Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

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These are the results of the athletics competition at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 18 and 25 June 1962, at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. [1]

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Men's results

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

5000 metres

21 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Eligio Galicia Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14:46.6 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Marciano Castillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 15:06.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Felipe Prado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 15:11.0
4 Manuel Cabrera Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 15:17.2
5 Rodolfo Méndez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 15:17.4
6 Jesús Quetche Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 15:33.2

10,000 metres

19 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Eligio Galicia Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 30:55.2 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Asencio Escalona Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 31:40.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Marciano Castillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 31:44.4
4 Florencio Boches Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 32:15.0
5 Germán Lozano Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 32:36.2
6 Hernán Barreneche Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 32:50.0

Half marathon

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Hernán Barreneche Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:11:49
Silver medal icon.svg Fidel Negrete Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:12:27
Bronze medal icon.svg Víctor Peralta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:13:21
4 Germán Lozano Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:13:30
5 Daniel Vicencio Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:13:40
6 Sebastián García Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:14:39
7 Rodolfo Méndez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 1:15:09
8 Florentino Oropeza Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:16:24
9 Carlos Parra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:17:14
10 Carlos Quiñónez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 1:18:49

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

20 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Erasmo Prado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:19.8 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Elías Mendoza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:23.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Pedro Mariani Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 9:31.4
4 Ezequiel García Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:41.2
5 Freddy Vargas Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 9:54.1
6 Efraín Cordero Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:54.4
7 Carlos Mujica Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela NT
8 Earle Belcher Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 10:15.8
Manuel Cabrera Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DQ [2]

4 × 100 metres relay

Heats – 23 August

RankHeatNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
11Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Arquímides Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves 40.4Q, GR
21Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago Cipriani Phillips, Vincent Ackoon, Wilton Jackson, Edwin Roberts 40.5Q
31Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lindley Headley, Dennis Johnson 40.6Q
41Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg Bahamas Bernard Nottage, Thomas Grant, Eucal Bullard, George Collie 41.6
12Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Alejandro Pascual, Miguel Montalvo, Lázaro Betancourt, Enrique Figuerola 40.6Q
22Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico Noel Mangual, Enrique Montalvo, Jorge Deriez, Manuel Rivera 41.1Q
32Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Santiago Plaza, Jorge Terán, Miguel González, Eduardo Portillo 42.0Q
42Flag of Barbados (1870-1966).svg Barbados Sydney Bradshaw, Caspar Springer, Lloyd Bascombe, Harold Russell 42.0

Final – 25 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Arquímides Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves 40.0 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago Cipriani Phillips, Vincent Ackoon, Wilton Jackson, Edwin Roberts 40.7
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lindley Headley, Dennis Johnson 40.8

4 × 400 metres relay

25 August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Mel Spence, Mal Spence, Gilwyn Williams, George Kerr 3:11.6 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago Roderick Manswell, Juan Betancourt, Wilton Jackson, Edwin Roberts 3:12.5
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico Germán Guenard, José Luis Villalongo, Gilberto Faberlle, Ovidio de Jesús 3:15.8
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Roberto Gómez, Jorge Cumberbatch, Gelasio Morales, Evelio Planas 3:17.1
5Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Leslie Mentor, Lloyd Murad, Víctor Maldonado, Hortensio Fucil 3:19.1
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Eduardo Portillo, Jesús Medina, José Manuel Luna, Jorge Terán 3:22.9

High jump

? August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Teodoro Palacios Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2.00 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Anton Norris Flag of Barbados (1870-1966).svg Barbados 1.98
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernle Haisley Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1.94
4 Ricardo Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1.92
5 Carlos Vásquez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 1.88
6 Víctor Irrizarry Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 1.83
7 Roberto Procel Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1.83
8 Othneal Thomas Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1.83

Pole vault

21 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Rolando Cruz Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 4.72 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Rubén Cruz Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 4.26
Bronze medal icon.svg César Quintero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3.81
4 Brígido Iriarte Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3.81
5 Miguel Rivera Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 3.81
6 McGregor Hinkson Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago 3.81

