1957 British West Indies Championships Explained

The 1957 British West Indies Championships was the first edition of the track and field competition between British colony nations in the Caribbean. Held in Kingston, Jamaica, it was supported by retired Olympic sprint medallist Herb McKenley.[1] A total of eighteen events were contested, all of them by men – women's events were not added until two years later.[2]

Two athletes completed individual doubles: Jamaica's Ernle Haisley won the high jump and pole vault, while George de Peana of British Guiana had a long-distance running double. Also among the medallists was Lester Bird of Antigua who would later go on to be the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (succeeding his father, Vere Bird).[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19570721&id=-rsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2eoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6526,1715627&hl=en Bahamas Track Men Seek Team Berths
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bwic.htm British West Indies Championships
  3. http://caribarena.com/former-prime-minister-lester-bird-to-be-confered-the-honour-of-national-hero-of-antigua-and-barbuda/ Former Prime Minister Lester Bird to be confered [sic] the Honour of National Hero of Antigua and Barbuda]. Caribarena (2014-11-01). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.

    Medal summary

    100 metres10.410.610.6
    200 metres21.221.321.3
    400 metres47.347.647.7
    800 metres1:50.51:51.11:51.2
    1500 metres4:05.54:06.74:06.9
    5000 metres15:42.015:49.615:52.8
    10,000 metres31:19.531:34.232:35.0
    110 m hurdles14.614.714.9
    400 m hurdles55.355.6
    57.8
    4×100 m relay41.942.244.2
    4×400 m relay3:14.03:17.03:35.2
    High jump2.04 m1.93 m1.88 m
    Pole vault3.35 m3.27 m3.12 m
    Long jump7.36 m7.24 m7.20 m
    Triple jump14.08 m13.99 m13.83 m
    Shot put12.65 m12.20 m11.19 m
    Discus throw38.57 m37.33 m36.03 m
    Javelin throw49.89 m49.40 m46.14 m

    References

    Medallists