20	Héctor Duharte Cuba	70.84
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...	Miguel Valle Cuba	7586 CR	Ernesto Betancourt Cuba	7534	Rubén Herrada Venezuela	6734
20 km road walk	Carlos Ramones Venezuela	1:34:34	Francisco Vargas Colombia	1:34:34	Nicolás Soto Puerto Rico	1:41:14
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	39.45	Panama	40.48	Dominican Republic	40.65
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	3:03.54	Venezuela	3:05.15	Cuba	3:07.17

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...	Amparo Caicedo Colombia	11.75	Alejandra Flores Mexico	12.01	Rosa García Rosa García Rosa Gisella García Rivas is a women's volleyball player from Peru. She participated in several Summer Olympics with the Peruvian national team, finishing 4th in 1984 and receiving a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.... Mexico	12.26
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...	Ester Petitón Cuba	23.67	Amparo Caicedo Colombia	24.07	Yolande Straughn Barbados	24.17
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...	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	51.70	Cathy Rattray Cathy Rattray-Williams Catherine Ann Rattray-Williams is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres during her career. She is a four-time Olympian, making her debut in 1980 .-Achievements:... Jamaica	51.83	Ester Petitón Cuba	53.99
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...	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	2:04.87	Cathy Rattray Cathy Rattray-Williams Catherine Ann Rattray-Williams is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres during her career. She is a four-time Olympian, making her debut in 1980 .-Achievements:... Jamaica	2:05.85	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	2:07.67
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...	Milagro Rodríguez Cuba	4:29.34	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	4:29.51	Fabiola Rueda Colombia	4:34.89
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...	Milagro Rodríguez Cuba	9:58.86	Yolanda González Mexico	9:59.05	Fabiola Rueda Colombia	9:59.13
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...	Isabel Juárez Mexico	35:06.20 CR	Fanny Romero Colombia	36:09.40	Emperatriz Wilson Emperatriz Wilson Emperatriz Wilson Traba is a retired female long-distance runner from Cuba. She represented her native country at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, where she claimed the bronze medal in the women's marathon event behind Mexico's Olga Appell and compatriot Maribel Durruty... Cuba	37:07.20
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...	Sandra Taváres Mexico	13.49 CR	María Torreblanca Cuba	13.63	Mary Hawkins Panama	13.82
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...	Belkis Chávez Cuba	58.82	Carmen Rodríguez Venezuela	64.24	Rosa Urbina Venezuela	64.64
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....	Mazel Thomas Jamaica	1.81	María del Carmen García María del Carmen García María del Carmen García is a retired high jumper from Cuba, who set her personal best on 17 March 1990, jumping 1.92 metres at a meet in Manaus.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	1.81	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	1.78
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...	Niurka Montalvo Niurka Montalvo Niurka Montalvo Amaro is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world champion with a personal best jump of 7.06 metres... Cuba	6.31	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	6.11	Mazel Thomas Jamaica	5.98
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....	Lissete Martínez Cuba	17.22	Jenny Quintero Venezuela	13.94	Marlene Lewis Jamaica	13.61
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...	Bárbara Hechevarría Cuba	54.94	Rita Álvarez Cuba	54.10	María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia.-Athletic career:Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships... Colombia	52.60
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...	Herminia Bouza Herminia Bouza Herminia Bouza is a retired female javelin thrower from Cuba. She set her personal best on July 1, 1988 in Maturín, Venezuela.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	62.78	Marieta Riera Marieta Riera Marieta Riera is a retired Venezuelan track and field athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw competition during her career.-Achievements:-External links:... Venezuela	55.14	Mariela Riera Venezuela	50.34
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	5514 CR	Laiza Carrillo Laiza Carrillo Laiza Carrillo Mesa is a retired female long and triple jumper, who also competed in the heptathlon during her career. She set her personal best in the women's triple jump event on 1995-02-23 in Havana.-Achievements:... Cuba	5130	Daisy Ocasio Daisy Ocasio Daisy Ocasio is a well known Puerto Rican athlete. A participant of Marathon and Track and Field races, she is also a former female boxer.Ocasio was born in Vega Baja, to the north coast of Puerto Rico... Puerto Rico	4879
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...	Colombia	45.29	Mexico	46.25	Cuba	47.01
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	3:27.23 CR	Barbados	3:40.35	Puerto Rico	3:41.82

Medal table

1	Cuba	18	15	8	41
2	Colombia	5	5	5	15
3	Mexico	5	3	1	9
4	Jamaica	5	2	6	13
5	Venezuela	2	6	8	16
6	Puerto Rico	2	4	6	12
7	Dominican Republic	1	1	2	4
8	Barbados	1	1	1	3
9	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
10	The Bahamas	0	2	1	3
11	Panama	0	1	1	2
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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