The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 metres | Hyacinth Walters Jamaica | 6.7A | Cynthia Thompson Jamaica | 6.8A | Graviola Ewing Guatemala | 6.9A |
100 metres | Hyacinth Walters Jamaica | 12.3A | Cynthia Thompson Jamaica | 12.4A | Graviola Ewing Guatemala | 12.5A |
80 metres hurdles | Karleen Searchwell Jamaica | 12.1Aw | Vinton Beckett Jamaica | 12.5Aw | Kathleen Russell Jamaica | 12.6Aw |
4 × 100 m relay | Jamaica Kathleen Russell Karleen Searchwell Hyacinth Walters Cynthia Thompson | 48.9A | Guatemala Elia Bolaños María C. Resinos Judith Andrade Graviola Ewing | 52.0A | Mexico Esther Villalón Elia Galván Concepción Sánchez Teresa Bobadilla | 52.2A |
High jump | Vinton Beckett Jamaica | 1.61A | Carmen Phipps Jamaica | 1.59A | Lili Schluter Mexico | 1.30A |
Discus throw | Concepción Villanueva Mexico | 33.96A | Alejandrina Herrera Cuba | 31.78A | Ana Campos El Salvador | 30.91A |
Javelin throw | Judith Caballero Panama | 36.20A | Berta Chiú Mexico | 34.33A | Ana Campos El Salvador | 33.40A |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Jamaica (JAM) | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
2 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
3 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
4 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
5 | Panama (PAN) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
6 | Guatemala (GUA) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
7 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | El Salvador (ESA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (10 nations) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica.
The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The athletics competition in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, Panama.
The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Medellín, Colombia.
The athletics competition in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana, Cuba.
The athletics competition in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
The track and field competition at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico.
The track and field competition at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in November at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
The track and field competition in the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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