Athletics at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games

The Athletics competition in the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in La Habana in Cuba from March 15 to April 5, 1930. The sports festival featured 606 athletes from nine countries , competing in ten sports. Women participated for the first time in this second edition...

were held in Havana

Havana

Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

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...	Alberto Torriento Cuba	11.1	Gustavo Alfonso Cuba		Reginald Bedford Panama
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...	Reginald Bedford Panama	22.2	Eugenio Guerra Puerto Rico		Mario Gómez Mexico
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...	Reginald Bedford Panama	49.6	José Moraila Mexico		Luciano Iturbe Mexico
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...	Darío Álvarez Cuba	2:00.6	Luciano Iturbe Mexico		Juan Gutsens Cuba
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...	Darío Álvarez Cuba	4:18.2	Pedro Lugo Mexico		Enrique Velasco Mexico
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...	Felipe Jardines Mexico	16:28.0	Ascencio Galicia Mexico		Delfino Campos Mexico
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...	Felipe Jardines Mexico	35:21.6	Francisco Morales Mexico		Antonio Rodríguez Costa Rica
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...	Fernando Navarro Panama	15.6	José Sorzano Cuba		Carlos Molina Guatemala
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...	Porfirio Franca Cuba	58.4	Francisco Montalvo Cuba		José María Suárez Cuba
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....	Rafael Pérez Cuba	1.75	Joseph MacKenzie Jamaica	1.75	Fernando Navarro Panama	1.70
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...	Humberto Villa Cuba	3.64	Manuel Luciano Puerto Rico	3.64	José Sanjurjo Cuba	3.48
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...	Fernando Navarro Panama	6.72	Carlos Zamarripa Mexico	6.60	José Torriente Cuba	6.57
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...	Manuel Suárez Manuel Suárez Manuel Suárez is a Cuban fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:... Cuba	13.71	Manuel García Cuba	13.14	José Fernández Cuba	13.04
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....	Juan Mendizabal Cuba	12.25	Armando Rodríguez Armando Rodríguez Armando Alberto de Jesus Rodriguez is a minor league baseball starting pitcher currently on the New York Mets active roster.... Honduras	12.10	Ricardo Villar Cuba	11.92
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...	Miguel Gutiérrez Miguel Gutiérrez Miguel Gutiérrez is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Atlas.-External links:*... Cuba	41.12	René de la Torre Cuba	34.35	Rafael Martínez Cuba	34.31
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...	Francisco Robledo Mexico	41.05	Troadio Hernández Cuba	40.98	Oswaldo Duyos Cuba	36.84
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...	Porfirio Espinosa Cuba	50.57	Cándido González Cuba	50.30	Mario Robau Cuba	49.53
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...	Alberto Fernández Cuba	3051	Fernando Navarro Panama	2846	Miguel Gutiérrez Miguel Gutiérrez Miguel Gutiérrez is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Atlas.-External links:*... Cuba	2789
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	43.4	Mexico	44.0e	Panama	44.0e
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...	Mexico	3:26.6	Cuba	3:30.2e	Guatemala

Medal table

1	Cuba	12	8	10	30
2	Mexico	4	7	4	15
3	Panama	4	1	3	8
4	Puerto Rico	0	2	0	2
5	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
5	Honduras	0	1	0	1
7	Guatemala	0	0	2	2
8	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1

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