Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

Athletics at the XIX CAC Games
Host stadium in San Salvador.
Dates	1–6 December 2002
Host city	San Salvador
Venue	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca
Events	43
Participation	282 athletes from 28 nations
Records set	6 Games records
← 1998 Maracaibo 2006 Cartagena → 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 1 and 6 December 2002. Results were reported and discussed in detail on a day-by-day basis. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Detailed results were published. ^[6]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Dion Crabbe   British Virgin Islands	10.28w	Jesús Carrión   Puerto Rico	10.32w	Rolando Blanco   Guatemala	10.34w
200 metres	Juan Pedro Toledo   Mexico	20.97	Christopher Williams   Jamaica	21.04	José Carabalí   Venezuela	21.13
400 metres	Carlos Santa   Dominican Republic	45.83	Lansford Spence   Jamaica	46.31	Juan Pedro Toledo   Mexico	46.79
800 metres	José Manuel González   Venezuela	1:48.71	Jermaine Myers   Jamaica	1:48.89	Marvin Watts   Jamaica	1:49.11
1500 metres	Juan Luis Barrios   Mexico	3:43.71	Alex Greaux   Puerto Rico	3:45.75	Michael Tomlin   Jamaica	3:49.33
5000 metres	Pablo Olmedo   Mexico	14:07.82	Freddy González   Venezuela	14:08.45	José David Galván   Mexico	14:11.95
10000 metres	Pablo Olmedo   Mexico	28:36.67	Teodoro Vega   Mexico	28:42.86	William Naranjo   Colombia	29:12.23
Marathon	Procopio Franco   Mexico	02:17:38	Luis Fonseca   Venezuela	02:20:13	Juan Carlos Cardona   Colombia	02:21:27
3000 metre steeplechase	Alex Greaux   Puerto Rico	8:42.39	Salvador Miranda   Mexico	8:48.18	Néstor Nieves   Venezuela	8:53.56
110 metres hurdles	Dudley Dorival   Haiti	13.82w	Paulo Villar   Colombia	13.94w	Ricardo Melbourne   Jamaica	14.02w
400 metres hurdles	Oscar Juanz   Mexico	50.46	Miguel García   Dominican Republic	51.05	Roberto Carvajal   Mexico	51.62
High jump	Gerardo Martínez   Mexico	2.18	Omar Camacho   Puerto Rico	2.15	Gilmar Mayo   Colombia	2.15
Pole vault	Dominic Johnson   Saint Lucia	5.41	Jorge Tienda   Mexico	5.00	Oscar Hernández   El Salvador	4.70
Long jump	Sergio Sauceda   Mexico	7.48	José Mercedes   Dominican Republic	7.32	Kevin Arthurton   Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.26
Triple jump	Alvin Rentería   Colombia	15.57	Jhonny Rodríguez   Venezuela	15.42	Wayne McSween   Grenada	15.12
Shot put	Yojer Medina   Venezuela	19.63	Manuel Repollet   Puerto Rico	16.93	José Ventura   Dominican Republic	16.46
Discus throw	Héctor Hurtado   Venezuela	55.43	Alfredo Romero   Puerto Rico	52.87	Yojer Medina   Venezuela	51.98
Hammer throw	Raúl Rivera   Guatemala	65.99	Santos Vega   Puerto Rico	65.35	Aldo Bello   Venezuela	65.35
Javelin throw	Manuel Fuenmayor   Venezuela	75.32	Noraldo Palacios   Colombia	75.11	Ronald Noguera   Venezuela	74.91
20 kilometre road walk	Alejandro López   Mexico	1:26:32	Luis Fernando García   Guatemala	1:27:51	Fredy Hernández   Colombia	1:28:48
4 × 100 metres relay	Dominican Republic Leonardo Matos Juan Sainfleur Luis Morillo Yoel Báez	39.41	Venezuela Juan Morillo José Carabalí William Hernández Hely Ollarves	39.87	Trinidad and Tobago Alvin Henry Shane Dyer Andre Brown Dion Rodriguez	40.08
4 × 400 metres relay	Dominican Republic Leonardo Matos Gerardo Peralta Carlos Santa Felix Sánchez	3:04.15	Jamaica Germaine Myers Michael McDonald Christopher Williams Lansford Spence	3:05.40	Venezuela Danny Núñez Jonathan Palma Luis Luna William Hernández	3:05.71

