Athletics at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Manuel Rivera	10.87	Horacio Esteves	10.91	Lloyd Murad	10.92
200 metres	Manuel Rivera	21.79	Rafael Romero	21.92	Lloyd Murad	22.40
400 metres	Ovidio de Jesús	48.73	Iván Rodríguez	48.93	Evaristo Edie	49.98
800 metres	Ralph Gomes	1:57.7	Harvey Borrero	1:58.4	Jorge Leal	1:58.8
1500 metres	Harvey Borrero	4:04.37	Alfredo Tinoco	4:06.00	Ralph Gomes	4:08.16
5000 metres	Isidro Segura	15:41.94	Guadalupe Jiménez	15:55.06	Marciano Castillo	15:56.10
10000 metres	Josafath Hernández	32:51.36	Isidro Segura	32:59.17	Pedro Peralta	33:25.51
Half marathon	Pedro Peralta	01:10:29	Pedro Alvarado	01:11:47	Germán Lozano	01:13:40
110 metres hurdles	Teófilo Davis Bell	15.39	Teófilo Colón	15.95	Víctor Maldonado	16.05
400 metres hurdles	Ovidio de Jesús	53.42	Víctor Maldonado	54.18	Oscar Fernández	55.51
3000 metre steeplechase	Alfredo Tinoco	10:50.8*	Luciano Gómez	11:11.6*	Hernando Ruíz	11:45.5*
4 × 100 metres relay		42.14		42.27		42.71
4 × 400 metres relay		3:16.91		3:22.88		3:24.46
High jump	Teodoro Palacios	1.91	Julio Lleras	1.91	Roberto Procel	1.89
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz	4.40	Rubén Cruz	3.96	Miguel Rivera	3.79
Long jump	Deryck Taylor	7.07	Julio Lleras	6.67	Jesús Piña	6.60
Triple jump	Pedro Camacho	14.67	Rumildo Cruz	14.38	Julio Lleras	14.32
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana	14.59	Ramón Rosario	14.48	Rafael Trompiz	14.00
Discus throw	Daniel Cereali	44.95	Mauricio Rodríguez	42.27	Omar Fierro	42.16
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali	51.17dh	Rubén Dávila	46.86dh	Francisco Fragoso	46.75dh
Javelin throw	Carlos Fajer	62.36	Santiago Durham	59.65	Jesús Barbera	59.02
Pentathlon	Rodolfo Mijares	2723	Héctor Román	2627	Héctor Thomas	2540

Women's events

100 metres	Jean Holmes	13.04	Yolanda Vinocourt	13.31	María Treviño	13.33
80 metres hurdles	Guillermina Peña	12.87	Benilda Ascanio	12.92	Silvia Hunte	13.43
4 × 100 metres relay		50.51 (50.5)		51.81 (51.7)		53.26 (53.2)
High jump	Benilda Ascanio	1.43	Margarita Kabsch	1.40	Silvia Hunte	1.40
Discus throw	Lili Schulter	40.79	Ivonne Rojano	37.19	Nerva Matheus	31.04
Javelin throw	Berta Chiú	35.21	Raquel Trujillo	35.14	Mercedes García	34.75

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.