| XIX CARIFTA Games | |
| Size: | 200px |
| Host City: | Kingston, Jamaica  |
| Dates: | April 14–16 |
| Nations Participating: | at least 14 |
| Athletes Participating: | at least 122 |
| Events: | 52 |
| Level: | Junior and Youth |
| Previous: | 1989 Bridgetown |
| Next: | 1991 Port of Spain |
The 19th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 14–16, 1990.
For the 1990 CARIFTA Games only the medalists and a few other athletes can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 122 athletes (78 junior (under-20) and 44 youth (under-17)) from about 14 countries: Bahamas (22), Barbados (9), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (2), Dominica (1), French Guiana (2), Grenada (5), Guadeloupe (5), Guyana (2), Jamaica (53), Martinique (9), Saint Lucia (1), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8).
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Kareem Streete-Thompson from the Cayman Islands. As in 1989, he won the gold medal in the long jump event, this year however in the junior (U-20) category, again with a remarkable jump of 7.94m, also being still the championships record in this category.
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth).Results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History"website.
| 100 metres (0.0 m/s) | 10.57 | 10.76 | 10.79 | ||||
| 200 metres (-3.7 m/s) | 21.42 | 21.55 | 21.63 | ||||
| 400 metres | 47.30 | 47.34 | 47.45 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:51.26 | 1:51.31 | 1:52.60 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:55.74 | 3:56.69 | 3:58.88 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 15:19.52 | 15:22.18 | 16:19.02 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles (2.8 m/s) | 14.36w | 14.58w | 14.74w | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 52.87 | 53.87 | 54.58 | ||||
| High jump | 2.13 | 2.13 | 2.08 | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.26 | 3.95 | 3.75 | ||||
| Long jump | 7.94 | 7.36 | 7.13 | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.26 | 15.03 | 14.81 | ||||
| Shot put | 14.12 | 13.76 | 13.51 | ||||
| Discus throw | 39.32 | 38.60 | 37.98 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 61.64 | 55.50 | 53.26 | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 40.66 | 41.33 | 41.40 | ||||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:09.22 | 3:10.05 | 3:14.17 |
| 100 metres (1.3 m/s) | 11.54 | 11.75 | 11.84 | ||||
| 200 metres (-0.2 m/s) | 23.34 | 23.89 | 24.15 | ||||
| 400 metres | 54.08 | 54.79 | 57.11 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:10.58 | 2:11.94 | 2:15.80 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:38.56 | 4:48.26 | 4:51.19 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 10:08.75 | 10:21.53 | 10:25.10 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (1.8 m/s) | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 | ||||
| High jump | 1.72 | 1.70 | 1.57 | ||||
| Long jump | 6.31 | 6.14 | 5.98 | ||||
| Shot put | 12.01 | 11.93 | 11.84 | ||||
| Discus throw | 36.98 | 35.96 | 34.60 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 42.39 | 37.68 | 37.42 | ||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 45.39 | 46.13 | 46.79 | ||||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:38.28 | 3:52.12 | 3:55.36 |
| 100 metres (1.1 m/s) | 10.87 | 11.04 | 11.10 | ||||
| 200 metres (4.9 m/s) | 22.06w | 22.58w | 22.72w | ||||
| 400 metres | 49.30 | 49.34 | 50.26 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:56.39 | 1:59.39 | 2:00.53 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:09.94 | 4:12.38 | 4:17.61 | ||||
| High jump | 2.03 | 2.00 | 1.98 | ||||
| Long jump | 7.09 | 7.04 | 6.98 | ||||
| Triple jump | 14.73 | 14.72 | 14.13 | ||||
| Shot put | 14.85 | 14.22 | 13.72 | ||||
| Discus throw | 43.28 | 43.00 | 40.64 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 52.50 | 50.80 | 47.42 |
| 100 metres (1.9 m/s) | 11.77 | 12.16 | 12.20 | ||||
| 200 metres (3.4 m/s) | 24.30w | 24.33w | 24.89w | ||||
| 400 metres | 54.92 | 55.60 | 56.91 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:09.83 | 2:12.64 | 2:12.90 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:45.40 | 4:46.86 | 4:53.14 | ||||
| High jump | 1.72 | 1.70 | 1.67 | ||||
| Long jump | 5.80 | 5.42 | 5.25 | ||||
| Shot put | 10.99 | 10.94 | 10.52 | ||||
| Discus throw | 37.42 | 32.78 | 30.24 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 40.44 | 32.90 | 31.98 |