1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

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The 1979 Central American Championships in Athletics were held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Medal table 3 External links

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Guy Abrahams  Panama	10.37A	Gerardo Suero  Dominican Republic	10.53A	Esteban Briceño  Venezuela	10.54A
200 metres	Floyd Brown  Jamaica	21.30A	Rafael López  Dominican Republic	21.33A	Jesús Cabrera  Puerto Rico Tomás González  Cuba	21.45A
400 metres	Colin Bradford  Jamaica	46.41A	Michael Barnes  Jamaica	46.84A	Dean Greenaway  British Virgin Islands	47.12A
800 metres	Owen Hamilton  Jamaica	1:48.2A	Eduardo Castro  Mexico	1:48.3A	Víctor Ramos  Puerto Rico	1:49.7A
1500 metres	Ignacio Melecio  Mexico	3:48.1A	Osmán Escobar  Venezuela	3:50.5A	Modesto Comprés  Dominican Republic	3:54.7A
5000 metres	José Gómez  Mexico	14:27.4A	Jaime Vélez  Puerto Rico	14:43.0A	Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela	14:50.4A
10000 metres	Virgilio Herrera  Guatemala	31:42.8A	Luis Haro  Mexico	32:04.6A	Celso Garro  Costa Rica	32:48.8A
30 kilometre road race	Mario Cuevas  Mexico	1:26:24A	Radamés González  Cuba	1:27:35A	Andrés Romero  Mexico	1:27:38A
3000 metres steeplechase	Demetrio Cabanillos  Mexico	9:18.6A	Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela	9:18.7A	Octavio Guadarrama  Mexico	9:22.6A
110 metres hurdles	Rafael Echavarría  Mexico	13.93A	Jorge Palacios  Cuba	13.94A	Mariano Reyes  Dominican Republic	14.20A
400 metres hurdles	Julio Ferrer  Puerto Rico	51.4A	Carlos Yambot  Puerto Rico	51.4A	Rafael Echavarría  Mexico	51.5A
High jump	Jorge Alfaro  Cuba	2.25A	Cristóbal de León  Dominican Republic	2.17A	Rodolfo Madrigal  Costa Rica	2.12A
Pole Vault	Rubén Camino  Cuba	5.05A	Edgardo Rivera  Puerto Rico	4.60A
Long jump	Rey Quiñones  Puerto Rico	7.70A	Oswaldo Torres  Venezuela	7.61A	Ubaldo Duany  Cuba	7.30A
Triple Jump	Ricardo Goitizolo  Cuba	15.97A	José Salazar  Venezuela	15.81A	Edgar Moreno  Venezuela	15.54A
Shot putt	Nicolás Hernández  Cuba	18.49A	Bradley Cooper  Bahamas	18.35A	Humberto Calvario  Cuba	17.46A
Discus throw	José Santa Cruz  Cuba	62.48A	Bradley Cooper  Bahamas	61.24A	Luis Palacios  Venezuela	49.70A
Hammer throw	Alfredo Guillot  Cuba	62.10A	Ángel Cabrera  Cuba	58.52A	Luis Martínez  Puerto Rico	54.44A
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson  Cuba	82.24A	Amado Morales  Puerto Rico	77.70A	Dionisio Quintana  Cuba	76.58A
Decathlon	Carlos Palacios  Cuba	6882A	Juan Ríos  Venezuela	6716A	Pedro Herrera  Cuba	6525A
20 kilometre road walk	Félix Gómez  Mexico	1:28:21A	Ernesto Canto  Mexico	1:28:53A	Rigoberto Medina  Cuba	1:34:41A
4 x 100 metres relay	Dominican Republic	40.02A	Jamaica	40.17A	Puerto Rico	40.72A
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:05.0A	Venezuela	3:08.9A	Dominican Republic	3:11.9A

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lelieth Hodges  Jamaica	11.64A	Rosie Allwood  Jamaica	11.79A	Darcy Bryant  Costa Rica	11.96A
200 metres	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	23.44A	Elsa Antúnez  Venezuela	24.34A	Divina Estrella  Dominican Republic	24.41A
400 metres	Debbie Byfield-White  Jamaica	54.29A	Carol Cummings  Jamaica	54.92A	Nancy Calveart  Cuba	55.02A
800 metres	María Ribeaux  Cuba	2:09.0A	Eloína Kerr  Cuba	2:09.3A	Ana Orendaín  Mexico	2:11.0A
1500 metres	Melquises Fonseca  Cuba	4:40.0A	Sergia Martínez  Cuba	4:41.2A	Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico	4:42.4A
3000 metres	Melquises Fonseca  Cuba	10:06.6A	Rosa Domínguez  Mexico	10:11.8A	Irma Hernández  Mexico	10:15.0A
100 metres hurdles	Lorlee Giscombe  Jamaica	14.28A	Marisela Peralta  Dominican Republic	14.44A	Maritza de la Guardia  Cuba	14.84A
400 metres hurdles	Marcela Chivás  Cuba	59.78A	Stephanie Vega  Puerto Rico	60.21A	Divina Estrella  Dominican Republic	62.43A
High jump	Silvia Costa  Cuba	1.80A	Elisa Ávila  Mexico	1.78A	Reina Mateu  Cuba	1.76A
Long jump	Emilia Lenk  Mexico	5.90A	Madeline de Jesús  Puerto Rico	5.87A	Odalys Herrera  Cuba	5.79A
Shot putt	Rosa Fernández  Cuba	17.88A	Marcelina Rodríguez  Cuba	17.80A	Patricia Andrus  Venezuela	13.46A
Discus throw	Salvadora Vargas  Cuba	55.30A	Maritza Martén  Cuba	50.22A	Laura Aguiñaga  Mexico	44.90A
Javelin throw	Ana María González  Cuba	54.16A	Mayra Vila  Cuba	49.36A	Martha Blanco  Mexico	44.88A
Pentathlon	María Ángeles Cato  Mexico	3907A	Elida Aveillé  Cuba	3840A	Ansis Salazar  Cuba	3618A
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica	44.82A	Dominican Republic	46.79A	Puerto Rico	47.16A
4 x 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:41.8A	Jamaica	3:42.8A	Venezuela	3:45.9A

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	17	9	10	36
2	Jamaica	9	5	0	14
3	Mexico	8	5	7	20
4	Puerto Rico	2	6	6	14
5	Dominican Republic	1	5	5	11
6	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
	Panama	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela	0	7	6	13
9	Bahamas	0	2	0	2
10	Costa Rica	0	0	3	3
11	British Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1

[edit] External links

• Results - GBR Athletics