Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games
1966 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 10th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from July 11 to July 25, 1966. These games were one of the largest ever with a total number of 1.689 athletes from eighteen participating nations.-References:...

were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction 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...	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final... Cuba	10.2	Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal... Trinidad and Tobago	10.3	Carl Plaskett United States Virgin Islands	10.5
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...	Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal... Trinidad and Tobago	20.8/20.70?	Carl Plaskett United States Virgin Islands	21.4/21.21?	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final... Cuba	21.5/21.24?
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...	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	46.7/46.77?	Rupert Hoilette Jamaica	46.9/47.03?	Rodobaldo Díaz Cuba	47.0/47.10?
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...	Neville Myton Jamaica	1:50.2	Lennox Yearwood Trinidad and Tobago	1:51.7	Benedict Cayenne Benedict Cayenne Benedict Cayenne is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.He graduated from Maryland State University, Maryland, USA.-Achievements:-References:*... Trinidad and Tobago	1:54.3
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...	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	3:50.3	Orlando Martínez Puerto Rico	3:52.4	José Neri Mexico	3:52.4
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...	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	14:42.6	José Neri Mexico	14:56.4	Valentín Robles Mexico	15:33.2
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...	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	31:34.0	Valentín Robles Mexico	32:11.0	Juan Martínez Mexico	32:13.0
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...	Valentín Robles Mexico	01:13:47	Pedro Cárdenas Colombia	01:14:24	Antonio Ibarra Mexico	01:17:01
3000 metre steeplechase	Flavio Buendía Mexico	9:32.6	Rolf Duwe Venezuela	9:37.8	Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Pérez is a retired male marathon runner from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1975.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	9:38.4
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...	Hernando Arrechea Colombia	14.2w	Ray Harvey Ray Harvey Raymond Harvey is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Victoria in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the brother of Australian Test batsmen Merv and Neil, and first-class cricketer and umpire Mick Harvey... Jamaica	14.4w	Juan Morales Juan Morales Juan Morales is a former Cuban athlete who competed mainly in 110 metres hurdles. Together with Hermes Ramírez, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968... Cuba	14.5w
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...	Heriberto Cruz Puerto Rico	52.4	Víctor Maldonado Víctor Maldonado Víctor Maldonado Flores is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the hurdling events. Maldonado represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960.... Venezuela	52.5	Arístides Pineda Venezuela	53.5
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....	Teodoro Palacios Guatemala	2.03	Anton Norris Barbados	1.98	Luis Planchart Venezuela	1.93
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...	Rolando Cruz Rolando Cruz For the Rolando Cruz related to the Illinois criminal case, see Rolando Cruz caseRolando Cruz is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956... Puerto Rico	4.54	Rubén Cruz Ruben Cruz Ruben Cruz , known by his ringname Hercules Ayala, is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler who has competed in Canadian and international wrestling promotions including the eastern Canadian Grand Prix Wrestling, the Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling and the World Wrestling... Puerto Rico	4.30	Luis Quintero Colombia	4.15
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...	Wellesley Clayton Jamaica	7.64	Abelardo Pacheco Cuba	7.55	Byron Lewis Jamaica	7.51
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...	Tim Barrett The Bahamas	15.76	José Hernández Cuba	15.72	Trevor Thomas Jamaica	15.42
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....	Fidel Estrada Cuba	15.36	Roy Hollingsworth Roy Hollingsworth Roy Anselm Hollingsworth is a former international athlete. Born in Trinidad, he represented that country in the British Championships and in the Commonwealth Games either side of representing Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the discus and came tenth in that competition. Representing... Trinidad and Tobago	15.36	Benigno Hodelín Cuba	15.34
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...	Roy Hollingsworth Roy Hollingsworth Roy Anselm Hollingsworth is a former international athlete. Born in Trinidad, he represented that country in the British Championships and in the Commonwealth Games either side of representing Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the discus and came tenth in that competition. Representing... Trinidad and Tobago	52.10	Javier Moreno Cuba	48.71	Dagoberto González Colombia	48.16
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...	Enrique Samuells Cuba	68.11	Adolfo Martín Cuba	56.59	Marcelino Borrero Colombia	52.38
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...	Justo Perelló Cuba	74.74	Francisco Mena Cuba	69.57	Jesús Rodríguez Venezuela	68.59
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...	Jorge García Puerto Rico	3153	Francisco Mena Cuba	3467	Ramón Iriarte Ramon Iriarte Ramon Iriarte was a baritone opera singer. His father was Venezuelan and his mother was Spanish . Due to World War II and the political situation in France the life for children was not easy, his younger brother was starting to get mentally ill from the constant sirens... Venezuela	3389
10000 metre track walk	José Pedraza Mexico	51:32.4	Euclides Calzado Cuba	51:43.4	David Jiménez Cuba	52:17.8
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	40.5	Trinidad and Tobago	40.6	Cuba	40.6
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	3:08.8	Trinidad and Tobago	3:09.4	Puerto Rico	3:10.3

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...	Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián is a retired sprinter from Cuba who helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medal ever achieved by Cuban women.-References:... Cuba	11.7/11.69?	Cristina Hechevarría Cuba	11.9/11.79?	Carmen Smith Jamaica	11.9/11.86?
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...	Una Morris Jamaica	24.2	Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián Miguelina Cobián is a retired sprinter from Cuba who helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medal ever achieved by Cuban women.-References:... Cuba	24.8	Vilma Charlton Jamaica	24.9
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...	Carmen Smith Jamaica	11.1	Doreldeen Pagan Jamaica	11.6	Daisy Hechevarría Cuba	11.6
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....	Patsy Callender Barbados	1.65	Hilda Fabré Cuba	1.60	Julia Pérez Julia Perez Yuli Rachmawati, also known as Julia Perez or Jupe is an Indonesian actress, dangdut singer, model and announcer and political candidate. She has been dubbed "sex bomb" because of her sexy performances.... Cuba	1.55
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...	Irene Martínez Cuba	5.87	Beverley Welsh Jamaica	5.72	Marcia Garbey Cuba	5.47
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....	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	12.72	Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico	12.23	Francisca Roberts Venezuela	12.02
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...	Caridad Aguero Cuba	43.37	Joan Gordon Jamaica	39.84	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	39.07
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...	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	39.34	Blanca Umaña Colombia	37.39	María Moreno Cuba	36.47
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	46.2	Cuba	46.5	Barbados	49.5

Medal table

1	Cuba	9	11	12	32
2	Jamaica	7	5	4	16
3	Colombia	4	2	3	9
4	Puerto Rico	4	2	1	7
5	Mexico	3	3	4	10
6	Trinidad and Tobago	2	5	1	8
7	Barbados	1	1	1	3
8	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
8	The Bahamas	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela	0	2	5	7
11	United States Virgin Islands	0	1	1	2

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