1991 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1991 Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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...	John Mair John Mair John Mair was a Scottish philosopher, much admired in his day and an acknowledged influence on all the great thinkers of the time. He was a very renowned teacher and his works much collected and frequently republished across Europe... Jamaica	10.56A	Eduardo Nava Mexico	10.70A	Henrico Atkins Barbados	10.74A
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...	Windell Dobson Jamaica	21.22A	Joseph Styles The Bahamas	21.38A	Eduardo Nava Mexico	21.39A
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...	Seymour Fagan Seymour Fagan Seymour Fagan is a retired male track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specializes in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, together with teammates Patrick O'Connor, Devon Morris and Winthrop Graham.-Achievements:-References:... Jamaica	46.11A	Carmel Walderon Dominica	46.56A	Anthony Wallace Jamaica	46.76A
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...	Steven Roberts Barbados	1:49.63A	Luis Toledo Mexico	1:49.79A	Leobardo Pérez Mexico	1:50.27A
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...	Linton McKenzie Jamaica	3:48.83A	Sergio Rodríguez Sergio Rodríguez Sergio Rodriguez Gomez is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Real Madrid... Mexico	3:49.09A	Gilberto Merchant Mexico	3:51.71A
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...	Armando Quintanilla Armando Quintanilla Juan Armando Quintanilla Loredo is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won two gold medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina: in the men's 5.000 and 10.000 metres. He competed in thee consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-References:* * *... Mexico	14:17.00A	Rubén García Mexico	14:27.93A	Alberto Paredes Guatemala	14:48.73A
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...	Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cerón Dionicio Cerón Pizarro is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country three times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992, 1996 and 2000.... Mexico	29:28.81A CR	Isaac García Isaac García Isaac García is a retired male long-distance runner from Mexico, who specialized in the marathon. He set his personal best in the classic distance on March 4, 2001 in Torreón.... Mexico	29:52.59A	Alberto Paredes Guatemala	30:38.28A
3000 metres steeplechase	Adalberto Vélez Mexico	9:00.20A	Héctor Arias Mexico	9:12.10A	Dagoberto Yumán Panama	9:41.70A
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...	Anthony Knight Jamaica	14.29A	Roberto Carmona Mexico	14.66A	Armando Jiménez Mexico	15.23A
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...	Domingo Cordero Domingo Cordero Domingo Cordero Clase is a retired Puerto Rican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.... Puerto Rico	49.12A CR	Mark Thompson Jamaica	51.52A	Raúl Huitrón Mexico	51.60A
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....	Carlos Arzuaga Puerto Rico	2.11A	Jorge Martínez Mexico	2.05A	Alberto Valdéz Mexico	1.95A
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...	Edgar Díaz Edgar Díaz Edgardo Díaz Díaz is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is also a two-time gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1993 and 1998.-Achievements:-References:*... Puerto Rico	5.39A CR	Antonio García Mexico	4.90A	Guillermo Salgado Mexico	4.90A
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...	Elmer Williams Elmer Williams Elmer Williams González is a retired Puerto Rican long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games and the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games... Puerto Rico	7.94A	Ron Chambers Jamaica	7.88Aw	Craig Hepburn Craig Hepburn Craig Daniel Hepburn is a retired male long jumper from the Bahamas, best known for finishing 13th at the 1992 Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.41 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Nassau. This is the national record. -Achievements:... The Bahamas	7.71Aw
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...	Wendell Lawrence Wendell Lawrence Wendell Lawrence is a retired male triple jumper from the Bahamas, best known for finishing 17th at the 1992 Olympic Games. He set his personal best in 1992.-Achievements:-References:*... The Bahamas	16.79A	Edward Cruden Suriname	15.70A	Gerardo Guevara Gerardo Guevara Gerardo Guevara, Ecuadorian composer born in Quito, 1930 is one of the key composers in Ecuador. His work combines native music with contemporary techniques.-Biography:Gerardo Guevara showed music ability at an early age... Mexico	15.37A
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....	Francisco Ball Puerto Rico	17.50A	Carlos Rodríguez Mexico	14.93A	Jaime Comandari El Salvador	14.80A
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...	Herbert Rodríguez El Salvador	46.46A	Francisco Ayala Mexico	44.74A	Dave Grant Jamaica	42.04A
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...	Guillermo Guzmán Mexico	64.58A	Julián Núñez Ríos Mexico	45.62A	Daniel Marcial Mexico	45.00A
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...	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	75.78A	Martín Castillo Martín Castillo José Martín Castillo is a boxer from Mexico, who is more commonly known as Martín Castillo. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and is a former World Boxing Association Superflyweight champion.- Amateur career :Castillo had an Amateur Record of 160-20... Mexico	69.92A	Kevin Smith Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob... The Bahamas	64.46A
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...	José Román Puerto Rico	6438A	Armando Jiménez Mexico	6101A
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...	Alberto Cruz Mexico	1:27:09A CR	Víctor Sánchez Victor Sanchez Victor Sanchez is a Mexican author. He was initially inspired by the writings of Carlos Castaneda and by his own studies among the Wirrarika, said to be cultural descendants of the Pre-Columbian Native American Toltecs.... Mexico	1:30:10A	José León José León José Geraldo León Vega is a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Baltimore Orioles from -)... El Salvador	1:41:53A
