1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	10–12 July
Host city	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
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The 1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic between 10–12 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Colin Bradford   Jamaica	10.30	Silvio Leonard   Cuba	10.34	Juan Núñez   Dominican Republic	10.47
200 metres	Juan Núñez   Dominican Republic	20.82	Don Quarrie   Jamaica	20.93	Héctor Daley   Panama	20.96
400 metres	Bert Cameron   Jamaica	45.05 CR	Héctor Daley   Panama	45.96	Alfred Browne   Antigua and Barbuda	46.68
800 metres	Alberto Juantorena   Cuba	1:47.59	Bárbaro Serrano   Cuba	1:48.08	Francisco Meléndez   Puerto Rico	1:48.35
1500 metres	Eduardo Castro  Mexico	3:43.30 CR	Ignacio Melesio  Mexico	2:43.40	Luis Medina   Cuba	3:44.10
5000 metres	Eduardo Castro  Mexico	14:08.88	Silvio Salazar   Colombia	14:12.06	Jacinto Navarrete   Colombia	14:12.33
10,000 metres	Silvio Salazar   Colombia	29:48.13 CR	Aldo Allen   Cuba	30:18.16	Héctor Díaz   Puerto Rico	30:22.06
Marathon	Radamés González   Cuba	2:23:15 CR	Jorge González   Puerto Rico	2:30:31	Manuel García  Mexico	2:31:02
110 metres hurdles	Alejandro Casañas   Cuba	13.85	Karl Smith   Jamaica	13.94	Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic	14.20
400 metres hurdles	Jorge Batista   Cuba	50.58 CR	Frank Montiéh   Cuba	50.59	Greg Rolle   Bahamas	51.15
3000 metres steeplechase	Daniel Londa  Mexico	8:48.50 CR	Francisco Silva  Mexico	8:50.35	José Cobo   Cuba	8:53.97
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Leroy Reid Colin Bradford Don Quarrie Floyd Brown	39.30	Trinidad and Tobago Andrew Bruce Scott Ferguson Christopher Brathwaite Ephraim Serrette	39.95	Cuba Osvaldo Lara Alejandro Casañas Silvio Leonard Tomás González	39.96
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Floyd Brown Colin Bradford Carl Maylor Bert Cameron	3:06.95	Barbados	3:07.73	Cuba Lázaro Martínez Carlos Reyté Frank Montiéh Jorge Batista	3:08.34
20 km road walk	Félix Gómez  Mexico	1:30:12	Raúl González  Mexico	1:34:10	Querubín Moreno   Colombia	1:37:01
High jump	Francisco Centelles   Cuba	2.22	Clarence Saunders   Bermuda	2.22	Jorge Alfaro   Cuba	2.18
Pole vault	Rubén Camino   Cuba	5.00	Aurelio Falls   Cuba	4.70	Edgardo Rivera   Puerto Rico	4.60
Long jump	Ubaldo Duany   Cuba	7.76	David Giralt   Cuba	7.74	Salomón Rowe   Guatemala	7.60
Triple jump	Steve Hanna   Bahamas	16.76 CR	Alejandro Herrera   Cuba	16.29	Ernesto Torres   Puerto Rico	15.80
Shot put	Luis Delís   Cuba	19.36 CR	Radai Mendoza   Puerto Rico	17.19	Paul Ruiz   Cuba	16.40
Discus throw	Luis Delís   Cuba	64.38 CR	Bradley Cooper   Bahamas	62.32	Raúl Calderón   Cuba	55.42
Hammer throw	Alfredo Guillot   Cuba	58.34	Gerardo Díaz  Mexico	54.06	Ángel Cabrera   Puerto Rico	54.06
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson   Cuba	75.28	Dionisio Quintana   Cuba	75.18	Juan de la Garza  Mexico	72.70
Decathlon	Rigoberto Salazar   Cuba	7181	Pedro Herrera   Cuba	6861	Sidney Cartwright   Bahamas	6500

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lelieth Hodges   Jamaica	11.38 CR	Marie Lande Mathieu   Puerto Rico	11.64	Luisa Ferrer   Cuba	11.71
200 metres	Jackie Pusey   Jamaica	23.35 CR	Luisa Ferrer   Cuba	23.50	Eucaris Caicedo   Colombia	24.15
400 metres	Jackie Pusey   Jamaica	52.62 CR	Mercedes Álvarez   Cuba	53.51	Eucaris Caicedo   Colombia	53.93
800 metres	Angelita Lind   Puerto Rico	2:04.69 CR	Nery McKeen   Cuba	2:07.13	Whelma Colebrooke   Bahamas	2:09.20
1500 metres	Sergia Martínez   Cuba	4:26.72	Angelita Lind   Puerto Rico	4:26.83	Eloína Kerr   Cuba	4:33.23
3000 metres	Sergia Martínez   Cuba	9:47.26 CR	Merernette Bean   Bermuda	9:48.65 NR	Debora Medina   Colombia	9:53.59
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado   Cuba	13.72	Elida Aveillé   Cuba	14.07	Marisela Peralta   Dominican Republic	14.09
400 metres hurdles	Mercedes Mesa   Cuba	57.86 CR	Sandra Farmer   Jamaica	58.76	Felicia Candelario   Dominican Republic	59.66
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Dorothy Scott Janet Burke Jackie Pusey	44.62 CR	Cuba Luisa Ferrer Grisel Machado Mercedes Mesa Grisel Delis	45.79	Bahamas Eldece Clarke-Lewis Shonel Ferguson Debbie Greene Mary Ann Higgs	45.85
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Beatriz Castillo Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Álvarez Mercedes Mesa	3:37.90	Jamaica Jacqueline Pusey Cathy Rattray Norma Lee Murray Fredericka Wright	3:40.00	Dominican Republic Felicia Candelario Divina Estrella Iris Sanders Herminia García	3:49.62
High jump	Silvia Costa   Cuba	1.85 CR	Sharon Rose   Bahamas	1.78	Angela Carbonell   Cuba	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson   Bahamas	6.43 CR	Eloína Echevarría   Cuba	6.29	Madeline de Jesús   Puerto Rico	6.20
Shot put	María Elena Sarría   Cuba	18.28 CR	Rosa Fernández   Cuba	15.35	Laverne Eve   Bahamas	13.32
Discus throw	María Cristina Betancourt   Cuba	64.46 CR	Carmen Romero   Cuba	61.68	Laverne Eve   Bahamas	42.56
Javelin throw	María Beltrán   Cuba	59.06 CR	Mayra Vila   Cuba	56.80	Sonia Smith   Bermuda	46.84
Heptathlon	Elida Aveillé   Cuba	5312 CR	Marisela Peralta   Dominican Republic	5026	Victoria Despaigne   Cuba	4844

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Dominican Republic)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba  (CUB)	22	18	10	50
2	Jamaica  (JAM)	8	4	0	12
3	Mexico  (MEX)	4	4	2	10
4	Bahamas  (BAH)	2	2	6	10
5	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	1	4	6	11
6	Colombia  (COL)	1	1	6	8
7	Dominican Republic  (DOM)*	1	1	5	7
8	Bermuda  (BER)	0	2	1	3
9	Panama  (PAN)	0	1	1	2
10	Barbados  (BAR)	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	0	1	0	1
12	Antigua and Barbuda  (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala  (GUA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		39	39	39	117

See also

• 1981 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics