Athletics at the 1973 Central American Games

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Tribuna Mateo Flores.jpg
Mateo Flores Stadium
DatesNovember
Host city Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Guatemala.svg
Venue Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
LevelSenior
Events38 (24 men, 14 women)
Participation6 nations


Athletics competitions at the 1973 Central American Games were held at the Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in November 1973.

Contents

A total of 38 events were contested, 24 by men and 14 by women.

Medal summary

Gold medal winners and their results were published. [1] A complete list of medal winners can be found on the MásGoles webpage (click on "JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS" in the low right corner). [2] Gold medalists were also published in other sources. [3] [4] A couple of results can be found in the archives of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación. [5] [6]

All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Ciudad de Guatemale is located at 1,592 m above sea level.

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Rolando Mendieta  (PAN)10.9 AFlag of Panama.svg  Irwin Weeks  (PAN)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Carlos Aguilar  (GUA)
200 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Rolando Mendieta  (PAN)22.1 AFlag of Panama.svg  Irwin Weeks  (PAN)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Carlos Abott  (CRC)
400 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Ricardo Worrel  (PAN)48.2 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Carlos Abott  (CRC)48.9 AFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Francisco Menocal  (NCA)
800 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Santiago Vargas  (CRC)1:58.9 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Enrique Ramírez  (GUA)1:59.7 AFlag of Panama.svg  José Blackburn  (PAN)2:01.0 A
1500 metres Flag of Guatemala.svg  Enrique Ramírez  (GUA)4:04.0 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Quevedo  (GUA)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Santiago Vargas  (CRC)
5000 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)15:05.2 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Quevedo  (GUA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Virgilio Herrera  (GUA)
10000 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)31:17.4 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Quevedo  (GUA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Virgilio Herrera  (GUA)
Marathon Flag of Guatemala.svg  Carlos Cuque López  (GUA)2:23:52 AFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Clovis Morales  (HON)2:34:39.7 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Juan Contreras  (GUA)2:40:08.7 A
110 metres hurdles Flag of Panama.svg  Ricardo Worrel  (PAN)15.2 AFlag of Panama.svg  César Duff  (PAN)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Omar Martínez  (GUA)
400 metres hurdles Flag of Panama.svg  Ricardo Worrel  (PAN)54.2 AFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Francisco Menocal  (NCA)Flag of El Salvador.svg  Luis Escobar  (ESA)
3000 metres steeplechase Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Rafael Ángel Pérez  (CRC)9:42.8 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Luis Gamboa  (CRC)10:01.7 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Juan Garrido  (GUA)10:14.4 A
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Rolando Mendieta
César Duff
Martin
Irwin Weeks
43.1 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Carlos Aguilar
Óscar Gallardo
Mayorga
Omar Martínez
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
4 x 400 metres relay Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Óscar Gallardo
Enrique Ramírez
Belarmino Peláez
Salomón Rowe
3:21.4 AFlag of Panama.svg  Panama Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
20 Kilometres Road Walk Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Juan Solórzano  (NCA)1:53:58 AFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Raúl Lanza  (HON)Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Carlos Vanegas  (NCA)
50 Kilometres Road Walk Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Hipólito López  (HON)5:35:29 AFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Carlos Vanegas  (NCA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Cirilo Sequén  (GUA)
High Jump Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Roberto McFarlane  (CRC)1.75 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Omar Martínez  (GUA)Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Yodi Elizondo  (NCA)
Pole Vault Flag of Panama.svg  Luis Rossi  (PAN)4.04 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Luis Pérez  (CRC)Flag of El Salvador.svg  Héctor Olano  (ESA)
Long Jump Flag of Guatemala.svg  Salomón Rowe  (GUA)7.77 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Martin Douglas  (CRC)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Roberto McFarlane  (CRC)
Triple Jump Flag of Panama.svg  César Duff  (PAN)14.91 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Martin Douglas  (CRC)14.44 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Salomón Rowe  (GUA)
