Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
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The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 6th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from February 28 to March 12, 1950. The games included 1.390 athletes from fourteen nations, competing in nineteen sports.-References:...

were held in Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

, Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

.

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...

Rafael Fortún
Rafael Fortún
Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952.-Achievements:-References:*...


 Cuba
10.3Aw Herb McKenley
Herb McKenley
Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics....


 Jamaica
10.4Aw Lloyd LaBeach
Lloyd LaBeach
Lloyd Barrington La Beach is a former sprinter from Panama, who won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medals for Panama...


 Panama
10.5Aw
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...

Herb McKenley
Herb McKenley
Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics....


 Jamaica
20.9Aw Rafael Fortún
Rafael Fortún
Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952.-Achievements:-References:*...


 Cuba
21.2Aw Lloyd LaBeach
Lloyd LaBeach
Lloyd Barrington La Beach is a former sprinter from Panama, who won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medals for Panama...


 Panama
21.2Aw
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...

Herb McKenley
Herb McKenley
Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics....


 Jamaica
47.8A George Rhoden
George Rhoden
Competitor for JamaicaVincent George Rhoden is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952....


 Jamaica
48.3A Cirilo McSween
 Panama
49.3A
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...

George Rhoden
George Rhoden
Competitor for JamaicaVincent George Rhoden is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952....


 Jamaica
1:59.4A Frank Prince
 Panama
1:59.5A Frank Rivera
 Puerto Rico
2:01.1A
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...

Frank Prince
 Panama
4:13.0A Ken Hyland
 Trinidad and Tobago
4:14.8A Guillermo Rojas
 Guatemala
4:15.0A
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...

Francisco Hernández
 Mexico
16:05.8A Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala
16:10.6A Isidoro Reséndiz
 Mexico
16:24.7A
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...

Luis Velásquez
 Guatemala
34:33.6A Isidoro Reséndiz
 Mexico
34:50.7A Cruz Serrano
 Mexico
34:52.5A
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...

Luis Velásquez
 Guatemala
1:14:44A Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala
1:15:41A Gustavo Ramírez
Gustavo Ramírez
Gustavo Ramírez is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for 12 de Octubre of the Division Intermedia in Paraguay....


 Colombia
1:17:14A
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...

Julio Sabater
 Puerto Rico
14.9A Samuel Anderson
 Cuba
15.2A Vicente Tavárez
 Mexico
15.2A
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...

Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia
54.9A Relín Sosa
 Puerto Rico
56.6A Carlos Monges
 Mexico
57.3A
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....

Gilberto Torres
 Puerto Rico
1.89A Oswald Lyon
 Jamaica
1.89A Benjamín Casado
 Puerto Rico
1.85A
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...

José Vincente
 Puerto Rico
4.10A José Barbosa
 Puerto Rico
3.78A José Fontanés
 Puerto Rico
3.63A
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...

Francisco Castro
 Puerto Rico
7.01A Benjamín Casado
 Puerto Rico
6.95A Claudio Cabreja
 Cuba
6.94A
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...

Reinaldo Salamo
 Puerto Rico
14.20A Francisco Castro
 Puerto Rico
14.10A Benjamín Casado
 Puerto Rico
13.57A
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....

Israel Capavete
 Puerto Rico
13.78A Eduardo Adriana
 Netherlands Antilles
13.67A Gerardo de Villiers
 Cuba
13.23A
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...

Eduardo Parera
 Cuba
40.54A Manuel Seoane
 Puerto Rico
38.88A Juan Luyanda
 Puerto Rico
37.75A
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...

Jaime Annexy
 Puerto Rico
45.87A Vicente Lagoyete
 Colombia
42.64A Julio Bordás
 Cuba
42.08A
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...

Enrique Pizarro
 Puerto Rico
56.67A Mario Salas
 Cuba
55.74A Emilio Romero
Emilio Romero
Emilio Romero is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League.-Player:...


 Puerto Rico
55.57A
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...

Amador Terán
 Mexico
2944A Víctor Castañeda
 El Salvador
2779A Enrique Salazar
 Guatemala
2560A
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 41.5A  Jamaica 41.6A  Panama 42.0A
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...

 Panama 3:17.2A  Cuba 3:19.0A  Jamaica 3:19.0A

Women's events

50 metres
50 metres
50 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...

Hyacinth Walters
 Jamaica
6.7A Cynthia Thompson
 Jamaica
6.8A Graviola Ewing
 Guatemala
6.9A
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...

Hyacinth Walters
 Jamaica
12.3A Cynthia Thompson
 Jamaica
12.4A Graviola Ewing
 Guatemala
12.5A
80 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...

Karleen Searchwell
 Jamaica
12.1Aw Vinton Beckett
 Jamaica
12.5Aw Kathleen Russell
 Jamaica
12.6Aw
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....

Ruth Beckett
 Jamaica
1.61A Carmen Phipps
 Jamaica
1.59A Lili Schluter
 Mexico
1.30A
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...

Concepción Villanueva
 Mexico
33.96A Alejandrina Herrera
 Cuba
31.78A Ana Campos
 El Salvador
30.91A
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...

Judith Caballero
 Panama
36.20A Berta Chiú
 Mexico
34.33A Ana Campos
 El Salvador
33.40A
4 x 100 m relay  Jamaica 48.9A  Guatemala 52.0A  Mexico 52.2A

Medal table

1  Jamaica 8 8 2 18
2  Puerto Rico 8 5 6 19
3  Cuba 3 5 3 11
4  Mexico 3 2 6 11
5  Panama 3 1 4 8
6  Guatemala 2 3 4 9
7  Colombia 1 1 1 3
8  El Salvador 0 1 2 3
9  Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands Antilles 0 1 0 1
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