Athletics at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún   Cuba	10.4	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	10.7	McDonald Bailey   Trinidad and Tobago
200 metres	Rafael Fortún   Cuba	21.6	Lloyd LaBeach   Panama	21.7	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	21.7
400 metres	Arthur Wint   Jamaica	48.0	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	48.5	George Rhoden   Jamaica	49.3
800 metres	Arthur Wint   Jamaica	1:54.8	Wilfred Tull   Trinidad and Tobago	1:56.4	Ken Hyland   Trinidad and Tobago	1:57.6
1500 metres	Wilfred Tull   Trinidad and Tobago	4:07.8	Ken Hyland   Trinidad and Tobago	4:09.6	Arthur Dujon   Jamaica	4:12.4
5000 metres	Mannie Ramjohn   Trinidad and Tobago	15:54.8	Jesús Borgonio   Mexico	15:55.0	Doroteo Flores   Guatemala	15:56.0
10,000 metres	Doroteo Flores   Guatemala	33:55.0	Agustín Romero   Mexico	34:54.8	Cipriano Gómez   Mexico	34:58.2
Half marathon	Doroteo Flores   Guatemala	01:14:33	Luis Velásquez   Guatemala	01:14:39	Rafael Flores   El Salvador	01:15:38
110 metres hurdles	Eligio Barbería   Cuba	14.8	Teófilo Colón   Puerto Rico	15.5	Julio Sabater   Puerto Rico
400 metres hurdles	Eligio Barbería   Cuba	55.3	Relín Sosa   Puerto Rico	56.4	Remigio Castro   Cuba	56.5
4 × 100 m relay	Panama Clifford Loney Arturo Thomas Clayton Clarke Lloyd LaBeach	43.0	Cuba Rafael Fortún Jesús Farrés Pedro Castillo Eligio Barbería	43.1	Trinidad and Tobago George Lewis Nathaniel Preddie Albert McLean McDonald Bailey	43.5
4 × 400 m relay	Jamaica Herb McKenley Clinton Woodstock George Rhoden Arthur Wint	3:18.0	Cuba Juan A. Sáez José L. Gómez Carlos Bombalier Ángel García	3:21.4	Panama Eric Ferguson David Benskin Reginaldo Matthews Cirilo McSween	3:23.2
High jump	Miguel Clovis   Panama	1.85	Gilberto Torres   Puerto Rico	1.85	Francisco Castro   Puerto Rico	1.85
Pole Vault	José Vincente   Puerto Rico	3.98	José Barbosa   Puerto Rico	3.84	Jesús Centeno   Mexico	3.77
Long jump	Lloyd LaBeach   Panama	6.96	Lance Thompson   Jamaica	6.95	Francisco Castro   Puerto Rico	6.92
Triple jump	Francisco Castro   Puerto Rico	14.14	Harold Lawson   Jamaica	14.14	Raúl López   Cuba	13.74
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana   Netherlands Antilles	13.35	Carlos Cervantes   Cuba	13.28	Luis Betancourt   Cuba	13.03
Discus throw	Manuel Seoane   Puerto Rico	39.94	Mauricio Rodríguez   Venezuela	39.86	Carlos Pérez   Mexico	38.69
Hammer throw	Francisco González   Mexico	41.87	Luis Betancourt   Cuba	39.71	Lorenzo Barquín   Cuba	39.70
Javelin throw	Mario Salas   Cuba	55.00	Enrique Pizarro   Puerto Rico	54.18	Nicolás Romero   Puerto Rico	52.75
Pentathlon	Néstor Marchany   Puerto Rico	3374	Amador Terán   Mexico	3294	Víctor Castañeda   El Salvador	3131

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Dolores Worrell   Panama	6.4	Cynthia Thompson   Jamaica	6.5	Hyacinth Walters   Jamaica	6.8
100 metres	Cynthia Thompson   Jamaica	12.1	Emilia Foster   Panama	12.7	Dolores Worrell   Panama	12.7
80 metres hurdles	Josefine Lewis   Panama	12.5	Mavis Evelyn   Jamaica	12.7	Kathleen Russell   Jamaica	12.7
4 × 100 m relay	Panama Dolores Worrell Mildred Bannister Esther Stewart Emilia Foster	49.1	Jamaica Cynthia Thompson Cynthia Llewellyn Hyacinth Walters Icis Clarke	50.1	Cuba Regla Cáceres Georgina Iglesias Esperanza McKenzie Bertha Delgado	53.0
High jump	Carmen Phipps   Jamaica	1.54	Vinton Beckett   Jamaica	1.52	Silvia Ford   Panama	1.44
Discus throw	Judith Caballero   Panama	30.17	Esther Reyes   Mexico	29.73	Gloria Álvarez   Cuba	29.72
Javelin throw	Judith Caballero   Panama	38.04	Ángela Iglesias   Cuba	36.75	Alicia Reyes   Puerto Rico	33.99

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Panama  (PAN)	8	2	3	13
2	Jamaica  (JAM)	5	8	5	18
3	Cuba  (CUB)	5	5	6	16
4	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	4	5	5	14
5	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	2	2	3	7
6	Guatemala  (GUA)	2	1	1	4
7	Mexico  (MEX)	1	4	3	8
8	Netherlands Antilles  (AHO)	1	0	0	1
9	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	El Salvador  (ESA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		28	28	28	84

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.