The athletics competition in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.
100 metres | Rafael Fortún | 10.4 | Herb McKenley | 10.7 | McDonald Bailey | ||
200 metres | Rafael Fortún | 21.6 | Lloyd LaBeach | 21.7 | Herb McKenley | 21.7 | |
400 metres | Arthur Wint | 48.0 | Herb McKenley | 48.5 | George Rhoden | 49.3 | |
800 metres | Arthur Wint | 1:54.8 | Wilfred Tull | 1:56.4 | Ken Hyland | 1:57.6 | |
1500 metres | Wilfred Tull | 4:07.8 | Ken Hyland | 4:09.6 | Arthur Dujon | 4:12.4 | |
5000 metres | Mannie Ramjohn | 15:54.8 | Jesús Borgonio | 15:55.0 | Doroteo Flores | 15:56.0 | |
10,000 metres | Doroteo Flores | 33:55.0 | Agustín Romero | 34:54.8 | Cipriano Gómez | 34:58.2 | |
Half marathon | Doroteo Flores | 01:14:33 | Luis Velásquez | 01:14:39 | Rafael Flores | 01:15:38 | |
110 metres hurdles | Eligio Barbería | 14.8 | Teófilo Colón | 15.5 | Julio Sabater | ||
400 metres hurdles | Eligio Barbería | 55.3 | Relín Sosa | 56.4 | Remigio Castro | 56.5 | |
4 x 100 m relay | 43.0 | 43.1 | 43.5 | ||||
4 x 400 m relay | 3:18.0 | 3:21.4 | 3:23.2 | ||||
High jump | Miguel Clovis | 1.85 | Gilberto Torres | 1.85 | Francisco Castro | 1.85 | |
Pole Vault | José Vincente | 3.98 | José Barbosa | 3.84 | Jesús Centeno | 3.77 | |
Long jump | Lloyd LaBeach | 6.96 | Lance Thompson | 6.95 | Francisco Castro | 6.92 | |
Triple jump | Francisco Castro | 14.14 | Harold Lawson | 14.14 | Raúl López | 13.74 | |
Shot put | Eduardo Adriana | 13.35 | Carlos Cervantes | 13.28 | Luis Betancourt | 13.03 | |
Discus throw | Manuel Seoane | 39.94 | Mauricio Rodríguez | 39.86 | Carlos Pérez | 38.69 | |
Hammer throw | Francisco González | 41.87 | Luis Betancourt | 39.71 | Lorenzo Barquín | 39.70 | |
Javelin throw | Mario Salas | 55.00 | Enrique Pizarro | 54.18 | Nicolás Romero | 52.75 | |
Pentathlon | Néstor Marchany | 3374 | Amador Terán | 3294 | Víctor Castañeda | 3131 |
50 metres | Dolores Worrell | 6.4 | Cynthia Thompson | 6.5 | Hyacinth Walters | 6.8 | |
100 metres | Cynthia Thompson | 12.1 | Emilia Foster | 12.7 | Dolores Worrell | 12.7 | |
80 metres hurdles | Josefine Lewis | 12.5 | Mavis Evelyn | 12.7 | Kathleen Russell | 12.7 | |
4 x 100 m relay | 49.1 | 50.1 | 53.0 | ||||
High jump | Carmen Phipps | 1.54 | Vinton Beckett | 1.52 | Silvia Ford | 1.44 | |
Discus throw | Judith Caballero | 30.17 | Esther Reyes | 29.73 | Gloria Álvarez | 29.72 | |
Javelin throw | Judith Caballero | 38.04 | Ángela Iglesias | 36.75 | Alicia Reyes | 33.99 |