Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Rafael Fortún	10.3Aw	Herb McKenley	10.4Aw	Lloyd La Beach	10.5Aw
200 metres	Herb McKenley	20.9Aw	Rafael Fortún	21.2Aw	Lloyd La Beach	21.2Aw
400 metres	Herb McKenley	47.8A	George Rhoden	48.3A	Cirilo McSween	49.3A
800 metres	George Rhoden	1:59.4A	Frank Prince	1:59.5A	Frank Rivera	2:01.1A
1500 metres	Frank Prince	4:13.0A	Ken Hyland	4:14.8A	Guillermo Rojas	4:15.0A
5000 metres	Francisco Hernández	16:05.8A	Doroteo Flores	16:10.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz	16:24.7A
10,000 metres	Luis Velásquez	34:33.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz	34:50.7A	Cruz Serrano	34:52.5A
Half marathon	Luis Velásquez	1:14:44A	Doroteo Flores	1:15:41A	Gustavo Ramírez	1:17:14A
110 metres hurdles	Julio Sabater	14.9A	Samuel Anderson	15.2A	Vicente Tavárez	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio	54.9A	Relín Sosa	56.6A	Carlos Monges	57.3A
4 × 100 metres relay		41.5A		41.6A		42.0A
4 × 400 metres relay		3:17.2A		3:19.0A		3:19.0A
High jump	Gilberto Torres	1.89A	Oswald Lyon	1.89A	Benjamín Casado	1.85A
Pole vault	José Vincente	4.10A	José Barbosa	3.78A	José Fontanés	3.63A
Long jump	Francisco Castro	7.01A	Benjamín Casado	6.95A	Claudio Cabreja	6.94A
Triple jump	Reinaldo Salamo	14.20A	Francisco Castro	14.10A	Benjamín Casado	13.57A
Shot put	Israel Capavete	13.78A	Eduardo Adriana	13.67A	Gerardo de Villiers	13.23A
Discus throw	Eduardo Parera	40.54A	Manuel Seoane	38.88A	Juan Luyanda	37.75A
Hammer throw	Jaime Annexy	45.87A	Vicente Lagoyete	42.64A	Julio Bordás	42.08A
Javelin throw	Enrique Pizarro	56.67A	Mario Salas	55.74A	Emilio Romero	55.57A
Pentathlon	Amador Terán	2944A	Víctor Castañeda	2779A	Enrique Salazar	2560A

Women's events

50 metres	Hyacinth Walters	6.7A	Cynthia Thompson	6.8A	Graviola Ewing	6.9A
100 metres	Hyacinth Walters	12.3A	Cynthia Thompson	12.4A	Graviola Ewing	12.5A
80 metres hurdles	Karleen Searchwell	12.1Aw	Vinton Beckett	12.5Aw	Kathleen Russell	12.6Aw
4 × 100 m relay		48.9A		52.0A		52.2A
High jump	Vinton Beckett	1.61A	Carmen Phipps	1.59A	Lili Schluter	1.30A
Discus throw	Concepción Villanueva	33.96A	Alejandrina Herrera	31.78A	Ana Campos	30.91A
Javelin throw	Judith Caballero	36.20A	Berta Chiú	34.33A	Ana Campos	33.40A

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.