1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	10–12 July
Host city	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
	← Guadalajara 1979 Nassau 1983 →

The 1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic between 10–12 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Colin Bradford Jamaica	10.30	Silvio Leonard Cuba	10.34	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.47
200 metres	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	20.82	Don Quarrie Jamaica	20.93	Héctor Daley Panama	20.96
400 metres	Bert Cameron Jamaica	45.05 CR	Héctor Daley Panama	45.96	Alfred Browne Antigua and Barbuda	46.68
800 metres	Alberto Juantorena Cuba	1:47.59	Bárbaro Serrano Cuba	1:48.08	Francisco Meléndez Puerto Rico	1:48.35
1500 metres	Eduardo Castro Mexico	3:43.30 CR	Ignacio Melesio Mexico	2:43.40	Luis Medina Cuba	3:44.10
5000 metres	Eduardo Castro Mexico	14:08.88	Silvio Salazar Colombia	14:12.06	Jacinto Navarrete Colombia	14:12.33
10,000 metres	Silvio Salazar Colombia	29:48.13 CR	Aldo Allen Cuba	30:18.16	Héctor Díaz Puerto Rico	30:22.06
Marathon	Radamés González Cuba	2:23:15 CR	Jorge González Puerto Rico	2:30:31	Manuel García Mexico	2:31:02
110 metres hurdles	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.85	Karl Smith Jamaica	13.94	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	14.20
400 metres hurdles	Jorge Batista Cuba	50.58 CR	Frank Montiéh Cuba	50.59	Greg Rolle Bahamas	51.15
3000 metres steeplechase	Daniel Londa Mexico	8:48.50 CR	Francisco Silva Mexico	8:50.35	José Cobo Colombia	8:53.97
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Leroy Reid Colin Bradford Don Quarrie Floyd Brown	39.30	Trinidad and Tobago Andrew Bruce Scott Ferguson Christopher Brathwaite Ephraim Serrette	39.95	Cuba Osvaldo Lara Alejandro Casañas Silvio Leonard Tomás González	39.96
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Floyd Brown Colin Bradford Carl Maylor Bert Cameron	3:06.95	Barbados	3:07.73	Cuba Lázaro Martínez Carlos Reyté Frank Montiéh Jorge Batista	3:08.34
20 km road walk	Félix Gómez Mexico	1:30:12	Raúl González Mexico	1:34:10	Querubín Moreno Colombia	1:37:01
High jump	Francisco Centelles Cuba	2.22	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.22	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.18
Pole vault	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.00	Aurelio Falls Cuba	4.70	Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico	4.60
Long jump	Ubaldo Duany Cuba	7.76	David Giralt Cuba	7.74	Salomón Rowe Guatemala	7.60
Triple jump	Steve Hanna Bahamas	16.76 CR	Alejandro Herrera Cuba	16.29	Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico	15.80
Shot put	Luis Delís Cuba	19.36 CR	Radai Mendoza Puerto Rico	17.19	Paul Ruiz Cuba	16.40
Discus throw	Luis Delís Cuba	64.38 CR	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	62.32	Raúl Calderón Cuba	55.42
Hammer throw	Alfredo Guillot Cuba	58.34	Gerardo Díaz Mexico	54.06	Ángel Cabrera Puerto Rico	54.06
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson Cuba	75.28	Dionisio Quintana Cuba	75.18	Juan de la Garza Mexico	72.70
Decathlon	Rigoberto Salazar Cuba	7181	Pedro Herrera Cuba	6861	Sidney Cartwright Bahamas	6500

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	11.38 CR	Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico	11.64	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.71
200 metres	Jackie Pusey Jamaica	23.35 CR	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.50	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	24.15
400 metres	Jackie Pusey Jamaica	52.62 CR	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	53.51	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	53.93
800 metres	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	2:04.69 CR	Nery McKeen Cuba	2:07.13	Whelma Colebrooke Bahamas	2:09.20
1500 metres	Sergia Martínez Cuba	4:26.72	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	4:26.83	Eloína Kerr Cuba	4:33.23
3000 metres	Sergia Martínez Cuba	9:47.26 CR	Merernette Bean Bermuda	9:48.65 NR	Debora Medina Colombia	9:53.59
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado Cuba	13.72	Elida Aveillé Cuba	14.07	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	14.09
400 metres hurdles	Mercedes Mesa Cuba	57.86 CR	Sandra Farmer Jamaica	58.76	Felicia Candelario Dominican Republic	59.66
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Dorothy Scott Janet Burke Jackie Pusey	44.62 CR	Cuba Luisa Ferrer Grisel Machado Mercedes Mesa Grisel Delis	45.79	Bahamas Eldece Clarke-Lewis Shonel Ferguson Debbie Greene Mary Ann Higgs	45.85
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Beatriz Castillo Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Álvarez Mercedes Mesa	3:37.90	Jamaica Jacqueline Pusey Cathy Rattray Norma Lee Murray Fredericka Wright	3:40.00	Dominican Republic Felicia Candelario Divina Estrella Iris Sanders Herminia García	3:49.62
High jump	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.85 CR	Sharon Rose Bahamas	1.78	Angela Carbonell Cuba	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson Bahamas	6.43 CR	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.29	Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico	6.20
Shot put	María Elena Sarría Cuba	18.28 CR	Rosa Fernández Cuba	15.35	Laverne Eve Bahamas	13.32
Discus throw	María Cristina Betancourt Cuba	64.46 CR	Carmen Romero Cuba	61.68	Laverne Eve Bahamas	42.56
Javelin throw	María Beltrán Cuba	59.06 CR	Mayra Vila Cuba	56.80	Sonia Smith Bermuda	46.84
Heptathlon	Elida Aveillé Cuba	5312 CR	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	5026	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	4844

Medal table

* Host nation (Dominican Republic)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	22	18	10	50
2	Jamaica (JAM)	8	4	0	12
3	Mexico (MEX)	4	4	2	10
4	Bahamas (BAH)	2	2	6	10
5	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	4	6	11
6	Colombia (COL)	1	1	6	8
7	Dominican Republic (DOM)*	1	1	5	7
8	Bermuda (BER)	0	2	1	3
9	Panama (PAN)	0	1	1	2
10	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	0	1
10	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	0	1
12	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	1	1
12	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		39	39	39	117

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics

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1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

See also

External links