1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	25–27 July
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
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The 1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 25–27 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Andrés Simón   Cuba	10.22	Osvaldo Lara   Cuba	10.30	Fabian Whymns   Bahamas	10.41
200 metres	Leandro Peñalver   Cuba	20.56 CR	Félix Stevens   Cuba	20.70	David Smith   Jamaica	20.82
400 metres	Roberto Hernández   Cuba	45.34	Bert Cameron   Jamaica	45.44	Elvis Forde   Barbados	45.74
800 metres	Reuben Bayley   Barbados	1:48.93	Steve Burgess   Bermuda	1:49.48	Livingston Marshall   Bahamas	1:49.77
1500 metres	Rafael Martínez  Mexico	3:43.81	Francisco Pacheco  Mexico	3:44.75	Carlos Quiñones   Puerto Rico	3:45.60
5000 metres	Francisco Pacheco  Mexico	13:53.30 CR	Silvio Salazar   Colombia	13:54.00	Mauricio González  Mexico	14:11.50
10,000 metres	Jesús Herrera  Mexico	29:56.30	Martín Pitayo  Mexico	29:58.20	Silvio Salazar   Colombia	30:12.00
Marathon	Claudio Cabán   Puerto Rico	2:38:18	Anthony Williams   Bahamas	2:43:25
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas   Cuba	13.68	Juan Saborit   Cuba	13.83	Gary Bullard   Bahamas	14.74
400 metres hurdles	Jesús Aguilasocho  Mexico	49.81 CR	Greg Rolle   Bahamas	51.01	Wilfredo Santiago   Puerto Rico	51.30
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde   Cuba	8:36.80 CR	Juan Jesús Linares   Cuba	8:39.20	Carmelo Ríos   Puerto Rico	8:40.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Félix Stevens Andrés Simón	39.17 CR	Bahamas Ricardo Grey Austin Albury Fabian Whymns Audrick Lightbourne	40.25	Puerto Rico Luis Morales Ray Quiñones Elmer Williams José Valdez	40.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Félix Stevens Julio Prado Leandro Peñalver Roberto Hernández	3:03.38 CR	Barbados David Peltier Richard Louis David Carter Elvis Forde	3:03.69	Mexico Luis Karim Toledo Antonio Álvarez Jorge Burgos Jesús Aguilasocho	3:07.50
20 km road walk	Ernesto Canto  Mexico	1:28:26	Biliulfo Andablo  Mexico	1:31:16	Héctor Moreno   Colombia	1:32:52
50 km road walk	Martín Bermúdez  Mexico	4:22:33	Pedro Aroche  Mexico	4:28:09	Edel Oliva   Cuba	4:40:37
High jump	Javier Sotomayor   Cuba	2.30 CR	Francisco Centelles   Cuba	2.30	Clarence Saunders   Bermuda	2.14
Pole vault	Rubén Camino   Cuba	5.20 =CR	Manuel Fuentes   Venezuela	4.70	Alberto Nieves   Puerto Rico	4.60
Long jump	Jaime Jefferson   Cuba	8.13 CR	Ubaldo Duany   Cuba	8.07	Elmer Williams   Puerto Rico	7.93w
Triple jump	Steve Hanna   Bahamas	17.07 CR	Lázaro Balcindes   Cuba	16.80	Ernesto Torres   Puerto Rico	16.46w
Shot put	Paul Ruiz   Cuba	18.98	Luis Delís   Cuba	18.52	James Dedier   Trinidad and Tobago	16.37
Discus throw	Luis Delís   Cuba	66.50 CR	Juan Martínez   Cuba	64.78	Bradley Cooper   Bahamas	60.10
Hammer throw	Alejandro Labardesque   Cuba	63.90	Francisco Soria   Cuba	60.68	David Castrillón   Colombia	59.42
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson   Cuba	79.20	Ramón González   Cuba	76.88	Juan de la Garza  Mexico	74.90
Decathlon	Sidney Cartwright   Bahamas	7000	Brooke Onley   Bermuda	6908	Ron McPhee   Bahamas	6694

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Merlene Ottey   Jamaica	11.18 CR	Grace Jackson   Jamaica	11.27	Pauline Davis   Bahamas	11.47
200 metres	Merlene Ottey   Jamaica	22.39 CR	Grace Jackson   Jamaica	22.64	Pauline Davis   Bahamas	23.37
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba	50.96 CR	Andrea Thomas   Jamaica	52.58	Jocelyn Joseph   Antigua and Barbuda	53.25
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba	2:03.60 CR	Nery McKeen   Cuba	2:04.10	Norfalia Carabalí   Colombia	2:05.40
1500 metres	Angelita Lind   Puerto Rico	4:23.35	Nery McKeen   Cuba	4:25.03	Alicia Diffourt   Cuba	4:25.84
3000 metres	Santa Velázquez  Mexico	9:35.10 CR	Adriana Frausto  Mexico	9:46.10	Sergia Martínez   Cuba	9:47.90
10,000 metres	Yolanda Veranes   Cuba	36:56.40 CR	Carmen Martínez   Puerto Rico	37:28.30	Ileana Arroyo   Puerto Rico	37:48.20
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado   Cuba	13.43w	Sandra Taváres  Mexico	13.78w	Odalys Hernández   Cuba	13.83w
400 metres hurdles	Belkis Chávez   Cuba	58.77	Odalys Hernández   Cuba	59.50	Carmel Major   Bahamas	59.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas Carmel Major Pauline Davis Shonel Ferguson Chandra Sturrup	45.71	Mexico Alejandra Flores Sandra Taváres Giomar Fernández Alma Vázquez	46.04	Puerto Rico Virgen Fontanez Mercedes Ríos Marta Moreno Jenny Fuentes	47.25
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Belkis Chávez Odalys Hernández Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:34.47 CR	Mexico Rocio Rohen Alma Vázquez Erendira Villagómez Leticia García	3:40.75	Bahamas Whelma Colebrooke Carmel Major Joanne Major Chandra Sturrup	3:43.33
High jump	Silvia Costa   Cuba	1.88 CR	Cristina Fink  Mexico	1.81	Laura Agront   Puerto Rico	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson   Bahamas	6.47w	Eloína Echevarría   Cuba	6.41w	Victoria Despaigne   Cuba	5.97
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez   Cuba	17.16	Rosa Fernández   Cuba	16.76	Laverne Eve   Bahamas	14.54
Discus throw	Maritza Martén   Cuba	61.02	Hilda Ramos   Cuba	60.78	María Isabel Urrutia   Colombia	55.56
Javelin throw	Mayra Vila   Cuba	63.38 CR	María Caridad Colón   Cuba	62.78	Sonya Smith   Bermuda	49.44
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne   Cuba	5323	Nadia Katich   Colombia	5245	Leyda Castro   Dominican Republic	4884

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba  (CUB)	25	18	5	48
2	Mexico  (MEX)	7	9	3	19
3	Bahamas  (BAH)*	4	3	10	17
4	Jamaica  (JAM)	2	4	1	7
5	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	2	1	10	13
6	Barbados  (BAR)	1	1	1	3
7	Colombia  (COL)	0	2	5	7
8	Bermuda  (BER)	0	2	2	4
9	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	Antigua and Barbuda  (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		41	41	40	122

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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