| XXXVI CARIFTA Games | |
| Size: | 200px |
| Host City: | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands  |
| Dates: | April 7–9 |
| Stadium: | National Stadium |
| Nations Participating: | about 26 |
| Athletes Participating: | about 454 (254 junior, 200 youth) |
| Events: | 66 (35 junior (incl. 5 open), 31 youth) |
| Records Set: | 12 games 14 national (senior) |
| Level: | Junior and Youth |
| Previous: | 2006 Les Abymes |
| Next: | 2008 Basseterre |
The 36th CARIFTA Games was held in the National Stadium on the island of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, on April 7–9, 2007. Detailedreports on the results were given.
Result lists can be found on the CACAC website, on the C.F.P.I. Timing website, on the IslandStats website, and on the World Junior Athletics Historywebsite. An unofficial count yields the number of about 454athletes (254 junior (under-20) and 200 youth (under-17)) from about 26countries:
Anguilla (7), Antigua and Barbuda (4), Aruba (4), Bahamas (59), Barbados (31),Belize (2), Bermuda (18), British Virgin Islands (7), Cayman Islands (18),Dominica (7), French Guiana (1), Grenada (13), Guadeloupe (18), Guyana (2),Haiti (12), Jamaica (70), Martinique (34), Montserrat (2), NetherlandsAntilles (11), Saint Kitts and Nevis (33), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines (3), Suriname (3), Trinidad and Tobago (46), Turks and CaicosIslands (35), U.S. Virgin Islands (9).
A total of 12 new games records were set.
In the boys' U-20 category, Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake already set thenew 100m record to 10.18s (1.5 m/s) in the heat, before improving it again to10.11s in the final. Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados alsoimproved (his own) 110 metres hurdles games record twice: first, he achieved13.65s (-1.0 m/s) in the heat, before setting the final mark to 13.42s in thefinal. Jamaal Wilson from the Bahamas defended his highjump title jumping the new record height of 2.20m. Raymond Brown won the shot put establishing the new games record of 18.27m. And the Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team set the new games recordto 3:07.10.
In the girls' U-20 category, the 100 metres hurdles record was improved to 13.51s (1.3 m/s) by Shermaine Williams from Jamaica.
In the boys' U-17 category, Dexter Lee of Jamaica set two new gamesrecords, both in 100 metres (10.34s), and in 200 metres(21.09s). His compatriot Kemoy Campbell also set two newgames records in 1500 metres (4:00.04), and 3000 metres(8:46.49). And as in the U-20 category, the records fell inhigh jump and shot put: Raymond Higgs from the Bahamas jumped 2.13m, whereas Quincy Wilson from Trinidad and Tobago reached16.27m.
In the girls' U-17 category, Deandra Dottin from Barbados threw 42.90m, a width that has not been reached before at the games with the new javelin introduced in 1999.
Moreover, a total of 14 national (senior) records were set by the junior and youth athletes.
The most prominent is the new Barbadian record by Shakera Reece in the women's 100m in 11.34s (1.3 m/s).The new Anguillian record in high jump wasset by youngster Shinelle Proctor to 1.60m. Amanda Edwards set the new record for Antigua and Barbuda for women in javelin throw to 41.11m.There were two new women's national records for the British Virgin Islands: Chantel Malone reached 12.29m intriple jump, and the 4x100 metres relay team finished in 46.69s.The 37.44 metres by Alexandra Terry were a new Caymanian record for women in discus throw.Sandisha Antoine set the women's record for Saint Lucia in triple jump to 12.11m.
Finally, there were a total of 7 new national records for the host nation Turks and Caicos Islands: in the men'ssector, Robert Jennings needed 10:17.94 for 3000 metres, and the 4x100metres relay finished in 42.04s. The new women's records were set byKadisha Wickham (59.36s for 400 metres), Shanricka Williams (10:59.56 for 3000 metres), Israel Ramsey (4.80m in long jump), Marquita Carter (26.33m in discus throw), andthe 4x100 metres relay team in 50.02s.
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Yohan Blake of Jamaica. He won 2 gold medals (100m, and 4 × 100 m relay)in the junior (U-20) category, setting the new 100m games record to 10.11s.
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 CACAC website, on the C.F.P.I. Timing website, on the IslandStats website, and on the World Junior Athletics Historywebsite.
