Athletics at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Nacional in Panama City, Panama. It was the first time women's events were included.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Jennings Blackett	10.4	Jacinto Ortiz	10.4e	Eulalio Villodas	10.6e
200 metres	Jacinto Ortiz	21.7	Eulalio Villodas	21.8e	Arthur Jones	22.0e
400 metres	Arturo Baker	49.7	Adolfo Curiel		Gilberto Castruita
800 metres	Arthur Wint	1:56.3	Alfredo Mariscal	1:56.6e	Pedro Zúñiga	1:56.7e
1500 metres	Guy Grant	4:13.6	Alfredo Cortés	4:13.8e	Miguel Corona
5000 metres	Guy Grant	17:55.1	Jesús Borgonio		Maríano Ramírez
10,000 metres	Agustín Romero	34:15.1	Guadalupe Martínez		José López
Marathon	José Thompson	03:01:04	Estanislao Galicia		Hilario Hernández
110 metres hurdles	Horacio Quiñones	14.8	Teófilo Colón	14.9e	Roberto Sánchez	15.2e
400 metres hurdles	Evelio Espinosa	55.8	Salvador Torrós	55.9e	Arthur Wint
4 x 100 m relay		42.2		42.7e		42.8e
4 x 400 m relay		3:21.5		3:23.0e		3:24.5e
High jump	Juan Luyanda	1.89	Arturo Baker	1.87	Juan Rafael Palmer	1.83
Pole vault	Rigoberto Pérez	3.74	José Sabater	3.65	Manuel Boyer	3.65
Long jump	Juan Luyanda	6.75	Juan Rafael Palmer	6.69	Salvador Torrós	6.55
Triple jump	Juan Rafael Palmer	13.86	Juan Luyanda	13.76	Orlando Bello	13.75
Shot put	Antulio Pietri	13.50	Fernando Torres	13.30	Ian Murphy	13.08
Discus throw	Ian Murphy	42.42	Heriberto Alonso	40.73	Miguel Gutiérrez	40.47
Hammer throw	Bernabé Sánchez	39.85	Francisco González	38.18	Ignacio Vázquez	37.45
Javelin throw	Antonio Figueroa	64.11	Mario Salas	58.76	Wilfredo Benítez	56.43
Pentathlon	Salvador Torrós	3459	Manuel Suárez	3158	Juan Luyanda	3097

Women's events

100 metres	Nola Thorne	12.6	Nilda Villaverde	12.6e	Adela Montilla	12.7e
80 metres hurdles	Nola Thorne	13.3	Aura Morales	13.6e	Nilda Villaverde
4 x 100 m relay		51.3
High jump	Lilia Wilson	1.41	Beryl Delgado	1.39	Isabel Sullivan	1.32
Discus throw	Rebecca Coldberg	27.81	Esperanza Morales	24.89	Irma Cornejo	23.89
Javelin throw	Rebecca Coldberg	30.25	Marina Soto	29.30	Florinda Viamontes	28.16

References

• Web site: The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games . . Enrique . Montesinos . 2013.
• Web site: Central American and Caribbean Games (Men) . GBR Athletics.
• Web site: Central American and Caribbean Games (Women) . GBR Athletics.