Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 14th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in La Habana, Cuba from August 7 to August 18, 1982, and included 2.420 athletes from nineteen nations competing in 25 different sports.-Medal table:-References:...

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...	Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the sprints. His personal best is 10.06 seconds, achieved in Caracas in 1983.-External links:... Cuba	10.16	Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Cañizares is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100... Cuba	10.26	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.33
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...	Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the sprints. His personal best is 10.06 seconds, achieved in Caracas in 1983.-External links:... Cuba	20.42	Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Cañizares is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100... Cuba	20.94	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	21.04
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...	Bert Cameron Bert Cameron Bertland Cameron is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres. He represented Jamaica at three consecutive editions of the Summer Olympics. Cameron won the 400 m title at the first World Championships in Athletics... Jamaica	45.10	Agustín Pavó Agustin Pavó Agustín Pavó is a retired male track and field athlete from Cuba who competed in the sprint events during his career. He won the gold medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 Pan American Games, alongside teammates Héctor Herrera, Jorge Valentin and Lázaro Martínez.-References:... Cuba	45.87	Carlos Reyté Cuba	46.34
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...	Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena Danger is a Cuban former track athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he became the first and so far only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles.... Cuba	1:45.15	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	1:45.75	Bárbaro Serrano Cuba	1:46.66
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...	Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Almanza is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won several medals during the early 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Mexico	3:41.84	Luis Medina Luis Medina (athlete) Luis Medina Montoya is a retired middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:*... Cuba	3:41.92	Ignacio Melesio Mexico	3:42.03
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...	Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Almanza is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won several medals during the early 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Mexico	14:11.05	Luis Medina Luis Medina (athlete) Luis Medina Montoya is a retired middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:*... Cuba	14:24.81	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	14:24.94
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...	Aldo Allen Cuba	30:13.12	Enrique Aquino Mexico	30:15.35	José Alcalá Mexico	30:28.04
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Jorge González Jorge Gonzalez (runner) Jorge Luis González is a famous Puerto Rican marathon runner. He has won many races and competed in many international events, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Olympic Games.... Puerto Rico	02:26:40	Radamés González Radamés González Radamés González Tamayo is a former Cuban marathon runner. He won the gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Cuba	02:28:12	Miguel Cruz Miguel Cruz Miguel Cruz was a Salvadoran footballer.-Club career:Nicknamed el Americano , Cruz played club football in El Salvador, before going to Chile to play professionally alongside compatriot Armando Chacón at Universidad Católica.-International career:Cruz scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national... Mexico	02:30:37
3000 metre steeplechase	José Cobo Cuba	8:49.52	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	8:52.50	Pedro Guibert Cuba	8:58.08
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...	Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez is a former Cuban hurdler.... Cuba	13.38	Juan Saborit Cuba	13.91	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	13.95
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...	Frank Montiéh Cuba	50.64	Jorge Batista Cuba	50.98	Greg Rolle The Bahamas	51.18
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....	Francisco Centelles Francisco Centelles Juan Francisco Centelles Aizpurúa is a retired male high jumper from Cuba.-Achievements:-References:* *... Cuba	2.25	Steve Wray The Bahamas	2.17	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.17
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...	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.00	José Echevarría Cuba	5.00	Miguel Escoto Mexico	4.90
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...	Delroy Poyser Delroy Poyser Delroy Poyser is a retired long jumper from Jamaica, who won the gold medal for his native country at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba.-References:*... Jamaica	7.90	Wilfredo Almonte Dominican Republic	7.82	Steve Hanna The Bahamas	7.80
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...	Steve Hanna The Bahamas	16.73	Lázaro Betancourt Lázaro Betancourt Lázaro Betancourt is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba. Best known for his silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he also won the Central American and Caribbean Games twice. In June 1986 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.78 metres, which puts him 14th place in the... Cuba	16.64	Jorge Reyna Jorge Reyna Jorge Reyna is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba who won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.His personal best jump was 17.48 metres, achieved in February 1987 in Santiago de Cuba... Cuba	16.61
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....	Luis Delís Luis Delís Luis Mariano Delís Fournier is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. Specializing in discus throw on the international scene, he won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980 as well as medals at the two first World Championships.In 1990 he tested positive for banned substances... Cuba	18.88	Radai Mendoza Puerto Rico	16.21	Paul Ruiz Paul Ruiz Paul Ruiz is a retired male shot putter from Cuba. His personal best is 20.28 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Rostock.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	16.14
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...	Luis Delís Luis Delís Luis Mariano Delís Fournier is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. Specializing in discus throw on the international scene, he won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980 as well as medals at the two first World Championships.In 1990 he tested positive for banned substances... Cuba	70.20	Brad Cooper The Bahamas	66.72	Juan Martínez Cuba	62.82
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...	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	67.10	Alfredo Luis Cuba	66.14	Andrés Polemil Dominican Republic	56.14
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...	Dionisio Quintana Dionisio Quintana Dionisio Quintana Viltres is a retired male javelin thrower from Cuba, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s. He later became the trainer of Osleidys Menéndez. Under his guidance, Menéndez developed a successful career spanning thirteen years... Cuba	82.40	Amado Morales Amado Morales Amado Rigoberto Morales is a retired male javelin thrower from Puerto Rico, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Puerto Rico	79.36	Antonio González Cuba	74.86
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...	Liston Boschette Puerto Rico	7349	Guillermo Sánchez Mexico	7345	Carlos Palacios Carlos Palacios Carlos Palacios is a Honduran footballer who plays for Club Deportivo Marathón as a defender. He earned his first caps for the Honduran national team in 2009 during the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Recently, manager Reinaldo Rueda called Palacios up for a World Cup Qualifier against Costa Rica.-External... Cuba	7236
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*... Mexico	1:29:22	Raúl González Raúl González (walker) Raúl González Rodríguez is a retired Mexican race walker. He was born at Rancho Las Lajas, Municipality of China, State of Nuevo Leon. As of October 2011, he has held since 1978 the North American record for the fastest time in the 50-kilometer racewalk .-Achievements:-References:*... Mexico	1:31:27	Alfredo Garrido Cuba	1:39:00
50 kilometre road walk	Félix Gómez Mexico	4:05:03	Raúl González Raúl González (walker) Raúl González Rodríguez is a retired Mexican race walker. He was born at Rancho Las Lajas, Municipality of China, State of Nuevo Leon. As of October 2011, he has held since 1978 the North American record for the fastest time in the 50-kilometer racewalk .-Achievements:-References:*... Mexico	4:10:34	David Castro David Castro David Ferreira Castro was a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Brazil. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events, see Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Cuba	4:43:53
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	39.15	Jamaica	39.94	Dominican Republic	40.11
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	3:03.59	Jamaica	3:04.78	Trinidad and Tobago	3:08.20

