1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Mexico between 5–7 August.

1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates5–7 August
Host cityXalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
VenueEstadio Heriberto Jara Corona

Medal summary

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Host venue in Xalapa.

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Hasely Crawford
  Trinidad and Tobago
10.38A Silvio Leonard
  Cuba
10.43A Osvaldo Lara
  Cuba
10.63A
200 metres Silvio Leonard
  Cuba
20.70A Osvaldo Lara
  Cuba
21.13A Rudy Levarity
  Bahamas
21.43A
400 metres Seymour Newman
  Jamaica
45.66A CR Alberto Juantorena
  Cuba
45.67A Charles Joseph
  Trinidad and Tobago
46.27A
800 metres Seymour Newman
  Jamaica
1:46.13A CR Jorge Ortíz
  Puerto Rico
1:48.67A Eduardo Castro
  Mexico
1:49.53A
1500 metres Luis Medina
  Cuba
3:46.71A Eduardo Castro
  Mexico
3:48.47A Osmán Escobar
  Venezuela
3:53.10A
5000 metres Rodolfo Gómez
  Mexico
14:04.9A Domingo Tibaduiza
  Colombia
14:05.0A Victoriano López
  Guatemala
14:09.8A
10,000 metres Domingo Tibaduiza
  Colombia
30:17.4A Rodolfo Gómez
  Mexico
30:17.5A Juan Pérez
  Costa Rica
30:23.0A
Half marathon Rafael Ángel Pérez
  Costa Rica
1:06:32A Mario Cuevas
  Mexico
1:07:07A Aldo Allen
  Cuba
1:07:43A
110 metres hurdles Alejandro Casañas
  Cuba
13.55A CR Dionisio Vera
  Cuba
14.32A José Cartas
  Mexico
14.48A
400 metres hurdles Dámaso Alfonso
  Cuba
51.77A Frank Montiéh
  Cuba
51.81A Enrique Aguirre
  Mexico
52.30A
3000 metres steeplechase Carlos Martínez
  Mexico
8:51.0A José Cobo
  Cuba
9:01.1A Lucirio Garrido
  Venezuela
9:03.1A
4 × 100 metres relay   Cuba
Alejandro Casañas
Osvaldo Lara
Silvio Leonard
Juan Morales
39.86A   Trinidad and Tobago
Hasely Crawford
Charles Joseph
Edwin Noel
Ephraim Serrette
40.16A   Venezuela
Humberto Galea
José Chacín
Victor Escobar
Hipolito Ovalles
40.71A
4 × 400 metres relay   Cuba
Frank Montiéh
Juan Morales
Luis Delgado
Alberto Juantorena
3:09.24A   Venezuela
Hipolito Brown
Eric Phillips
Osman Escobar
José Moisés Zambrano
3:10.39A   Puerto Rico
Jorge Ortiz
Jesús Cabrera
José Santiago
Istvan de Jesús
3:11.78A
20 km road walk Daniel Bautista
  Mexico
1:29:34A CR Enrique Vera
  Mexico
1:34:48A Rigoberto Medina
  Cuba
1:40:04A
High jump Richard Spencer
  Cuba
2.15A CR Clark Godwin
  Bermuda
2.07A Cristóbal de León
  Dominican Republic
2.03A
Pole vault Roberto Moré
  Cuba
4.93A CR Elberto Pratt
  Mexico
4.75A Luis Mascorro
  Mexico
4.60A
Long jump David Giralt
  Cuba
7.96A CR Salomón Rowe
  Guatemala
7.79A NR Steve Hanna
  Bahamas
7.68A
Triple jump Carmelo Martínez
  Cuba
16.22A CR Alejandro Herrera
  Cuba
15.66A Peter Pratt
  Bahamas
15.42A
Shot put Julián Mejías
  Cuba
17.50A CR Pablo Lamothe
  Cuba
16.46A Hubert Maingot
  Trinidad and Tobago
15.72A
Discus throw Julián Morrinson
  Cuba
60.82A CR Luis Delís
  Cuba
59.02A Bradley Cooper
  Bahamas
54.08A
Hammer throw Ángel Cabrera
  Cuba
66.74A CR Guillermo Orozco
  Cuba
63.56A Alfonso Rodríguez
  Mexico
53.60A
Javelin throw Juan Jarvis
  Cuba
77.54A CR Reinaldo Patterson
  Cuba
74.82A Robert Moulder
  Bermuda
71.83A
Decathlon Rigoberto Salazar
  Cuba
7207A José Montezuma
  Venezuela
6791A Doel Bonilla
  Puerto Rico
6508A

