Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

Athletics at the XVIII CAC Games
Host stadium (shown in 2007)
Dates	15–22 August 1998
Host city	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Venue	Estadio José Pachencho Romero
Events	43
Participation	436 athletes from 31 nations
← 1993 Ponce 2002 San Salvador → 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition in the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. ^[1] It was the first edition to feature women's hammer throw and pole vault.

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Obadele Thompson   Barbados	10.20	Dwight Ferguson   Bahamas	10.43	Luis Pérez   Cuba	10.44
200 metres	Juan Pedro Toledo   Mexico	20.46	Misael Ortíz   Cuba	20.75	Iván García   Cuba	20.81
400 metres	Troy McIntosh   Bahamas	44.84	Roxbert Martin   Jamaica	45.11	Alejandro Cárdenas   Mexico	45.22
800 metres	Norberto Téllez   Cuba	1:49.71	Ereisis Torres   Cuba	1:51.39	Mark Olivo   Venezuela	1:51.68
1500 metres	Héctor Torres   Mexico	3:46.06	Emigdio Delgado   Venezuela	3:47.71	Pablo Olmedo   Mexico	3:48.19
5000 metres	Pablo Olmedo   Mexico	14:01.85	Freddy González   Venezuela	14:04.77	Germán Beltrán   Venezuela	14:05.15
10,000 metres	Germán Beltrán   Venezuela	29:49.06	Julio César Valle   Mexico	29:53.40	Gabino Apolonio   Mexico	30:11.29
Marathon	Juan Camacho   Mexico	2:25:25	William Ramírez   Colombia	2:25:33	Rubén Maza   Venezuela	2:27:46
110 metres hurdles	Anier García   Cuba	13.27	Steve Brown   Trinidad and Tobago	13.56	Erik Batte   Cuba	13.84
400 metres hurdles	Dinsdale Morgan   Jamaica	48.87	Emilio Valle   Cuba	49.66	Kemel Thompson   Jamaica	49.67
3000 metre steeplechase	Salvador Miranda   Mexico	8:41.70	Néstor Nieves   Venezuela	8:43.34	Daniel Torres   Mexico	8:46.44
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Alfredo García Misael Ortiz Iván García Luis Pérez	38.79	Jamaica Garth Robinson Patrick Jarrett Leon Gordon Clarkson Reid	39.04	Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander Steve Brown Peter Fredericks Julian Raeburn	39.54
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Omar Mena Jorge Crusellas Edel Hevia Norberto Téllez	3:03.18	Jamaica Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Gregory Hines Davian Clarke	3:03.26	Bahamas Avard Moncur Carl Oliver Chris Brown Dennis Darling	3:04.16
20 kilometre road walk	Daniel García   Mexico	1:23:32	Bernardo Segura   Mexico	1:24:31	Julio Martínez   Guatemala	1:25:31
50 kilometre road walk	Ignacio Zamudio   Mexico	3:58:15	Hugo López   Guatemala	4:06:55	Jorge Luis Pino   Cuba	4:07:52
High jump	Javier Sotomayor   Cuba	2.37	Gilmar Mayo   Colombia	2.30	Julio Luciano   Dominican Republic	2.21
Pole vault	Edgar Díaz   Puerto Rico	5.30	Ricardo Diez   Venezuela	5.30	Jorge Tienda   Mexico	5.10
Long jump	Iván Pedroso   Cuba	8.45	James Beckford   Jamaica	8.16	Joan Lino Martínez   Cuba	8.09
Triple jump	Yoelbi Quesada   Cuba	17.18	Aliecer Urrutia   Cuba	16.53	Iván Salcedo   Mexico	16.10
Shot put	Yojer Medina   Venezuela	19.42	Yosvany Obregón   Cuba	18.30	Orlando Ibarra   Colombia	17.52
Discus throw	Alexis Elizalde   Cuba	65.00	Frank Casañas   Cuba	59.38	Alfredo Romero   Puerto Rico	50.83
Hammer throw	Alberto Sánchez   Cuba	74.25	Yosvany Suárez   Cuba	69.35	Guillermo Guzmán   Mexico	63.78
Javelin throw	Emeterio González   Cuba	80.92	Isbel Luaces   Cuba	78.96	Edwin Cuesta   Venezuela	75.41
Decathlon	Raúl Duany   Cuba	8118	Eugenio Balanqué   Cuba	8090	Diógenes Estévez   Venezuela	7237