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...	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.55	Janice Bernard Trinidad and Tobago	11.57	Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico	11.63
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...	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.44	Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago	23.75	Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico	23.83
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...	June Griffith Guyana	51.89	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	52.32	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	52.39
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...	Nery McKeen Nery McKeen Nery McKeen is a retired Cuban middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.Her personal best time was 2.00.23 minutes, achieved in June 1985 in Prague.-Achievements:... Cuba	2:04.22	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	2:04.24	María Ribeaux Cuba	2:04.47
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...	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	4:25.94	Sergia Martínez Cuba	4:26.69	Alicia Diffourt Cuba	4:27.96
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...	Sergia Martínez Cuba	9:37.32	Marisela Rivero Venezuela	9:38.40	María Cuesta Cuba	9:41.66
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...	Grisel Machado Cuba	13.18	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	14.07	June Caddle Barbados	14.08
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...	Sandra Farmer Sandra Farmer-Patrick Sandra Farmer-Patrick is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles.... Jamaica	58.15	Mercedes Mesa Cuba	58.65	Stephanie Vega Puerto Rico	59.11
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....	Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez is a former high jumper from Cuba most known for winning medals at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also has three medals from the Summer Universiade... Cuba	1.90	Angela Carbonell Cuba	1.81	Iraima Parra Venezuela	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...	Eloína Echevarría Eloína Echevarría Eloína C. Echevarría is a retired Cuban long jumper and triple jumper.Her personal best jumps were 6.59 metres in the long jump, achieved in February 1979 in Havana; and 14.34 in the triple jump, achieved in February 1995 in Havana.... Cuba	6.53	Shonel Ferguson Shonel Ferguson Shonel Ferguson is a former track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competed in the women's sprint and long jump events during her career. She is a three-time Olympian . Ferguson was inducted into the Bahamas Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1993.-External links:*... The Bahamas	6.47	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	6.47
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....	María Elena Sarría María Elena Sarría María Elena Sarría Díaz is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the shot put during her career. Her personal best throw was 20.61 metres, and with 19.34 metres she still holds the Pan American Games record in the event.-Achievements:-External links:*... Cuba	19.36	Rosa Fernández Cuba	17.54	Luz Bohórquez Venezuela	13.63
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...	María Betancourt María Betancourt María Cristina Betancourt Ramírez is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.54 metres, achieved in February 1981 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	63.76	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	61.98	Yunaira Piña Venezuela	46.86
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...	María Caridad Colón Cuba	62.80	Mayra Vila Cuba	60.22	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	51.50
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:...	Elida Aveillé Cuba	5579	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	5210	Leyda Castro Dominican Republic	5123
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...	Trinidad and Tobago	44.86	Jamaica	45.77	Cuba	45.85
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	3:35.22	Puerto Rico	3:36.52	Jamaica	3:37.86

Medal table

1	Cuba	27	19	14	60
2	Mexico	4	4	4	12
3	Puerto Rico	3	4	4	11
4	Jamaica	3	3	2	8
5	The Bahamas	1	3	2	6
6	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	1	4
7	Guyana	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela	0	3	5	8
9	Dominican Republic	0	2	6	8
10	Barbados	0	0	1	1
10	Bermuda	0	0	1	1

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