1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Dates:	26–29 July
Stadium:	Estadio José Pachencho Romero
Previous:	Kingston 1971
Next:	Ponce 1975

The 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, Venezuela between 26–29 July.

Medal summary

See main article: 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men's events

100 metres	Don Quarrie	10.2 =CR	José Triana	10.2	Carl Lawson	10.2
200 metres (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Don Quarrie	20.1w	Silvio Leonard	20.3w	Pablo Bandomo	20.4w
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena	46.4 CR	Pedro Ferrer	46.6	Víctor Patínez	47.2
800 metres	Leandro Civil	1:49.8	Luis Medina	1:49.8	Leotulfo Jiménez	1:50.7
1500 metres	Antonio Colón	3:45.9 CR	Jesús Barrero	3:47.2	Carlos Báez	3:47.6
5000 metres	Víctor Mora	14:04.2 CR	Mario Pérez	14:06.8	Rafael Palomares	14:19.6
10,000 metres	Víctor Mora	29:56.4 CR	Pedro Miranda	29:56.6	Luis Haro	29:58.2
Half marathon	Mario Cuevas	1:05:07 CR	Martín Pabón	1:05:56	Santiago Barón	1:06:10
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.9 m/s)	Juan Morales	13.7w	Guillermo Núñez	13.8w	Enrique Rendón	14.4w
400 metres hurdles	Julio Ferrer	51.9 CR	Fabio Zúñiga	52.0	Juan García	53.1
3000 metres steeplechase	Antonio Villanueva	8:49.4 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza	8:52.6	Víctor Mora	8:58.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Carl Lawson Richard Hardware Overton Spencer Don Quarrie	39.9	Silvio Leonard Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez José Triana	40.2	Christopher Brathwaite George Swanston Herman Marchand Bertram Lovell	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Trevor Campbell Richard Hardware Seymour Newman Kim Rowe	3:09.4	Eddy Gutiérrez Antonio Álvarez Leandro Civil Alberto Juantorena	3:10.1	Raúl Dome Víctor Patíñez Erick Phillips José Toledo	3:10.4
High jump	Richard Spencer	2.06 CR	Amado Olaguiber	2.03	Pedro Yequez	2.03
Pole vault	Jorge Palacios	4.85 CR	Roberto Moré	4.85	Ciro Valdés	4.60
Long jump	Milán Matos	7.68 CR	Efraín Malberty	7.34	Wilfredo Maisonave	7.28
Triple jump	Juvenal Pérez	15.79	Gerry Swan	15.57	Edgar Moreno	15.56
Shot put	José Carreño	15.94	Benigno Hodelín	15.78	Silván Hemming	15.72
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson	57.58 CR	Javier Moreno	53.86	Ignacio Reinosa	49.12
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez	62.50	William Silén	61.12	Pedro Garbey	59.08
Javelin throw	Raúl Fernández	74.90	Amado Morales	70.94	Héctor Vinent	70.24
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal	7315 CR	Rigoberto Salazar	7035	Celso Aragón	6841

Women's events

100 metres	Silvia Chivás	11.4 CR	Carmen Valdés	11.6	Laura Pierre	11.9
200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Silvia Chivás	23.5w	Asunción Acosta	23.9w	Ruth Williams	23.9w
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón	53.5 =CR	Asunción Acosta	53.7	Lorna Forde	54.9
800 metres	Charlotte Bradley	2:05.8 CR	Zeneida de la Cruz	2:06.9	Enriqueta Nava	2:07.7
1500 metres	Enriqueta Nava	4:26.3 CR	Charlotte Bradley	4:35.1	Melquises Fonseca	4:37.3
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde	13.9	Andrea Bruce	14.4	Mercedes Román	14.4
200 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde	28.0w	Raquel Martínez	29.1w	Alix Castillo	30.7w
4 × 100 metres relay	Marlene Elejalde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chivás	45.9	Andrea Bruce Yvonne White Regina Montague Poretay Scott	48.4	Shareen Ruimveld Grace Lynch Maurina Maduro Edwina Leonara	48.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Aurelia Pentón Ela Cabrejas Asunción Acosta Carmen Trustée	3:42.1	Barbara Bishop Lorna Forde Heather Gooding Marcia Trotman	3:51.0	Mercedes Román Charlotte Bradley Enriqueta Nava Guadaloupe Vizcaya	3:56.9
High jump	Andrea Bruce	1.71	Marima Rodríguez	1.69	Angela Carbonell	1.67
Long jump	Marcia Garbey	6.04	Ana Alexander	6.02	Ana Maquilón	5.46
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez	14.28 CR	Celeste Kindelán	14.02	Patricia Andrus	12.88
Discus throw	Carmen Romero	52.46	María Cristina Betancourt	47.92	Patricia Andrus	39.88
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez	51.62	Milagros Bayard	47.04	Gladys González	45.52
Pentathlon	Lucía Duquet	3807	Mercedes Román	3729	Angela Carbonell	3629

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics