2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

21st Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
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Host City:	Cali, Colombia
Dates:	4– 6 July. 2008
Stadium:	Estadio Pedro Grajales
Nations Participating:	30 (+ 3 guest nations)
Athletes Participating:	383
Events:	44
Records Set:	6 Championship records
Level:	Senior
Previous:	2005 Nassau
Next:	2009 Havana

The 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Grajales in Cali, Colombia between 4–6 July 2008.^[1] A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. During the three-day competition, six championship records were broken. The competition took place at almost 1000 m above sea level, a factor which helps athletic performance in some events.^[2]

Cuba took the most medals overall, winning 34 medals – half of which were gold.^[3] The hosts Colombia were the next best with 8 golds and 24 medals altogether, shortly followed by Trinidad and Tobago. Guest athletes took part in some events, but their performances were excluded from the medal tally.^[4]

Championship records were broken in both triple jump events; by Mabel Gay in the women's event and Leevan Sands in the men's. The championships also saw four national records broken in competition. Two athletes topped the podium twice: Rosibel García completed the 800 metres/1500 metres double, while Indira Terrero won in the 400 metres sprint and relay races. Bertha Sánchez, representing the hosts, took the 10,000 metres title, but just missed out on a second gold, winning the silver in the 5000 metres. Bahamian Shamar Sands showed multi-event ability by winning the 110 metres hurdles gold medal, as well as helping his country to the 100 m relay silver medal.

Records

Event	Record	Type
	1:46.11	CR
	8.31 m	CR
	17.29 m	CR
20000 m walk (track)	1:20:54.9	CR
	12.61	CR NR
	12.98	NR
	43.43	NR
	14.19 m	CR
	69.26	CR
	67.09	NR

Key:	WR — World record AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record

Medal summary

See main article: 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men

100 metres		10.12		10.18		10.34
200 metres		20.69		20.71		20.79
400 metres		45.27		45.66		45.98
800 metres		1:46.11 CR		1:46.92		1:47.18
1500 metres		3:45.15		3:45.39		3:47.17
5000 metres		14:21.21		14:35.81		15:10.58
10,000 metres		29:30.29		29:41.88	Only two finishers
110 metre hurdles		13.32w		13.45w		13.55w
400 metre hurdles		49.98		50.08		50.44
3000 metre steeplechase		8:53.24		9:12.70		9:15.72
High jump		2.25 m		2.25 m		2.13 m
Pole vault		5.50 m		5.30 m		4.80 m
Long jump		8.31 m CR		7.90 m		7.80 m
Triple jump		17.29 m CR		17.23 m		16.91 m
Shot put		19.60 m		18.43 m		17.70 m
Discus throw		58.60 m		58.00 m		56.49 m
Hammer throw		71.61 m		66.36 m		64.58 m
Javelin throw		74.98 m		74.37 m		71.07 m
Decathlon		7408 pts		7297 pts		7164 pts
20000 m track walk †		1:25:22.7		1:27:57.2		1:28:51.6
4×100 metres relay	Keston Bledman Marc Burns Aaron Armstrong Richard Thompson	38.54	Adrian Griffith Derrick Atkins Rodney Green Shamar Sands	39.22	Jason Rogers Larry Inanga Jevon Claxton Delwayne Delaney	40.81
4×400 metres relay	William Collazo Yunier Pérez Omar Cisneros Yeimer López	3:02.10	Ramon Miller Michael Mathieu Avard Moncur Andretti Bain	3:02.48	Renny Quow Cowin Mills Ade Alleyne-Forte Stann Waithe	3:04.12

† The 20 km racewalk event was won by Jefferson Pérez of Ecuador, who was competing as a guest athlete.

Women

100 metres		11.20		11.39		11.40
200 metres		22.78		22.82		23.13
400 metres		50.98		51.78		52.20
800 metres		2:05.9		2:06.6		2:07.2
1500 metres		4:24.62		4:25.43		4:28.92
5000 metres		16:41.27		16:43.82		16:53.42
10,000 metres		35:16.36		35:42.18		36:43.36
100 metres hurdles		12.61 CR NR		12.95		12.98
400 metres hurdles		56.55		57.44		58.91
3000 metres steeplechase		10:18.23		10:45.46		12:16.51
High jump		1.91 m		1.88 m		1.79 m
Pole vault		4.10 m		4.00 m	Only two competitors
Long jump		6.54 m		6.54 m NR		6.49 m
Triple jump		14.19 m CR		13.95 m		13.30 m
Shot put		18.39 m		18.10 m		17.87 m
Discus throw		62.87 m		58.74 m		54.56 m
Hammer throw		69.26 m CR		69.03 m		67.09 m NR
Javelin throw		56.36 m		56.14 m		54.90 m
Heptathlon		5862 pts		5833 pts		5302 pts
10000 m track walk		50:10.37		51:06.83		52:44.84
4×100 metres relay ††	Semoy Hackett Ayanna Hutchinson Sasha Springer-Jones Kelly-Ann Baptiste	43.43 NR	Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios Darlenys Obregón Yomara Hinestroza	43.56	Kristy White Chandra Sturrup Tamicka Clarke Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	44.03
4×400 metres relay †††	Aymée Martínez Diosmely Peña Daisurami Bonne Indira Terrero	3:27.97	María Teresa Rugeio Gabriela Medina Nallely Vela Zudikey Rodríguez	3:29.94	Sasha Rolle Christine Amertil Shakeitha Henfield Crystal Strachan	3:35.57

†† A Brazilian team of Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Franciela Krasucki took third place in the 4×100 m relay, but they were competing as guest athletes.
††† A Brazilian team of Maria Laura Almirão, Lucimar Teodoro, Josiane Tito and Emmily Pinheiro took second place in the 4×400 m relay, but they were competing as guest athletes.

Participating nations

(3)
(1)
(34)
(10)
(6)
- (8)
(2)
(7)
- (2)
(54)
(1)
(41)
(7)
(27)
- (1)
(5)
(11)
(4)
(6)
(2)
(17)
(26)
(1)
(3)
(2)
(24)
(4)
(10)
(4)
(5)
(27)
(6)
(22)

* Guest nations

References

Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008. AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.

Specific

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-06). Sands jumps 17.29 in Cali – CAC Champs Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.
Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-05). 50.98 400m victory by Cuban Terrero in Cali - CAC Champs day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.
Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-07). Cuba takes overall title in Cali; last day of CAC Champs beset by torrential rains. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.
http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5338 Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008