Shot Put Flag of Panama.svg  Roberto Ibáñez  (PAN)14.30 AFlag of El Salvador.svg  Mauricio Jubis  (ESA)Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Iván Turcios  (NCA)
Discus Throw Flag of El Salvador.svg  Joaquín Rodas Peña  (ESA)45.08 AFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Armando Mejía  (NCA)Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Iván Turcios  (NCA)
Hammer Throw Flag of El Salvador.svg  Juan Pedro Varela  (ESA)47.22 AFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Francisco Argüello  (NCA)Flag of Panama.svg  René Lynch  (PAN)
Javelin Throw Flag of Nicaragua.svg  José Peralta  (NCA)57.94 A*Flag of El Salvador.svg  Rudy Aguilar  (ESA)Flag of Panama.svg  René Lynch  (PAN)
Decathlon Flag of Nicaragua.svg  José Peralta  (NCA)5383 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  José Vega  (CRC)Flag of El Salvador.svg  Rafael Santos  (ESA)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Diva Bishop  (PAN)12.0 AFlag of Panama.svg  Margarita Martínez  (PAN)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Patricia Meighan  (GUA)
200 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Diva Bishop  (PAN)24.2 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Patricia Meighan  (GUA)Flag of Panama.svg  Clotilde Morales  (PAN)
400 metres Flag of Guatemala.svg  Patricia Meighan  (GUA)57.6 AFlag of Panama.svg  Mirna Ambursley  (PAN)Flag of Panama.svg  Ruby Callist  (PAN)
800 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Mirna Ambursley  (PAN)2:23.2 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Thelma Zúñiga  (CRC)2:27.4 AFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Marielos Machado  (CRC)2:27.4 A
1500 metres Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Thelma Zúñiga  (CRC)5:13.0 AFlag of Panama.svg  Mirna Ambursley  (PAN)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Marielos Machado  (CRC)
100 metres hurdles Flag of Panama.svg  Beatriz de Knight  (PAN)15.6 AFlag of Panama.svg  Yolanda Knight  (PAN)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Mayra Figueroa  (GUA)
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Margarita Martínez
Beatriz de Knight
Clotilde Morales
Diva Bishop
49.0 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Mayra Figueroa
Ingrid Brenner
González
Patricia Meighan
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
4 x 400 metres relay Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Ruby Callist
Diva Bishop
Borland
Mirna Ambursley
3:59.7 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Maribel González
Ingrid Brenner
González
Patricia Meighan
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
High Jump Flag of Panama.svg  Diva Bishop  (PAN)1.45 AFlag of El Salvador.svg  Evelyn Mena  (ESA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Patricia Luna  (GUA)
Long Jump Flag of El Salvador.svg  Flora Aminta Torres  (ESA)5.11 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Ingrid Brenner  (GUA)Flag of Panama.svg  Beatriz de Knight  (PAN)
Shot Put Flag of El Salvador.svg  Marta Regina Vásquez  (ESA)12.03 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Lisbeth Matzford  (GUA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Celia de Martinez  (GUA)
Discus Throw Flag of El Salvador.svg  Patricia Comandari  (ESA)37.98 AFlag of Guatemala.svg  Lisbeth Matzford  (GUA)Flag of El Salvador.svg  Marta Regina Vásquez  (ESA)
Javelin Throw Flag of El Salvador.svg  Evelyn Mena  (ESA)36.38 A*Flag of El Salvador.svg  Geraldina Portillo  (ESA)Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Cynthia Porras  (NCA)
Pentathlon Flag of Panama.svg  Yolanda Knight  (PAN)2977 AFlag of El Salvador.svg  Flora Aminta Torres  (ESA)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Ingrid Brenner  (GUA)

Notes

*: Original model javelin.

Medal table (unofficial)


  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama  (PAN)178631
2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)67922
3Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador  (ESA)65415
4Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)*5121330
5Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua  (NIC)34613
6Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras 1203
Totals (6 entries)383838114

References

  1. CENTRAL AMERICAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved July 30, 2012
  2. Centroamericanos - Resultados en la historia (in Spanish), masgoles.com, archived from the original on September 19, 2012, retrieved August 10, 2012
  3. medalleroatletico (May 12, 2010), JJ. CentroAmericanos Masculino (in Spanish), blogspot.es, archived from the original on December 18, 2012, retrieved August 6, 2012
  4. medalleroatletico (May 12, 2010), JJ. CentroAmericanos Femeninos (in Spanish), blogspot.es, archived from the original on December 19, 2012, retrieved August 6, 2012
  5. Pandolfe, Gaetano (December 2, 1973), Costa Rica clasificó en tercer lugar en Guatemala - María del Milagro París declarada por los cronistas la mejor atleta (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, p. 58 (original page no.: 78A), retrieved August 30, 2012
  6. LA NACIÓN en los juegos deportivos centroamericanos - Panamá primero en atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 3, 1973, p. 90 (original page no.: 8C), retrieved August 30, 2012