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...	Mexico	39.99A	Jamaica	40.33A	Barbados	40.59A
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...	The Bahamas	3:06.08A	Mexico	3:07.74A	Jamaica	3:08.14A

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...	Cheryl-Ann Phillips Jamaica	11.83A	Andrea Lloyd Andrea Lloyd (athlete) Andrea Lloyd participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She received a Bronze medal competing for Jamaica in the 4 X 100 metres Relay.... Jamaica	11.91A	Alejandra Flores Mexico	12.18A
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 Frazer Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, and was on the Olympic silver medal team in 2000 .-Achievements:-Personal bests:100 metres - 11.20 s 200 metres -... Jamaica	23.63A	Vivienne Spence Vivienne Spence Vivienne Spence-Gardner is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the women's 100 metres during her career. She is a one-time Olympian, making her only appearance in 1988 . Spence set her personal best in 1988.-Achievements:-References:*... Jamaica	24.03A	Alma Vázquez Mexico	25.08A
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...	Cathy Rattray-Williams 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	53.37A	Catherine Scott Catherine Scott Catherine Scott is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in the 4 x 400 metres relay, winning an Olympic silver medal in 2000. she is the sister of Michael Blackwood.-Achievements:-External links:... Jamaica	53.39A	Jessica de la Cruz Puerto Rico	55.38A
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	2:05.96A	Cathy Rattray-Williams 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	2:07.43A	Irma Betancourt Mexico	2:07.44A
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...	María Luisa Servín María Luisa Servín María Luisa Servín Ortíz is a retired female long-distance runner from Mexico. She set her personal best in the women's 10,000 metres event on 1991-08-27 at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Mexico	4:26.98A	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	4:31.65A	Bigna Samuel Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4:32.61A
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...	María Luisa Servín María Luisa Servín María Luisa Servín Ortíz is a retired female long-distance runner from Mexico. She set her personal best in the women's 10,000 metres event on 1991-08-27 at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Mexico	9:28.02A CR	Benita Pérez Mexico	9:51.22A	Trinidad Galeana Mexico	9:46.98A
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...	Paola Carrera Mexico	35:02.10A CR	Benita Pérez Mexico	35:04.75A	Trinidad Galeana Mexico	35:31.92A
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...	Gillian Russell Gillian Russell Gillian Russell is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record.-Achievements:... Jamaica	13.99A	Dionne Rose Jamaica	14.00A	Maríana Carmona Mexico	15.03A
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...	Deon Hemmings Deon Hemmings Deon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004... Jamaica	57.64A CR	Kareth Smith Jamaica	59.19A	Larissa Soto Guatemala	59.79A (NR)
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....	Cristina Fink Cristina Fink Cristina Fink Smith is a retired high jumper from Mexico, who set her personal best on May 17, 1992, jumping 1.94 meters at a meet in Mexico City. She competed for her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 20th place .-Achievements:-References:* * *... Mexico	1.86A	Judy McDonald Judy McDonald Judy McDonald is a US comedian. She studied at the University of San Diego. She worked though college at KFMB in radio and television. She has also worked for the Republican National Convention, the Commission on Presidential Debates and the Academy Awards.... The Bahamas	1.76A	Rita Solís Mexico	1.70A
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...	Flora Hyacinth Flora Hyacinth Flora Hyacinth is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands who specialized in the long jump. Earlier in her career, especially while competing for the Crimson Tide Track and Field Team at the University of Alabama, she also competed in the triple jump and... United States Virgin Islands	6.65A =CR	Dionne Rose Jamaica	6.08A	Solange Ostiana Netherlands Antilles	6.04Aw
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....	Lilliam Rivera Puerto Rico	14.08A	Rosa Salas Mexico	12.93A	Dulce Flores Mexico	11.96A
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...	Lilliam Rivera Puerto Rico	48.52A	Laura Aguiñaga Mexico	45.06A	Verónica Peña Mexico	42.58A
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...	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	47.60A	Martha Blanco Mexico	42.56A	Carolina Valenzuela Mexico	41.68A
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:...	Larissa Soto Guatemala	4591A NR	Silvia Barreto Mexico	4231Aw	Lourdes Villanueva Mexico	3957Aw
10000 m track walk	María Colín María Colín María Colín is a retired female race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:... Mexico	49:15.94A	Eva Machuca Mexico	50:02.72A	Rosario Sánchez Rosario Sánchez María del Rosario Sánchez Guerrero is a female track and field athlete from Mexico, who competed in race walking. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.... Mexico	51:45.99A
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	44.54A CR	Mexico	46.57A
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	3:38.18A	Mexico	3:48.16A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

1	Mexico	12	25	21	58
2	Jamaica	12	10	3	25
3	Puerto Rico	9	1	1	11
4	The Bahamas	3	2	2	7
5	Guatemala	1	0	3	4
6	Barbados	1	0	2	3
6	El Salvador	1	0	2	3
8	United States Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
9	Dominica	0	1	0	1
9	Suriname	0	1	0	1
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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