1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Nassau, Bahamas
Dates:	25–27 July
Stadium:	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Previous:	Havana 1983
Next:	Caracas 1987

The 1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 25–27 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Andrés Simón	10.22	Osvaldo Lara	10.30	Fabian Whymns	10.41
200 metres	Leandro Peñalver	20.56 CR	Félix Stevens	20.70	David Smith	20.82
400 metres	Roberto Hernández	45.34	Bert Cameron	45.44	Elvis Forde	45.74
800 metres	Reuben Bayley	1:48.93	Steve Burgess	1:49.48	Livingston Marshall	1:49.77
1500 metres	Rafael Martínez	3:43.81	Francisco Pacheco	3:44.75	Carlos Quiñones	3:45.60
5000 metres	Francisco Pacheco	13:53.30 CR	Silvio Salazar	13:54.00	Mauricio González	14:11.50
10,000 metres	Jesús Herrera	29:56.30	Martín Pitayo	29:58.20	Silvio Salazar	30:12.00
Marathon	Claudio Cabán	2:38:18	Anthony Williams	2:43:25
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas	13.68	Juan Saborit	13.83	Gary Bullard	14.74
400 metres hurdles	Jesús Aguilasocho	49.81 CR	Greg Rolle	51.01	Wilfredo Santiago	51.30
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde	8:36.80 CR	Juan Jesús Linares	8:39.20	Carmelo Ríos	8:40.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Félix Stevens Andrés Simón	39.17 CR	Ricardo Grey Austin Albury Fabian Whymns Audrick Lightbourne	40.25	Luis Morales Ray Quiñones Elmer Williams José Valdez	40.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Félix Stevens Julio Prado Leandro Peñalver Roberto Hernández	3:03.38 CR	David Peltier Richard Louis David Carter Elvis Forde	3:03.69	Luis Karim Toledo Antonio Álvarez Jorge Burgos Jesús Aguilasocho	3:07.50
20 km road walk	Ernesto Canto	1:28:26	Biliulfo Andablo	1:31:16	Héctor Moreno	1:32:52
50 km road walk	Martín Bermúdez	4:22:33	Pedro Aroche	4:28:09	Edel Oliva	4:40:37
High jump	Javier Sotomayor	2.30 CR	Francisco Centelles	2.30	Clarence Saunders	2.14
Pole vault	Rubén Camino	5.20 =CR	Manuel Fuentes	4.70	Alberto Nieves	4.60
Long jump	Jaime Jefferson	8.13 CR	Ubaldo Duany	8.07	Elmer Williams	7.93w
Triple jump	Steve Hanna	17.07 CR	Lázaro Balcindes	16.80	Ernesto Torres	16.46w
Shot put	Paul Ruiz	18.98	Luis Delís	18.52	James Dedier	16.37
Discus throw	Luis Delís	66.50 CR	Juan Martínez	64.78	Bradley Cooper	60.10
Hammer throw	Alejandro Labardesque	63.90	Francisco Soria	60.68	David Castrillón	59.42
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson	79.20	Ramón González	76.88	Juan de la Garza	74.90
Decathlon	Sidney Cartwright	7000	Brooke Onley	6908	Ron McPhee	6694

Women's events

100 metres (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	11.18 CR	Grace Jackson	11.27	Pauline Davis	11.47
200 metres	Merlene Ottey	22.39 CR	Grace Jackson	22.64	Pauline Davis	23.37
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot	50.96 CR	Andrea Thomas	52.58	Jocelyn Joseph	53.25
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot	2:03.60 CR	Nery McKeen	2:04.10	Norfalia Carabalí	2:05.40
1500 metres	Angelita Lind	4:23.35	Nery McKeen	4:25.03	Alicia Diffourt	4:25.84
3000 metres	Santa Velázquez	9:35.10 CR	Adriana Frausto	9:46.10	Sergia Martínez	9:47.90
10,000 metres	Yolanda Veranes	36:56.40 CR	Carmen Martínez	37:28.30	Ileana Arroyo	37:48.20
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado	13.43w	Sandra Taváres	13.78w	Odalys Hernández	13.83w
400 metres hurdles	Belkis Chávez	58.77	Odalys Hernández	59.50	Carmel Major	59.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Carmel Major Pauline Davis Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Chandra Sturrup	45.71	Alejandra Flores Sandra Taváres Giomar Fernández Alma Vázquez	46.04	Virgen Fontanez Mercedes Ríos Marta Moreno Jenny Fuentes	47.25
4 × 400 metres relay	Belkis Chávez Odalys Hernández Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:34.47 CR	Rocio Rohen Alma Vázquez Erendira Villagómez Leticia García	3:40.75	Whelma Colebrooke Carmel Major Joanne Major Chandra Sturrup	3:43.33
High jump	Silvia Costa	1.88 CR	Cristina Fink	1.81	Laura Agront	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson	6.47w	Eloína Echevarría	6.41w	Victoria Despaigne	5.97
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez	17.16	Rosa Fernández	16.76	Laverne Eve	14.54
Discus throw	Maritza Martén	61.02	Hilda Ramos	60.78	María Isabel Urrutia	55.56
Javelin throw	Mayra Vila	63.38 CR	María Caridad Colón	62.78	Sonya Smith	49.44
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne	5323	Nadia Katich	5245	Leyda Castro	4884

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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