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Athletics at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games

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The host stadium

The athletics competition in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Rafael Fortún
 Cuba
10.58A Les Laing
 Jamaica
10.66A Raúl Mazorra
 Cuba
10.80A
200 metres Les Laing
 Jamaica
21.66A Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia
21.84A Martin Francis
 Panama
21.90A
400 metres Angel García
 Cuba
48.02A George Rhoden
 Jamaica
48.19A Ovidio de Jesús
 Puerto Rico
48.27A
800 metres Frank Prince
 Panama
1:54.47A George Rhoden
 Jamaica
1:55.00A Eric Waldrom
 Panama
1:57.74A
1500 metres Frank Prince
 Panama
4:16.65A Heliodoro Martínez
 Mexico
4:16.81A Filemón Camacho
 Venezuela
4:17.71A
5000 metres Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala
15:57.30A Eligio Galicia
 Mexico
16:04.52A Francisco Hernández
 Mexico
16:07.04A
10,000 metres Cruz Serrano
 Mexico
32:59.63A Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala
33:52.80A Francisco Hernández
 Mexico
34:00.19A
Half marathon Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala
1:15:20A Gustavo Ramírez
 Colombia
1:19:00A Guillermo Rojas
 Guatemala
1:19:01A
110 metres hurdles Samuel Anderson
 Cuba
14.3A Keith Gardner
 Jamaica
14.5A Teófilo Davis Bell
 Venezuela
15.2A
400 metres hurdles Jaime Aparicio
 Colombia
53.35A Juan Leiva
 Venezuela
53.98A Amadeo Francis
 Puerto Rico
54.28A
3000 metre steeplechase Eligio Galicia
 Mexico
10:22.38A Víctorio Solares
 Guatemala
10:51.49A José Grenados
 Mexico
11:00.80A
4 x 100 m relay  Jamaica
Byron LaBeach
George Rhoden
Keith Gardner
Leslie Laing
41.06A
(40.9)
 Cuba
Israel Mestre
Raúl Mazorra
Manuel Peñalver
Rafael Fortún
41.56A
(41.3)
 Mexico
Javier de la Torre
José M. Abascal
Javier Souza
Sergio Higuera
42.04A
(41.9)
4 x 400 m relay  Jamaica
Leslie Laing
Byron LaBeach
Keith Gardner
George Rhoden
3:12.25A
(3:12.0)
 Puerto Rico
Amadeo Francis
Ismael Delgado
Frank Rivera
Ovidio de Jesús
3:17.70A
(3:17.4)
 Cuba
Ángel García
Evelio Planas
Armando Vázquez
Emilio Pestana
3:17.83A
(3:17.7)
High jump Roberto López
 Cuba
1.87A Gaspar Vigo
 Puerto Rico
1.87A Manuel Gómez
 Venezuela
1.85A
Pole Vault José Barbosa
 Puerto Rico
4.05A Jorge Aguilera
 Mexico
3.90A Brígido Iriarte
 Venezuela
3.90A
Long jump Claudio Cabreja
 Cuba
7.46A Víctor Hernández
 Cuba
7.16A Keith Gardner
 Jamaica
7.02A
Triple jump Víctor Hernández
 Cuba
14.86A Claudio Cabreja
 Cuba
14.51A Gilberto Rondón
 Puerto Rico
14.18A
Shot put Ramón Rosario
 Puerto Rico
14.46A Eduardo Adriana
 Netherlands Antilles
14.45A Rafael Trompiz
 Venezuela
14.38A
Discus throw Mauricio Rodríguez
 Venezuela
40.14A Alfonso Cruz
 Mexico
39.00A Heriberto Alonso
 Cuba
38.87A
Hammer throw Luis Betancourt
 Cuba
46.96A Jaime Annexy
 Puerto Rico
46.82A Enrique Lagoyete
 Colombia
45.19A
Javelin throw Reinaldo Oliver
 Puerto Rico
67.71A Carlos Fajer
 Mexico
61.79A Guillermo Pasalacqua
 Puerto Rico
54.97A
Pentathlon Brígido Iriarte
 Venezuela
2748A Héctor Román
 Puerto Rico
2597A Reinaldo Oliver
 Puerto Rico
2494A

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Carlota Gooden
 Panama
12.32A Hyacinth Walters
 Jamaica
12.34A Julia Díaz
 Cuba
12.52A
80 metres hurdles Amalia Yubi
 Mexico
12.3A Kathleen Russell
 Jamaica
12.5A Gloria Tait
 Panama
13.0A
4 x 100 m relay  Panama
Dolores Worrell
María Bell
Gloria Taite
Carlota Gooden
47.49A
(47.3)
 Jamaica
Kathleen Russell
Kathleen Robotham
Cynthia Thompson
Hyacinth Walters
48.34A
(48.2)
 Cuba
Nereida Borges
Vilma Santos
Belkis Rodríguez
Berta Díaz
48.81A
(48.7)
High jump Kathleen Russell
 Jamaica
1.50A Kathleen Robotham
 Jamaica
1.47A Sheila Leyva
 Venezuela
1.42A
Discus throw Alejandrina Herrera
 Cuba
37.18A Lili Schluter
 Mexico
36.04A Concepción Villanueva
 Mexico
35.51A
Javelin throw Ana Mercedes Campos
 El Salvador
38.82A Berta Chiú
 Mexico
38.43A Amalia Yubi
 Mexico
37.45A

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)83516
2 Jamaica (JAM)48113
3 Panama (PAN)4037
4 Mexico (MEX)37616
5 Puerto Rico (PUR)34512
6 Guatemala (GUA)2215
7 Venezuela (VEN)2169
8 Colombia (COL)1214
9 El Salvador (SLV)1001
10 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0101
Totals (10 entries)28282884

References

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  • Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
  • "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
  • "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.