1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	22–24 July
Host city	Havana, Cuba
Venue	Estadio Pedro Marrero
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The 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba between 22–24 July.

Medal summary

Host venue in Havana.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Juan Núñez   Dominican Republic	10.16 CRNR	Tomás González   Cuba	10.37	Florencio Aguilar   Panama	10.48
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Juan Núñez   Dominican Republic	20.65 NR	Tomás González   Cuba	20.96	Fabian Whymns   Bahamas	21.19
400 metres	Lázaro Martínez   Cuba	45.91	Agustín Pavó   Cuba	46.74	Edison Reyes   Venezuela	46.95
800 metres	Bárbaro Serrano   Cuba	1:47.67	Oslen Barr   Guyana	1:48.25	Hilario Barnet   Cuba	1:48.89
1500 metres	Ignacio Melecio  Mexico	3:46.66	Jorge Poll   Cuba	3:46.71	Félix Mesa   Cuba	3:47.59
5000 metres	Gerardo Alcalá  Mexico	14:11.91	Germán Peña   Colombia	14:22.45	Eduardo Navas   Venezuela	14:24.42
10,000 metres	Gerardo Alcalá  Mexico	31:05.86	Navel Parra   Cuba	31:10.99	Eddy Ríos   Cuba	31:16.50
Marathon	Víctor Mora   Colombia	2:58:51	Héctor Rodríguez   Colombia	2:59:35	Juan Brito   Colombia	3:01:31
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas   Cuba	13.61w	Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic	13.79w	Ángel Bueno   Cuba	13.93w
400 metres hurdles	David Charlton   Bahamas	50.07 CR	Greg Rolle   Bahamas	50.87	Victor Gómez   Cuba	51.24
3000 metres steeplechase	César Santiago   Puerto Rico	8:48.80	Rafael Colmenares   Venezuela	8:49.90	José Cobo   Cuba	8:55.70
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Tomás González Ángel Bueno Israel Alfonso Loreto Valdes	39.81	Bahamas Austin Albury Joey Wells Fabian Whymns Ricardo Gray	40.34	Venezuela Hipolito Brown Ángel Andrade Alberto Paolo Lugo Franco Francis	40.64
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Lázaro Martínez Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Roberto Ramos	3:05.12	Barbados David Charlton Allan Ingraham Greg Rolle Ricardo Gray	3:07.06	Venezuela Erick Phillips Aaron Phillips Ramon Edison Reyes ?	3:08.56
20 km road walk	David Castro   Cuba	1:29:44	Querubín Moreno   Colombia	1:29:54	Marcelino Colín  Mexico	1:33:49
High jump	Jorge Alfaro   Cuba	2.25 =CR	Clarence Saunders   Bermuda	2.19	Javier Sotomayor   Cuba	2.17
Pole vault	Edgardo Rivera   Puerto Rico	5.20 CR	Brian Morrissette   U.S. Virgin Islands	5.10	Rubén Camino   Cuba	5.00
Long jump	Juan Felipe Ortíz   Cuba	8.04 CR	Joey Wells   Bahamas	8.04	Jaime Jefferson   Cuba	8.03
Triple jump	Jorge Reyna   Cuba	16.95 CR	Lázaro Balcindes   Cuba	16.58	Ernesto Torres   Puerto Rico	15.91
Shot put	Paul Ruiz   Cuba	17.76	William Romero   Venezuela	16.29	Marciso Boué   Cuba	15.90
Discus throw	Bradley Cooper   Bahamas	63.26	Juan Martínez   Cuba	63.12	Raúl Calderón   Cuba	57.00
Hammer throw	Genovevo Morejón   Cuba	67.60 CR	Vicente Sánchez   Cuba	64.24	Luis Martínez   Puerto Rico	56.90
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson   Cuba	79.76	Martín Álvarez   Cuba	76.74	Juan de la Garza  Mexico	75.22
Decathlon	Pedro Herrera   Cuba	7358 CR	Guillermo Sánchez  Mexico	7224	Douglas Rosado   Puerto Rico	6974
50 km road walk	Arturo Bravo  Mexico	4:21:01 CR	Rolando Hernández   Cuba	4:46:36	Félix Pérez   Cuba	4:53:18

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Luisa Ferrer   Cuba	11.52	Pauline Davis   Bahamas	11.60	Susana Armenteros   Cuba	11.66
200 metres	Luisa Ferrer   Cuba	23.38w	Pauline Davis   Bahamas	23.65w	Nilsa París   Puerto Rico	23.70w
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba	52.89	Mercedes Álvarez   Cuba	53.47	Oralee Fowler   Bahamas	54.57
800 metres	Nery McKeen   Cuba	2:04.26 CR	María Ribeaux   Cuba	2:06.84	Adriana Marchena   Venezuela	2:09.20
1500 metres	Eloína Kerr   Cuba	4:21.06 CR	Janice Carlo   Puerto Rico	4:25.09	Adriana Marchena   Venezuela	4:26.57
3000 metres	Sergia Martínez   Cuba	9:36.75 CR	Fabiola Rueda   Colombia	9:40.10	María Cuesta   Cuba	9:58.61
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado   Cuba	13.64 CR	Julieta Rosseaux   Cuba	14.19	Angie Marie Regis   Venezuela	14.23
400 metres hurdles	Alma Vázquez  Mexico	59.57	Felicia Candelario   Dominican Republic	60.06	Vilma París   Puerto Rico	60.84
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas Pauline Davis Shonel Ferguson Oralee Fowler Joanne Major	45.26	Puerto Rico Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús	46.69
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Álvarez Nery McKeen Mercedes Mesa	3:34.97 CR	Puerto Rico Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús	3:39.36	Bahamas	3:54.37
High jump	Victoria Despaigne   Cuba	1.78	Amalia Montes  Mexico	1.75	Eunice Greene   Bahamas	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson   Bahamas	6.65 CR	Madeline de Jesús   Puerto Rico	6.49	Adelina Polledo   Cuba	6.23
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez   Cuba	17.00	Laverne Eve   Bahamas	14.75	Lissete Martínez   Cuba	14.67
Discus throw	Carmen Romero   Cuba	58.58	Hilda Ramos   Cuba	57.80	Yunaira Piña   Venezuela	46.04
Javelin throw	Iris de Grasse   Cuba	59.74 CR	María Beltrán   Cuba	56.40	Mariela Riera   Venezuela	53.84
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne   Cuba	5469 CR	Leyda Castro   Dominican Republic	5178	Genoveva Montano   Cuba	4870

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Cuba)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba  (CUB)*	26	15	16	57
2	Mexico  (MEX)	5	2	2	9
3	Bahamas  (BAH)	4	6	4	14
4	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	2	4	5	11
5	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	2	3	0	5
6	Colombia  (COL)	1	4	2	7
7	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	2	9	11
8	Barbados  (BAR)	0	1	0	1
	Bermuda  (BER)	0	1	0	1
	Guyana  (GUY)	0	1	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands  (VIR)	0	1	0	1
12	Panama  (PAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		40	40	39	119

See also

• 1983 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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