1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the partial results of the 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which took place between July 26 and 29, 1973 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. ^[1]

Men's results

100 meters

Heats – July 26 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Triana   Cuba 10.3 Q 2 1 Eric Padilla Puerto Rico 10.4 Q 3 1 Donato Vásquez   Dominican Republic 10.4 1 2 Carl Lawson   Jamaica 10.2 Q 2 2 Hermes Ramírez   Cuba 10.3 Q 3 2 Guillermo González Puerto Rico 10.4 1 3 Don Quarrie   Jamaica 10.3 Q 2 3 Calvin Dill Bermuda 10.3 Q 4 3 Jesús Rico   Venezuela 10.3 q

Final – July 26 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Don Quarrie   Jamaica 10.2 =CR José Triana   Cuba 10.2 Carl Lawson   Jamaica 10.2 4 Jesús Rico   Venezuela 10.4 5 Calvin Dill Bermuda 10.4 6 Hermes Ramírez   Cuba 10.4

200 meters

July 28
Wind: +4.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.1
	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	20.3
	Pablo Bandomo	Cuba	20.4
4	Guillermo González	Puerto Rico	20.5
5	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	20.7
6	Erick Phillips	Venezuela	20.8
7	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	20.9
8	Arquimedes Mina	Colombia	21.0

400 meters

Heats – July 26 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Alberto Juantorena   Cuba 45.8 Q 2 1 Pedro Ferrer Puerto Rico 47.1 Q 1 2 Kim Rowe   Jamaica 46.7 Q 2 2 Erick Phillips   Venezuela 47.1 Q 1 3 Víctor Patínez   Venezuela 47.1 Q 2 3 Eddy Gutiérrez   Cuba 47.5 Q

Final – July 27 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Alberto Juantorena   Cuba 46.4 CR Pedro Ferrer Puerto Rico 46.6 Víctor Patínez   Venezuela 47.2 4 Erick Phillips   Venezuela 47.5 5 Kim Rowe   Jamaica 47.5 6 Eddy Gutiérrez   Cuba 47.6

800 meters

Heats – July 26 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Leandro Civil   Cuba 1:50.5 Q 2 1 Gilberto Gamillo   Mexico 1:50.7 Q 1 2 Leotulfo Jiménez   Venezuela 1:51.6 Q 2 2 Carlos Martínez   Mexico 1:51.8 Q

Final – July 27 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Leandro Civil   Cuba 1:49.8 Luis Medina   Cuba 1:49.8 Leotulfo Jiménez   Venezuela 1:50.7 4 Carlos Báez Puerto Rico 1:50.8 5 Carlos Martínez   Mexico 1:51.1 6 Modesto Comprés   Dominican Republic 1:51.6

1500 meters

July 29

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Antonio Colón	Puerto Rico	3:45.9	CR
	Jesús Barrero	Colombia	3:47.2
	Carlos Báez	Puerto Rico	3:47.6
4	Mario Pérez	Mexico	3:48.9
5	José Antonio Bordón	Cuba	3:50.0
6	José González Tiapa	Venezuela	3:50.4
7	Modesto Comprés	Dominican Republic	?	[2]
8	Luis Romero	Venezuela	?	[2]

5000 meters

July 27

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Víctor Mora	Colombia	14:04.2	CR
	Mario Pérez	Mexico	14:06.8
	Rafael Palomares	Mexico	14:19.6
4	Jairo Correa	Colombia	14:23.8
5	Antonio Colón	Puerto Rico	14:29.3
6	José Antonio Bordón	Cuba	14:30.1

10,000 meters

July 26 ^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Víctor Mora	Colombia	29:56.4	CR
	Pedro Miranda	Mexico	29:56.6
	Luis Haro	Mexico	29:58.2
4	Jairo Correa	Colombia	30:26.6
5	Sadot Méndez	Puerto Rico	31:31.0
6	Chuc Manuel	Cuba	32:00.9
7	Víctor Serrano	Puerto Rico	?
8	Antonio Blanco	Venezuela	?
9	Emilio Rodríguez	Cuba	?
10	Oswaldo Mosquera	Venezuela	?
11	Rolando Durán	Dominican Republic	?