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Silvia Chivás
  Cuba
11.53A Lelieth Hodges
  Jamaica
11.71A Isabel Taylor
  Cuba
11.82A
200 metres Silvia Chivás
  Cuba
23.82A Jackie Pusey
  Jamaica
23.82A Freida Davy
  Barbados
24.05A
400 metres Beatriz Castillo
  Cuba
52.76A CR Helen Blake
  Jamaica
52.88A Aurelia Pentón
  Cuba
53.05A
800 metres Charlotte Bradley
  Mexico
2:07.46A Helen Blake
  Jamaica
2:08.87A Aurelia Pentón
  Cuba
2:09.13A
1500 metres Charlotte Bradley
  Mexico
4:29.65A Melquises Fonseca
  Cuba
4:42.06A Thelma Zúñiga
  Costa Rica
4:45.78A
3000 metres Charlotte Bradley
  Mexico
10:00.61A CR Melquises Fonseca
  Cuba
10:13.73A Susana Herrera
  Mexico
10:27.74A
100 metres hurdles Grisel Machado
  Cuba
14.30A Carmen Zamora
  Cuba
14.58A Vilma París
  Puerto Rico
14.81A
4 × 100 metres relay   Cuba
Asunción Acosta
Silvia Chivás
Isabel Taylor
Marta Zulueta
45.51A   Puerto Rico
Margaret de Jesús
Nilsa París
Vilma París
Nerva Bultron
46.93A   Trinidad and Tobago
Janice Bernard
June Smith
Esther Hope
Rebecca Roberts
47.20A
4 × 400 metres relay   Cuba
Nery McKeen
Asunción Acosta
Beatriz Castillo
Aurelia Pentón
3:37.50A CR   Jamaica
Helen Blake
Jackie Pusey
Verone Webber
Ruth Williams-Simpson
3:42.38A   Puerto Rico
Madeline de Jesús
Margaret de Jesús
Vilma París
Georgina López
3:48.57A
High jump Angela Carbonell
  Cuba
1.75A Reina Mateu
  Cuba
1.65A Monica Johnson
  Bermuda
1.60A
Long jump Dora Thompson
  Cuba
6.14A CR Shonel Ferguson
  Bahamas
5.95A Nancy Núñez
  Cuba
5.91A
Shot put Caridad Romero
  Cuba
13.94A Marcelina Rodríguez
  Cuba
13.88A Patricia Andrus
  Venezuela
12.60A
Discus throw Caridad Romero
  Cuba
49.58A Salvadora Vargas
  Cuba
48.92A María Gómez
  Mexico
40.22A
Javelin throw María Beltrán
  Cuba
53.86A CR Guadalupe López
  Mexico
48.56A Sonya Smith
  Bermuda
46.72A
Pentathlon Elida Aveillé
  Cuba
3313A Marisela Peralta
  Dominican Republic
3303A Evelyn Abreu
  Venezuela
3289A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba (CUB)2717751
2  Mexico (MEX)66719
3  Jamaica (JAM)2507
4  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)1135
5  Colombia (COL)1102
6  Costa Rica (CRC)1023
7  Venezuela (VEN)0257
8  Puerto Rico (PUR)0246
9  Bahamas (BAH)0145
10  Bermuda (BER)0134
11  Dominican Republic (DOM)0112
  Guatemala (GUA)0112
13  Barbados (BAR)0011
Totals (13 entries)383838114

References

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