1996 CARIFTA Games explained

XXV CARIFTA Games
Size:	200px
Host City:	Kingston, Jamaica
Dates:	April 6–8
Nations Participating:	about 23
Athletes Participating:	about 272
Events:	58
Level:	Junior and Youth
Previous:	1995 George Town
Next:	1997 Bridgetown

The 25th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 6–8, 1996. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 272 athletes (152 junior (under-20) and 120 youth (under-17)) from about 23 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (8), Aruba (4), Bahamas (23), Barbados (28), Belize (2), Bermuda (12), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (13), Dominica (2), French Guiana (1), Grenada (9), Guadeloupe (20), Guyana (2), Jamaica (56), Martinique (15), Montserrat (4), Netherlands Antilles (4), Saint Kitts and Nevis (5), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (30), Turks and Caicos Islands (11), US Virgin Islands (18).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Cydonie Mothersill from the Cayman Islands. She won 2 gold medals (100m, and 200m) in the junior (U-20) category.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth).Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

100 metres (0.4 m/s)		10.50		10.51		10.65
200 metres (-3.2 m/s)		21.51		21.70		21.81
400 metres		46.92		47.10		48.21
800 metres		1:52.65		1:53.48		1:54.90
1500 metres		4:01.10		4:02.82		4:03.13
5000 metres		15:38.32		15:41.45		15:56.01
110 metres hurdles (-4.0 m/s)		14.86		15.07		15.18
400 metres hurdles		52.32		54.05		54.24
High jump		2.10		2.07		2.07
Pole vault		3.80		3.37		3.17
Long jump		7.95		7.92		7.90
Triple jump		15.60		15.56		14.97
Shot put		14.51		13.46		12.95
Discus throw		43.52		41.48		39.74
Javelin throw		58.38		57.86		57.48
4 × 100 metres relay		40.60		41.09		41.60
4 × 400 metres relay		3:09.90		3:10.01		3:13.45

Girls under 20 (Junior)

100 metres (0.9 m/s)		11.35		11.44		11.48
200 metres (-4.4 m/s)		23.77		24.01		24.45
400 metres		54.11		54.36		55.54
800 metres		2:11.31		2:13.00		2:13.86
1500 metres		5:12.54		5:12.98		5:14.20
3000 metres		10:31.03		10:31.16		10:33.24
100 metres hurdles (-6.2 m/s)		15.17		15.22		15.56
400 metres hurdles		59.98		60.03		61.66
High jump		1.76		1.73		1.70
Long jump		6.08		5.74		5.72
Triple jump		12.80		12.67		12.01
Shot put		14.18		14.15		13.64
Discus throw		44.04		42.86		39.02
Javelin throw		39.76		39.44		38.96
4 × 100 metres relay		44.24		46.22		46.31
4 × 400 metres relay		3:39.87		3:42.47		3:43.28

Boys under 17 (Youth)

100 metres (-0.4 m/s)		11.01		11.05		11.11
200 metres (-6.0 m/s)		23.00		23.06		23.11
400 metres		49.03		49.92		49.99
800 metres		1:56.53		1:58.85		2:00.52
1500 metres		4:06.61		4:10.55		4:13.57
100 metres hurdles (-5.2 m/s)		13.52		13.83		13.94
400 metres hurdles		54.07		55.63		55.64
High jump		2.05		1.99		1.96
Long jump		6.85		6.71		6.68
Triple jump		14.14		13.80		13.33
Shot put		14.33		11.78		11.74
Discus throw		39.16		39.10		38.22
Javelin throw		53.30		51.54		48.74

Girls under 17 (Youth)

100 metres		11.85		12.00		12.22
200 metres (-5.1 m/s)		24.88		25.46		25.50
400 metres		54.49		55.47		55.92
800 metres		2:11.81		2:12.28		2:12.35
1500 metres		4:44.59		4:46.78		4:49.18
100 metres hurdles (-4.8 m/s)		14.3		14.7		14.9
300 metres hurdles		43.6		44.5		45.2
High jump		1.69		1.66		1.63
Long jump		5.72		5.45		5.32
Shot put		11.32		11.26		10.61
Discus throw		36.22		35.64		31.84
Javelin throw		38.94		36.28		32.92

External links

• World Junior Athletics History