| 100 metres (1.2 m/s) | 10.11 CR | 10.41 |  / | 10.51 | |||
| 200 metres (0.7 m/s) | 20.58 | 21.10 | 21.30 | ||||
| 400 metres | 47.14 | 47.28 | 47.31 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:52.12 | 1:52.73 | 1:52.74 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:01.46 | 4:02.30 | 4:02.60 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 16:08.26 | 16:13.58 | 16:14.04 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles (0.2 m/s) | 13.42 CR | 13.49 | 13.85 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 51.11 | 51.52 | 51.48 | ||||
| High Jump | 2.20 CR | 2.08 | 2.00 | ||||
| Pole Vault | 4.00 | 3.30 | |||||
| Long Jump | 7.39 (-0.9 m/s) | 7.28 (-1.0 m/s) | 7.17 (-1.8 m/s) | ||||
| Triple Jump | 15.43 (-1.1 m/s) | 15.34 (-1.5 m/s) |  / | 15.30 (-0.4 m/s) | |||
| Shot Put | 18.27 CR | 14.28 | 14.10 | ||||
| Discus Throw | 49.95 | 48.04 | / | 47.39 | |||
| Javelin Throw | 58.13 | 57.79 | 57.12 | ||||
| Heptathlon | 4675 | 4601 | 4498 | ||||
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 39.47 | 40.71 | 40.77 | ||||
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:07.10 CR | 3:07.11 | 3:09.28 |
: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
| 100 metres (1.3 m/s) | 11.34 NR | 11.61 | 11.63 | ||||
| 200 metres (1.3 m/s) | 23.45 | 23.68 | 23.75 | ||||
| 400 metres | 53.01 | 53.98 | 54.37 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:11.66 | 2:12.16 | / | 2:12.68 | |||
| 1500 metres | 4:41.16 | 4:44.48 | 4:44.56 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 10:12.64 | 10:12:94 | 10:32.38 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (1.3 m/s) | 13.51 CR | 13.95 | 14.03 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 58.77 | 59.79 | 59.88 | ||||
| High Jump | 1.74 | / | 1.71 | / | 1.65 | ||
| Long Jump | 6.17 (-0.3 m/s) | 6.15 (-0.1 m/s) | 6.14 (-0.6 m/s) | ||||
| Triple Jump | 12.85 (-1.6 m/s) | 12.41 (-2.3 m/s) | / | 12.29 (-2.2 m/s) | |||
| Shot Put | / | 15.16 | / | 13.52 | 12.92 | ||
| Discus Throw | 42.25 | 40.68 | 47.86 | ||||
| Javelin Throw | 43.64 | 41.11 NR | 34.29 | ||||
| Pentathlon | 3553 | / | 3452 | 3305 | |||
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 44.94 | 45.02 | 45.50 | ||||
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:36.26 | 3:42.79 | / | 3:48.78 |
: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
| 100 metres (1.0 m/s) | 10.34 CR | 10.51 | 10.65 | ||||
| 200 metres (1.2 m/s) | 21.09 CR | 21.25 | 21.58 | ||||
| 400 metres | 47.86 | 48.00 | 49.01 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:58.91 | 1:59.60 | 2:00.14 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:00.04 CR | 4:00.73 | 4:01.04 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 8:46.49 CR | 9:10.62 | 9:11.19 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (0.5 m/s) | 13.28 | 13.39 | 13.39 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 55.75 | 56.30 | 56.87 | ||||
| High Jump | 2.13 CR | | 1.95 | ||||
| Long Jump | 6.99 (0.0 m/s) | 6.94 (0.9 m/s) | 6.83 (0.0 m/s) | ||||
| Triple Jump | 14.79 (-2.0 m/s) | / | 14.27 (-1.9 m/s) | 13.97 (-2.2 m/s) | |||
| Shot Put | 16.27 CR | 14.96 | 14.57 | ||||
| Discus Throw | 52.79 | 42.99 | 42.36 | ||||
| Javelin Throw | 52.83 | 52.40 | 51.40 | ||||
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 41.11 | 42.08 | 42.14 | ||||
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:16.31 | 3:18.84 | 3:22.57 |
| 100 metres (0.5 m/s) | 11.76 | 11.78 | 11.86 | ||||
| 200 metres (0.6 m/s) | 23.78 | 23.87 | 24.17 | ||||
| 400 metres | 54.71 | 55.47 | 55.51 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:11.68 | 2:14.89 | 2:15.65 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:36.26 | 4:42.75 | 4:49.03 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (-0.1 m/s) | / | 13.67 | 14.19 | 14.39 | |||
| 300 metres hurdles | 43.04 | 43.65 | 44.00 | ||||
| High Jump | 1.71 | 1.71 | 1.71 | ||||
| Long Jump | / | 5.75 (0.0 m/s) | 5.54 (0.1 m/s) | / | 5.49 (-0.4 m/s) | ||
| Triple Jump | 12.29 NR | 12.11 NR | / | 11.98 | |||
| Shot Put | 12.26 | 10.66 | / | 10.59 | |||
| Discus Throw | 39.58 | 37.44 NR | 36.99 | ||||
| Javelin Throw | 42.90 | / | 36.28 | 34.43 | |||
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 45.56 | 46.35 | 46.51 | ||||
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:43.79 | 3:46.40 | 3:50.87 |
for stanozolol and an elevated testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio.Therefore, a 2 years ineligibility (22 May 2007 – 21 May 2009), and adisqualification of all results from 17 March 2007 were imposed. As a consequence, the Trinidad and Tobago junior 4 × 100 m relay team (40.22s) lost the silver medal.
The official medal count was published. The mismatch between the unofficial count below and the published oneis explained by the subsequent disqualification of the Trinidad and Tobago 4 x100 metres junior relay team because of doping violations of one team member.
For the first time, the host country of the games did not win a medal.