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chandra Sturrup   Bahamas	11.14	Beverly McDonald   Jamaica	11.36	Tayna Lawrence   Jamaica	11.53
200 metres	Beverly McDonald   Jamaica	22.30w	Juliet Campbell   Jamaica	22.63w	Felipa Palacios   Colombia	23.07w
400 metres	Sandie Richards   Jamaica	51.27	Ana Guevara   Mexico	51.32	Norfalia Carabalí   Colombia	51.52
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde   Suriname	2:00.24	Ana Guevara   Mexico	2:01.12 (NR)	Mardrea Hyman   Jamaica	2:01.46
1500 metres	Mardrea Hyman   Jamaica	4:27.03	Nora Rocha   Mexico	4:27.74	Yanelis Lara   Cuba	4:29.43
5000 metres	Nora Rocha   Mexico	16:43.48	Adriana Fernández   Mexico	16:44.60	Bertha Sánchez   Colombia	16:51.89
10,000 metres	Adriana Fernández   Mexico	34:04.16	Lucía Mendiola   Mexico	35:27.63	Yailén García   Cuba	36:12.72
Marathon	Emma Cabrera   Mexico	2:57:49	Marisol Vargas   Mexico	2:58:34	Kriscia García   El Salvador	3:00:21
100 metres hurdles	Dionne Rose   Jamaica	12.64	Gillian Russell   Jamaica	12.66	Dainelky Pérez   Cuba	13.23
400 metres hurdles	Deon Hemmings   Jamaica	54.30	Andrea Blackett   Barbados	54.61	Debbie-Ann Parris   Jamaica	55.15
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Idalia Hechavarría Dainelky Pérez Mercedes Carnesolta Virgen Benavides	43.89	Colombia Norfalia Carabalí Felipa Palacios Patricia Rodríguez Mirtha Brock	44.39	Jamaica Tulia Robinson Tanya Lawrence Donette Brown Brigitte Foster	44.89
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Yudalis Díaz Lency Montelier Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty	3:29.65	Jamaica Charmaine Howel Keisha Downer Debbie-Ann Parris Tracey Barnes	3:30.03	Barbados Joanne Durant Andrea Blackett Sherline Williams Melissa Straker	3:31.91
10,000 metre track walk	Graciela Mendoza   Mexico	46:30.16	Rosario Sánchez   Mexico	47:12.74	Oslaidis Cruz   Cuba	47:14.85
High jump	Juana Arrendel   Dominican Republic	1.90	Natasha Gibson   Trinidad and Tobago	1.82	Niurka Lussón   Cuba	1.79
Pole vault	Alejandra Meza   Mexico	3.70	Mariana McCarthy   Cuba	3.50	Agueda Jerez   Guatemala	2.90
Long jump	Flora Hyacinth   U.S. Virgin Islands	6.57	Jackie Edwards   Bahamas	6.50	Lacena Golding   Jamaica	6.49
Triple jump	Yamilé Aldama   Cuba	14.34	Suzette Lee   Jamaica	13.77	Olga Cepero   Cuba	13.74
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumbá   Cuba	18.89	María Isabel Urrutia   Colombia	14.25	Mari Mercedes   Dominican Republic	13.99
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría   Cuba	58.14	Hilda Ramos   Cuba	55.42	María Isabel Urrutia   Colombia	50.44
Hammer throw	Aldenay Vasallo   Cuba	61.46	María Eugenia Villamizar   Colombia	57.69	Norbi Balantén   Cuba	57.30
Javelin throw	Sonia Bisset   Cuba	66.67	Osleidys Menéndez   Cuba	62.06	Laverne Eve   Bahamas	60.66
Heptathlon	Magalys García   Cuba	5888	Marsha Mark   Trinidad and Tobago	5706	Lisa Wright   Jamaica	5566

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	19	13	12	44
2	Mexico	12	9	7	28
3	Jamaica	6	9	7	22
4	Venezuela  (VEN)	2	4	5	11
5	Bahamas	2	2	3	7
6	Barbados	1	1	1	3
7	Dominican Republic	1	0	1	2
	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
9	Suriname	1	0	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
11	Colombia	0	4	6	10
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	0	3
13	Guatemala	0	1	2	3
14	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		46	46	46	138

Participation

•   Antigua and Barbuda (7)
•   Aruba (2)
•   Bahamas (19)
•   Barbados (10)
•   Belize (4)
•   Bermuda (5)
•   British Virgin Islands (4)
•   Cayman Islands (6)
•   Colombia (28)
•   Costa Rica (2)
•   Cuba (64)
•   Dominica (2)
•   Dominican Republic (15)
•   Grenada (6)
•   Guatemala (15)
•   Guyana (3)
•   Haiti (4)
•   Jamaica (41)
•   Mexico (51)
•   Netherlands Antilles (5)
•   Nicaragua (5)
•   Panama (2)
•   Puerto Rico (27)
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis (12)
• Saint Lucia (4)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3)
•   El Salvador (19)
•   Suriname (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (12)
•   United States Virgin Islands (3)
•   Venezuela (55)

See also

• 1998 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. Full results (pp 180–190)

• 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.