Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún   Cuba	10.3Aw	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	10.4Aw	Lloyd La Beach   Panama	10.5Aw
200 metres	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	20.9Aw	Rafael Fortún   Cuba	21.2Aw	Lloyd La Beach   Panama	21.2Aw
400 metres	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	47.8A	George Rhoden   Jamaica	48.3A	Cirilo McSween   Panama	49.3A
800 metres	George Rhoden   Jamaica	1:59.4A	Frank Prince   Panama	1:59.5A	Frank Rivera   Puerto Rico	2:01.1A
1500 metres	Frank Prince   Panama	4:13.0A	Ken Hyland   Trinidad and Tobago	4:14.8A	Guillermo Rojas   Guatemala	4:15.0A
5000 metres	Francisco Hernández   Mexico	16:05.8A	Doroteo Flores   Guatemala	16:10.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz   Mexico	16:24.7A
10,000 metres	Luis Velásquez   Guatemala	34:33.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz   Mexico	34:50.7A	Cruz Serrano   Mexico	34:52.5A
Half marathon	Luis Velásquez   Guatemala	1:14:44A	Doroteo Flores   Guatemala	1:15:41A	Gustavo Ramírez   Colombia	1:17:14A
110 metres hurdles	Julio Sabater   Puerto Rico	14.9A	Samuel Anderson   Cuba	15.2A	Vicente Tavárez   Mexico	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio   Colombia	54.9A	Relín Sosa   Puerto Rico	56.6A	Carlos Monges   Mexico	57.3A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Rafael Fortún Jesús Farrés Raúl Mazorra Dioscórides Wilson	41.5A	Jamaica George Rhoden Lancelot Thompson Leslie Laing Herb McKenley	41.6A	Panama Lloyd LaBeach Samuel LaBeach Felipe Malcoln Cirilo McSween	42.0A
4 × 400 metres relay	Panama Samuel LaBeach Cirilo McSween Frank Prince Lloyd LaBeach	3:17.2A	Cuba Hermes L. Riverí Juan A. Sáez Ángel García Evelio Planas	3:19.0A	Jamaica Benson Ford Leslie Laing Egbert McNeil George Rhoden	3:19.0A
High jump	Gilberto Torres   Puerto Rico	1.89A	Oswald Lyon   Jamaica	1.89A	Benjamín Casado   Puerto Rico	1.85A
Pole vault	José Vincente   Puerto Rico	4.10A	José Barbosa   Puerto Rico	3.78A	José Fontanés   Puerto Rico	3.63A
Long jump	Francisco Castro   Puerto Rico	7.01A	Benjamín Casado   Puerto Rico	6.95A	Claudio Cabreja   Cuba	6.94A
Triple jump	Reinaldo Salamo   Puerto Rico	14.20A	Francisco Castro   Puerto Rico	14.10A	Benjamín Casado   Puerto Rico	13.57A
Shot put	Israel Capavete   Puerto Rico	13.78A	Eduardo Adriana   Netherlands Antilles	13.67A	Gerardo de Villiers   Cuba	13.23A
Discus throw	Eduardo Parera   Cuba	40.54A	Manuel Seoane   Puerto Rico	38.88A	Juan Luyanda   Puerto Rico	37.75A
Hammer throw	Jaime Annexy   Puerto Rico	45.87A	Vicente Lagoyete   Colombia	42.64A	Julio Bordás   Cuba	42.08A
Javelin throw	Enrique Pizarro   Puerto Rico	56.67A	Mario Salas   Cuba	55.74A	Emilio Romero   Puerto Rico	55.57A
Pentathlon	Amador Terán   Mexico	2944A	Víctor Castañeda   El Salvador	2779A	Enrique Salazar   Guatemala	2560A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 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.