Half marathon

July 29 ^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mario Cuevas	Mexico	1:05:07	CR
	Martín Pabón	Colombia	1:05:56
	Santiago Barón	Colombia	1:06:10
4	Sadot Méndez	Puerto Rico	1:07:32
5	Andrés Romero	Mexico	1:08:05
6	Emilio Rodríguez	Cuba	1:10:20
7	Antonio Blanco	Venezuela	1:11:26
8	Juan Medina	Venezuela	1:12:48
9	Gary Wilkinson	Bermuda	1:16:36
10	Raymond Swan	Bermuda	1:17:46
11	Víctor Rodríguez	Dominican Republic	1:18:41
12	José Castillo	Dominican Republic	1:20:14

110 meters hurdles

July 28
Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juan Morales	Cuba	13.7
	Guillermo Núñez	Cuba	13.8
	Enrique Rendón	Venezuela	14.4
4	Julio Ferrer	Puerto Rico	14.4
5	Anthony Spencer	Trinidad and Tobago	14.6
6	Clive Barriffe	Jamaica	14.7

400 meters hurdles

July 27

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Julio Ferrer	Puerto Rico	51.9	CR
	Fabio Zúñiga	Colombia	52.0
	Juan García	Cuba	53.1
4	Eulogio Robles	Cuba	53.9
5	J. Toledo	Venezuela	54.4
6	José Luis Santiago	Puerto Rico	54.6

3000 meters steeplechase

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Antonio Villanueva	Mexico	8:49.4	CR
	Rigoberto Mendoza	Cuba	8:52.6
	Víctor Mora	Colombia	8:58.2
4	Carlos Báez	Puerto Rico	9:05.1
5	Lucirio Garrido	Venezuela	9:08.7
6	Luis Haro	Mexico	9:15.1

4 × 100 meters relay

July 29

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Carl Lawson, Richard Hardware, Overton Spencer, Don Quarrie	39.9
	Cuba	Silvio Leonard, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, José Triana	40.2
	Trinidad and Tobago	Christopher Brathwaite, George Swanston, Herman Marchand, Bertram Lovell	41.1
4	Puerto Rico		41.2
5	Dominican Republic		41.5
6	Venezuela		41.8

4 × 400 meters relay

July 29

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Trevor Campbell, Richard Hardware, Seymour Newman, Kim Rowe	3:09.4
	Cuba	Eddy Gutiérrez, Antonio Álvarez, Leandro Civil, Alberto Juantorena	3:10.1
	Venezuela	Raúl Dome, Víctor Patíñez, Erick Phillips, José Toledo	3:10.4
4	Trinidad and Tobago		3:16.0
5	Dominican Republic		3:21.6

High jump

July 29

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Richard Spencer	Cuba	2.06	CR
	Amado Olaguiber	Cuba	2.03
	Pedro Yequez	Venezuela	2.03
4	Luis Cruz	Puerto Rico	2.03
5	G. Cepeda	Puerto Rico	2.00
6	W. Robinson	Jamaica	1.95

Pole vault

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jorge Palacios	Cuba	4.85	CR
	Roberto Moré	Cuba	4.85
	Ciro Valdés	Colombia	4.60
4	Jorge Miranda	Puerto Rico	4.50

Long jump

July 26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Milán Matos	Cuba	7.68	CR
	Efraín Malberty	Cuba	7.34
	Wilfredo Maisonave	Puerto Rico	7.28
4	Anthony Joseph	Trinidad and Tobago	7.26
5	George Swanston	Trinidad and Tobago	7.25

Triple jump

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Juvenal Pérez	Cuba	15.79
	Gerry Swan	Bermuda	15.57
	Edgar Moreno	Venezuela	15.56
4	Juan Velázquez	Cuba	15.48
5	W. Robinson	Jamaica	15.38
6	Wilfredo Maisonave	Puerto Rico	15.17

Shot put

July 27

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	José Carreño	Venezuela	15.94
	Benigno Hodelín	Cuba	15.78
	Silván Hemming	Cuba	15.72
4	Pedro Serrano	Puerto Rico	15.24
5	Jesús Laya	Venezuela	15.56
6	Roberto Pérez	Puerto Rico	13.58

Discus throw

July 26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Julián Morrinson	Cuba	57.58	CR
	Javier Moreno	Cuba	53.86
	Ignacio Reinosa	Puerto Rico	49.12
4	Roberto Pérez	Puerto Rico	45.26
5	Julio Alexander	Venezuela	43.48

Hammer throw

July 29

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Víctor Suárez	Cuba	62.50
	William Silén	Puerto Rico	61.12
	Pedro Garbey	Cuba	59.08
4	Marcos Borregales	Venezuela	51.56
5	Pelayo Quintana	Venezuela	50.62
6	E. Axminson	Jamaica	48.82

Javelin throw

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Raúl Fernández	Cuba	74.90
	Amado Morales	Puerto Rico	70.94
	Héctor Vinent	Cuba	70.24
4	Salomon Robbins	Mexico	69.26
5	Ramón Rodríguez	Venezuela	62.92
6	M. González	Venezuela	62.92