Long jump

20 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Juan Muñoz Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 7.68 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Wellesley Clayton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.60
Bronze medal icon.svg Abelardo Pacheco Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.16
4 Roberto Procel Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7.16
5 Félix Antonetti Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 7.14
6 Victor Brooks Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 7.02

Triple jump

? August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mahoney Samuels Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 15.53 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Ramón López Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 15.33
Bronze medal icon.svg Perry Christie Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg Bahamas 14.98
4 Alves Thomas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.92
5 José López Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.70
6 Víctor Hernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 14.65

Shot put

? August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lambertus Rebel Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg Netherlands Antilles 14.64 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Héctor Thomas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 14.46
Bronze medal icon.svg Ramón Rosario Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 13.96
4 Carlos Yapur Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13.85
5 Fidel Estrada Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 13.68
6 José Bracho Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 13.59

Discus throw

21 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dagoberto González Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 48.66
Silver medal icon.svg Lambertus Rebel Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg Netherlands Antilles 47.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Daniel Cereali Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 46.97
4 Ignacio Reinosa Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 45.77
5 Modesto Mederos Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 45.36
6 Carlos Rivera Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 45.10

Hammer throw

? August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Enrique Samuells Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 54.15 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Daniel Cereali Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 52.85
Bronze medal icon.svg Marcelino Borrero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 50.35
4 Francisco Fragoso Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 48.38
5 Julián Núñez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 48.35
6 Rubén Dávila Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 45.09

Javelin throw

24 August – old model

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jesús Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 66.66
Silver medal icon.svg Wilfredo Salgado Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 64.24
Bronze medal icon.svg Arnoldo Pallarés Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 61.83
4 Héctor Thomas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 61.17
5 Antonio Olivares Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 60.02
6 Gil Cordovés Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 59.17

Pentathlon

24 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Héctor Thomas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3212
Silver medal icon.svg Roberto Caravaca Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2946
Bronze medal icon.svg Jorge García Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 2912
4 Hugh Malcolm Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2827
5 Raymond Bastardo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2607
6 Billy Montague Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago 2599

Women's results

100 metres

80 metres hurdles

4 × 100 metres relay

? August

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Dorothy Yates, Carmen Williams, Carmen Smith, Ouida Walker 47.0 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Berta Díaz, Nereida Borges, Miguelina Cobián, Fulgencia Romay 47.3
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Panama.svg  Panama Lorraine Dunn, Marcela Daniel, Delceita Oakley, Dinor Batista 47.7
4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago Sybil Donmartin, Barbara Patterson, Thora Best, Sigrid Sandiford 48.2
5Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg Bahamas Diane North, Elaine Thompson, Christina Jones, Althea Rolle 48.7
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Sonia Caire, Esperanza Girón, María Haquet, Elvira Aracen 50.2

High jump

20 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brenda Archer Flag of British Guiana (1955-1966).svg British Guiana 1.53 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Marta Font Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1.51
Bronze medal icon.svg Beverley Welsh Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1.51
4 Verónica Torrealba Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1.47
5 Althea Callender Flag of Barbados (1870-1966).svg Barbados 1.45
6 Lidia Velsaco Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1.45

Long jump

? August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bertha Díaz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5.50 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Dorothy Yates Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5.38
Bronze medal icon.svg Gisela Vidal Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5.35
4 Irene Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5.30
5 Fave Elliott Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5.24
6 Marcia Salas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5.18

Discus throw

? August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Caridad Agüero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 43.75 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Alejandrina Herrera Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 38.70
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivonne Rojano Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 38.69
4 Imelda Espinosa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 37.84
5 Hilda Ramírez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 36.98
6 Nerva Matheus Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 36.00

Javelin throw

? August – old model

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Hilda Ramírez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 40.32 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Beverly Eloisa Oglivie Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 40.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Berta Chiú Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 35.63
4 Marilyn Bayley Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962).svg Trinidad and Tobago 35.63
5 Eileen Sutherland Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 35.52
5 María Rizzo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 34.99

Notes

    References

    1. Memoria IX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (PDF). pp. 65–72. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
    2. "José Neira 3o. en los 800 mts. planos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). United Press International. 21 August 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 14 January 2026.