Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games

Athletics at the X CAC Games
Dates	16–22 June 1966
Host city	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Venue	Estadio Municipal Hiram Bithorn
Events	32
Participation	338 athletes from 17 nations
← 1962 Kingston 1970 Panama City → 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Municipal Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico between 16 and 22 June.

It was the first edition to hold women's 200 metres and shot put as well as men's 10,000 metres walk. It was also the last to hold men's pentathlon, which was to be replaced with the decathlon from the next edition on.

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Enrique Figuerola   Cuba	10.2 =GR	Edwin Roberts [1]   Trinidad and Tobago	10.3	Carl Plaskett   U.S. Virgin Islands	10.5
200 metres	Edwin Roberts [1]   Trinidad and Tobago	20.8 /20.70? GR	Carl Plaskett   U.S. Virgin Islands	21.4 /21.21?	Enrique Figuerola   Cuba	21.5 /21.24?
400 metres	Juan Franceschi   Puerto Rico	46.7 /46.77? GR	Rupert Hoilette   Jamaica	46.9 /47.03?	Rodobaldo Díaz   Cuba	47.0 /47.10?
800 metres	Neville Myton   Jamaica	1:50.2 GR	Lennox Yearwood   Trinidad and Tobago	1:51.7	Benedict Cayenne   Trinidad and Tobago	1:54.3
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía   Colombia	3:50.3 GR	Orlando Martínez   Puerto Rico	3:52.4	José Neri   Mexico	3:52.4
5000 metres	Álvaro Mejía   Colombia	14:42.6	José Neri   Mexico	14:56.4	Valentín Robles   Mexico	15:33.2
10,000 metres	Álvaro Mejía   Colombia	31:34.0	Valentín Robles   Mexico	32:11.0	Juan Martínez   Mexico	32:13.0
Half marathon	Valentín Robles   Mexico	1:13:47	Pedro Cárdenas   Colombia	1:14:24	Antonio Ibarra   Mexico	1:17:01
110 metres hurdles	Hernando Arrechea   Colombia	14.2w	Ray Harvey   Jamaica	14.4w	Juan Morales   Cuba	14.5w
400 metres hurdles	Heriberto Cruz   Puerto Rico	52.4	Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela	52.5	Arístides Pineda   Venezuela	53.5
3000 metre steeplechase	Flavio Buendía   Mexico	9:32.6	Rolf Duwe   Venezuela	9:37.8	Rigoberto Mendoza   Cuba	9:38.4
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Wellesley Clayton Pablo McNeil Ernest Headley Michael Fray	40.5	Trinidad and Tobago Cipriani Phillips Winston Short Henry Noel Edwin Roberts [1]	40.6	Cuba Félix Eugellés Juan Morales Manuel Montalvo Enrique Figuerola	40.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Clifton Forbes Melville Spence Neville Myton Rupert Hoilette	3:08.8 GR	Trinidad and Tobago Ben Cayenne Lennox Yearwood Edwin Skinner Edwin Roberts [1]	3:09.4	Puerto Rico Juan Franceschi Rafael Vega José Andino Germán Guenard	3:10.3
10,000 metre track walk	José Pedraza   Mexico	51:32.4 GR	Euclides Calzado   Cuba	51:43.4	David Jiménez   Cuba	52:17.8
High jump	Teodoro Palacios   Guatemala	2.03 GR	Anton Norris   Barbados	1.98	Luis Planchart   Venezuela	1.93
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz   Puerto Rico	4.54	Rubén Cruz   Puerto Rico	4.30	Luis Quintero   Colombia	4.15
Long jump	Wellesley Clayton   Jamaica	7.64	Abelardo Pacheco   Cuba	7.55	Byron Lewis   Jamaica	7.51
Triple jump	Tim Barrett   Bahamas	15.76 GR	José Hernández   Cuba	15.72	Trevor Thomas   Jamaica	15.42
Shot put	Fidel Estrada   Cuba	15.36 GR	Roy Hollingsworth   Trinidad and Tobago	15.36 GR	Benigno Hodelín   Cuba	15.34
Discus throw	Roy Hollingsworth   Trinidad and Tobago	52.10 GR	Javier Moreno   Cuba	48.71	Dagoberto González   Colombia	48.16
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells   Cuba	68.11 GR	Adolfo Martín   Cuba	56.59	Marcelino Borrero   Colombia	52.38
Javelin throw	Justo Perelló   Cuba	74.74 GR	Francisco Mena   Cuba	69.57	Jesús Rodríguez   Venezuela	68.59
Pentathlon	Jorge García   Puerto Rico	3513 GR	Francisco Mena   Cuba	3467	Ramón Iriarte   Venezuela	3389

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Miguelina Cobián   Cuba	11.7 /11.69?	Cristina Hechevarría   Cuba	11.9 /11.79?	Carmen Smith   Jamaica	11.9 /11.86?
200 metres	Una Morris   Jamaica	24.2 GR	Miguelina Cobián   Cuba	24.8	Vilma Charlton   Jamaica	24.9
80 metres hurdles	Carmen Smith   Jamaica	11.1	Doreldeen Pagan   Jamaica	11.6	Daisy Hechevarría   Cuba	11.6
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Adlin Mair Una Morris Vilma Charlton Carmen Smith	46.2 GR	Cuba Irene Martínez Cristina Hechevarría Fulgencia Romay Miguelina Cobián	46.5	Barbados Aledene Holder Freida Nicholls Arlene Babb Patsy Callender	49.5
High jump	Patsy Callender   Barbados	1.65 GR	Hilda Fabré   Cuba	1.60	Julia Pérez   Cuba	1.55
Long jump	Irene Martínez   Cuba	5.87 GR	Beverley Welsh   Jamaica	5.72	Marcia Garbey   Cuba	5.47
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez   Cuba	12.72 GR	Guadalupe Lartigue   Mexico	12.23	Francisca Roberts   Venezuela	12.02
Discus throw	Caridad Agüero   Cuba	43.37	Joan Gordon   Jamaica	39.84	Carmen Romero   Cuba	39.07
Javelin throw	Hilda Ramírez   Cuba	39.34	Blanca Umaña   Colombia	37.39	María Moreno   Cuba	36.47

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba  (CUB)	9	11	12	32
2	Jamaica  (JAM)	7	5	4	16
3	Colombia  (COL)	4	2	3	9
4	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	4	2	1	7
5	Mexico  (MEX)	3	3	4	10
6	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	2	5	1	8
7	Barbados  (BAR)	1	1	1	3
8	Bahamas  (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	Guatemala  (GUA)	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	2	5	7
11	U.S. Virgin Islands  (VIR)	0	1	1	2
Totals (11 entries)		32	32	32	96

Participation

• Bahamas (4)
• Barbados (16)
•   Colombia (19)
•   Cuba (70)
•   Dominican Republic (19)
•   Guatemala (6)
•   Guyana (1)
•   Jamaica (30)
• Mexico (23)
• Netherlands Antilles (4)
•   Nicaragua (2)
•   Panama (5)
• Puerto Rico (76)
•   El Salvador (8)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (13)
•   United States Virgin Islands (18)
•   Venezuela (24)

References

1. "Hall of Fame: Edwin Anthony ROBERTS". AthleCAC.org. Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation . Retrieved 2017-09-28.

External links

• 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.