Decathlon

July 28–29

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Jesús Mirabal	Cuba	10.5	6.56	13.22	1.80	50.4	14.1	38.40	4.05	61.08	5:19.1	7315	[4]
	Rigoberto Salazar	Cuba	11.0	6.95	12.04	1.90	51.9	15.5	39.75	3.60	61.40	5:07.2	7035	[4]
	Celso Aragón	Colombia											6841
4	Ramón Montezuma	Venezuela											6106

Women's results

100 meters

July 26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	11.4	CR
	Carmen Valdés	Cuba	11.6
	Laura Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	11.9
4	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	12.0
5	Elsa Antúnez	Venezuela	12.1
6	Marcia Trotman	Barbados	12.1

200 meters

July 27
Wind: +2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	23.5
	Asunción Acosta	Cuba	23.9
	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.9
4	Lorna Forde	Barbados	24.1
5	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	24.7
6	Elsa Antúnez	Venezuela	24.9

400 meters

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	53.5	=CR
	Asunción Acosta	Cuba	53.7
	Lorna Forde	Barbados	54.9
4	Ruth Alexander	Trinidad and Tobago	55.7
5	Zeneida de la Cruz	Dominican Republic	56.4
6	Barbara Bishop	Barbados	57.7

800 meters

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charlotte Bradley	Mexico	2:05.8	CR
	Zeneida de la Cruz	Dominican Republic	2:06.9
	Enriqueta Nava	Mexico	2:07.7
4	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	2:09.1
5	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	2:16.1

1500 meters

July 29

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Enriqueta Nava	Mexico	4:26.3	CR
	Charlotte Bradley	Mexico	4:35.1
	Melquises Fonseca	Cuba	4:37.3
4	Zeneida de la Cruz	Dominican Republic	4:40.3

100 meters hurdles

July 28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlene Elejalde	Cuba	13.9
	Andrea Bruce	Jamaica	14.4
	Mercedes Román	Mexico	14.4
4	Lourdes Jones	Cuba	14.4

200 meters hurdles

July 27

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlene Elejalde	Cuba	28.0w
	Raquel Martínez	Cuba	29.1w
	Alix Castillo	Venezuela	30.7w

4 × 100 meters relay

July 29

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Cuba	Marlene Elejalde, Carmen Valdés, Fulgencia Romay, Silvia Chivás	45.9
	Jamaica	Andrea Bruce, Yvonne White, Regina Montague, Poretay Scott	48.4
	Netherlands Antilles	Shareen Ruimveld, Grace Lynch, Maurina Maduro, Edwina Leonara	48.6
4	Venezuela		49.3
5	Barbados		49.4

4 × 400 meters relay

July 29

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Cuba	Aurelia Pentón, Ela Cabrejas, Asunción Acosta, Carmen Trustée	3:42.1
	Barbados	Barbara Bishop, Lorna Forde, Heather Gooding, Marcia Trotman	3:51.0
	Mexico	Mercedes Román, Charlotte Bradley, Enriqueta Nava, Guadaloupe Vizcaya	3:56.9
4	Trinidad and Tobago		3:58.9
5	Venezuela		4:05.9

High jump

July 26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Andrea Bruce	Jamaica	1.71
	Marima Rodríguez	Cuba	1.69
	Angela Carbonell	Cuba	1.67
4	Marlene Bascombe	Barbados	1.55

Long jump

July 26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marcia Garbey	Cuba	6.04
	Ana Alexander	Cuba	6.02
	Ana Maquilón	Colombia	5.46
4	P. Brewster	Barbados	5.24
5	V. Rincón	Venezuela	5.12

Shot put

July 26

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Hilda Ramírez	Cuba	14.28	CR
	Celeste Kindelán	Cuba	14.02
	Patricia Andrus	Venezuela	12.88
4	Dora Vásquez	Colombia	12.60

Discus throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Carmen Romero	Cuba	52.46
	María Cristina Betancourt	Cuba	47.92
	Patricia Andrus	Venezuela	39.88

Javelin throw

July 27

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tomasa Núñez	Cuba	51.62
	Milagros Bayard	Cuba	47.04
	Gladys González	Venezuela	45.52
4	A. Baldo	Mexico	42.90
5	Ivelisse Gómez	Dominican Republic	39.44

Pentathlon

July 27

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	200m	Points	Notes
	Lucía Duquet	Cuba	14.6	7.68	1.71	5.83	25.8	3807
	Mercedes Román	Mexico						3729
	Angela Carbonell	Cuba						3629

References

1. "Fast 200 m times gone with the wind" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). 35/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1255. 28 August 1973. ISSN   0343-5369.
2. "Plata para Pabón y Jesús Barrera". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 July 1973. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
3. "Mora ganó los 10.000". El Tiempo . AFP. July 27, 1973. p. 12 (3-C).
4. 1973 decathlon results (p13)