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Liliana Allen   Mexico	11.34w	Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda	11.44w	Melocia Clarke   Jamaica	11.57w
200 metres	Liliana Allen   Mexico	23.34	Norma González   Colombia	23.73	Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda	24.13
400 metres †	Ana Guevara   Mexico	51.87	Eliana Pacheco   Venezuela	53.18	Clara Hernández   Dominican Republic	53.81
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde   Suriname	2:04.50	Lizaira Del Valle   Puerto Rico	2:06.09	Gabriela Medina   Mexico	2:06.55
1500 metres	Dulce Rodríguez   Mexico	4:18.91	Korene Hinds   Jamaica	4:22.03	Bertha Sánchez   Colombia	4:27.75
5000 metres	Dulce Rodríguez   Mexico	16:38.92	Bertha Sánchez   Colombia	16:39.23	Nora Rocha   Mexico	16:42.18
Marathon	Isabel Orellana   Mexico	2:54:14	Paola Cabrera   Mexico	2:56:05	Lourdes Cruz   Puerto Rico	2:59:46
100 metres hurdles	Dionne Rose-Henley   Jamaica	13.67	Princesa Oliveros   Colombia	13.72	Nadine Faustin   Haiti	13.84
400 metres hurdles	Yvonne Harrison   Puerto Rico	57.39	Yamelis Ortiz   Puerto Rico	57.52	Princesa Oliveros   Colombia	57.72
High jump	Juana Arrendel   Dominican Republic	1.97	Romary Rifka   Mexico	1.85	Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia	1.79
Pole vault	Milena Agudelo   Colombia	3.90	Alejandra Meza   Mexico	3.80	Andrea Zambrana   Puerto Rico	3.80
Long jump	María Espencer   Dominican Republic	6.20	Yuridia Bustamante   Mexico	6.11	Yesenia Rivera   Puerto Rico	6.03
Triple jump	María Espencer   Dominican Republic	13.57	Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia	13.17	Jennifer Arveláez   Venezuela	13.10
Shot put	Fior Vásquez   Dominican Republic	17.04	Luz Dary Castro   Colombia	15.98	Isabella Charles   Dominica	12.84
Discus throw	Luz Dary Castro   Colombia	55.11	Flor Acosta   Mexico	48.12	Ana Lucía Espinoza   Guatemala	46.61
Hammer throw	Amarilys Alméstica   Puerto Rico	60.39	Violeta Guzmán   Mexico	58.48	Nancy Guillén   El Salvador	57.10
Javelin throw	Zuleima Araméndiz   Colombia	56.63	Sabina Moya   Colombia	55.73	Nereida Ríos   Mexico	46.51
Heptathlon	Francia Manzanillo   Dominican Republic	5279	Yudith Méndez   Dominican Republic	5261	Nyota Peters   Guyana	4657
20 kilometre road walk	Victoria Palacios   Mexico	1:36:16	Rosario Sánchez   Mexico	1:36:44	Teresita Collado   Guatemala	1:42:07
4 × 100 metres relay †	Colombia Digna Murillo Melisa Murillo Mirtha Brock Princesa Oliveros	45.34	El Salvador Marcela Navarro Karla Hernández Verónica Quijano Aura Amaya	46.95	Jamaica Melocia Clarke Dionne Rose-Henley Jenice Daley Winsome Howell	50.62
4 × 400 metres relay †	Mexico America Rangel Magaly Yánez Gabriela Medina Ana Guevara	3:31.24	Puerto Rico Beatriz Cruz Sandra Moya Yamelis Ortiz Militza Castro	3:35.94	Venezuela Yusmelis García Ángela Alfonso Yenny Mejías Eliana Pacheco	3:37.86

^†: Lorena de la Rosa from the   Dominican Republic was tested positive for nandrolone, she and here teams were disqualified. ^{[7] [8] [9]} Initially, she was 2nd in the 400m event (53.09s), 1st as member of the 4 × 100m relay team (44.90s), and 2nd as member of the 4 × 400m relay team (3:32.88min).

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	17	10	6	33
2	Dominican Republic	8	3	2	13
3	Colombia	5	8	7	20
4	Venezuela  (VEN)	4	5	8	17
5	Puerto Rico	3	9	3	15
6	Jamaica	1	5	5	11
7	Guatemala	1	1	3	5
8	Haiti	1	0	1	2
9	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
	Suriname	1	0	0	1
12	El Salvador	0	1	2	3
13	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	1	2
14	Dominica	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		43	43	43	129

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 282 athletes from 28 countries participated.

•   Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•   Bahamas (5)
•   Barbados (8)
•   Belize (2)
•   British Virgin Islands (3)
•   Cayman Islands (2)
•   Colombia (23)
•   Dominica (2)
•   Dominican Republic (25)
•   El Salvador (26)
•   Grenada (5)
•   Guatemala (23)
•   Guyana (1)
•   Haiti (8)
•   Honduras (1)
•   Jamaica (20)
•   Mexico (53)
•   Netherlands Antilles (5)
•   Nicaragua (4)
•   Panama (1)
•   Puerto Rico (22)
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
•   Saint Lucia (1)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•   Suriname (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (5)
•   U.S. Virgin Islands (5)
•   Venezuela (24)

References

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2. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (December 3, 2002), ‘Aztec Queen’ leads Golden spree in El Salvador, IAAF , retrieved August 14, 2012
3. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (December 4, 2002), First Jamaican gold at CAC Games, IAAF , retrieved August 14, 2012
4. Vriesde takes Surinam's first gold and Allen completes third 100-200 double in CAC Games, IAAF, December 6, 2002, retrieved August 14, 2012
5. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (December 7, 2002), Guevara and Sanchez relays provide golden end to CAC Games, IAAF , retrieved August 14, 2012
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7. Membreño, O.; Carbajal, J. (27 December 2002), Una docena de medallas – Doce atletas que participaron en la justa regional que finalizó el pasado siete de diciembre dieron positivo en las pruebas antidopaje (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, archived from the original on 2009-01-07, retrieved January 13, 2015
8. Odecabe confirma que cada federación sancionará los casos de dopaje (in Spanish), Diario Co Latino, 28 December 2002, archived from the original on 18 January 2015, retrieved January 13, 2015
9. Carbajal, Jorge (23 March 2003), Más nandrolona – La nandrolona es una de las sustancias que más veces se encontró en los casos de dopaje (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, archived from the original on 2005-01-03, retrieved January 13, 2015

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