1980 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics explained

IV Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
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Host City:	Nassau, Bahamas
Dates:	22–25 August
Nations Participating:	15
Athletes Participating:	about 263 (150 junior, 113 youth)
Events:	73 (37 junior, 36 youth)
Level:	Junior and Youth
Previous:	1978 Xalapa
Next:	1982 Bridgetown

The 4th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on 22–25 August 1980.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.

Male Junior A (under 20)

100 metres	10.4	10.8	10.9
200 metres	21.1	21.7	21.8
400 metres	48.4	48.5	48.8
800 metres	1:54.4	1:55.2	1:55.9
1500 metres	3:49.8	3:49.9	3:51.1
5000 metres	14:26.4	14:27.4	15:21.8
10,000 metres	31:20.4	31:46.5	32:11.4
3000 metres steeplechase	9:27.8	9:34.8	9:38.5
110 metres hurdles	14.0	14.5	14.7
400 metres hurdles	53.4	54.6	54.7
High jump	2.21	2.06	2.00
Pole vault	4.01	3.80	3.10
Long jump	7.01	6.98	6.62
Triple jump	15.27	15.16	15.01
Shot put	16.32	15.37	15.15
Discus throw	40.94	39.98	39.68
Hammer throw	54.56	53.34	49.86
Javelin throw	60.28	55.58	54.38
Decathlon	6470	6470	5174
10,000 metres track walk	45:04.1	47:12.0	48:06.4
4 × 100 metres relay	42.1	42.4	42.4
4 × 400 metres relay	3:14.9	3:15.3	3:18.0

Female Junior A (under 20)

100 metres	11.9	12.1	12.3
200 metres	24.5	24.9	25.5
400 metres	54.6	56.4	56.7
800 metres	2:15.7	2:18.1	2:18.2
1500 metres	4:44.5	4:45.2	4:50.4
100 metres hurdles	14.7	15.0	15.4
400 metres hurdles	62.7	64.6	64.9
High jump	1.69	1.69	1.67
Long jump	5.68	5.41	5.30
Shot put	11.80	10.95	10.56
Discus throw	42.20	40.08	39.62
Javelin throw	47.58	44.06	41.68
Pentathlon	3696	3029	3009
4 × 100 metres relay	48.6	49.2	50.1
4 × 400 metres relay	3:50.8	3:53.3	4:11.7

Male Junior B (under 17)

100 metres	10.6	10.9	11.1
200 metres	22.0	22.3	22.5
400 metres	49.1	49.4	49.7
800 metres	1:57.8	1:57.9	1:58.7
1200 metres	3:09.5	3:10.4	3:11.5
3000 metres	8:51.2	8:52.4	8:53.4
2000 metres steeplechase	6:21.2	6:26.3	6:37.2
110 metres hurdles	14.7	15.0	15.2
400 metres hurdles	54.6	55.2	56.6
High jump	1.90	1.88	1.85
Pole vault	3.25	3.00	2.80
Long jump	6.93	6.91	6.34
Triple jump	15.09	13.85	13.75
Shot put	15.52	15.26	14.60
Discus throw	46.21	43.14	40.65
Hammer throw	49.14	44.46	37.96
Javelin throw	57.76	56.64	54.30
Heptathlon	4331	4104	3963
5000 metres track walk	22:48.9	22:50.0	27:49.8
4 × 100 metres relay	42.8	43.1	43.3
4 × 400 metres relay	3:21.2	3:23.5	3:24.9

Female Junior B (under 17)

100 metres	11.8	12.0	12.1
200 metres	24.5	24.9	25.0
400 metres	55.4	56.8	57.0
800 metres	2:13.6	2:14.6	2:17.6
1200 metres	3:39.0	3:41.7	3:42.7
100 metres hurdles	14.9	15.4	16.0
200 metres hurdles	29.6	31.1	31.4
High jump	1.62	1.62	1.57
Long jump	5.60	5.59	5.33
Shot put	12.77	12.25	9.50
Discus throw	35.16	27.66	27.65
Javelin throw	37.38	36.16	33.10
Pentathlon	3446	3145	2863
4 × 100 metres relay	47.9	50.1	50.6
4 × 400 metres relay	3:59.2	3:59.3	4:01.1

Participation (unofficial)

A couple of smaller nations gave their debut at the championships, i.e. Antigua and Barbuda (to become independent by the end of that year), Bermuda, Guyana, and the Netherlands Antilles.Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. There is no information on athletes competing in the relay teams.An unofficial count yields the number of about 263 athletes (150 junior (under-20) and 113 youth (under-17)) from about 15 countries, resulting in a new record number of participating nations:

(6)
(58)
(3)
(15)
(4)
(1)
(9)
(2)
(14)
México (52)
(4)
Panamá (2)
(46)
(14)
(33)