1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dates:	10–12 July
Stadium:	Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
Previous:	Guadalajara 1979
Next:	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

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

Women's events

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

See also

• 1981 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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