Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Tom Robinson	10.41	Rafael Romero	10.47	Arquímedes Herrera	10.49
200 metres	Rafael Romero	21.0	Arquímedes Herrera	21.3	Edwin Roberts^[1]	21.4
400 metres	George Kerr	45.9	Hortensio Fucil	47.3	Malcolm Spence	47.4
800 metres	George Kerr	1:51.0	Melville Spence	1:53.0	José Neira	1:54.8
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía	3:51.4	Ralph Gomes	3:52.5	José Neira	3:52.6
5000 metres	Eligio Galicia	14:46.6	Marciano Castillo	15:06.2	Felipe Prado	15:11.0
10,000 metres	Eligio Galicia	30:55.2	Asencio Escalona	31:40.8	Marciano Castillo	31:44.4
Half marathon	Hernán Barreneche	01:11:49	Fidel Negrete	01:12:27	Víctor Peralta	01:13:21
110 metres hurdles	Lázaro Betancourt	14.2	Heriberto Cruz	14.5	Lancelot Bobb	14.7
400 metres hurdles	Víctor Maldonado	51.6	Juan Montes	53.0	Jorge Cumberbatch	53.2
3000 metre steeplechase	Erasmo Prado	9:19.8	Elías Mendoza	9:23.6	Pedro Mariani	9:31.4
4 × 100 metres relay		40.0		40.7		40.8
4 × 400 metres relay		3:11.6		3:12.5		3:15.8
High jump	Teodoro Palacios	2.00	Anton Norris	1.98	Ernle Haisley	1.94
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz	4.72	Rubén Cruz	4.26	Luis Quintero	3.81
Long jump	Juan Muñoz	7.68	Wellesley Clayton	7.60	Abelardo Pacheco	7.16
Triple jump	Mahoney Samuels	15.52	Ramón López	15.33	Perry Christie	14.98
Shot put	Lambertus Rebel	14.64	Héctor Thomas	14.46	Ramón Rosario	13.96
Discus throw	Dagoberto González	48.66	Lambertus Rebel	47.44	Daniel Cereali	46.97
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells	54.15	Daniel Cereali	52.85	Marcelino Borrero	50.35
Javelin throw	Jesús Rodríguez	66.66	Wilfredo Salgado	64.24	Arnoldo Pallarés	61.83
Pentathlon	Héctor Thomas	3212	Roberto Caravaca	2946	Jorge García	2912

Women's events

100 metres	Miguelina Cobián	12.08	Marcela Daniel	12.12	Sybil Donmartin	12.20
80m hurdles	Bertha Díaz	11.1	Lorraine Dunn	11.7	Carmen Smith	11.8
4 × 100 metres relay		47.0		47.3		47.7
High jump	Brenda Archer	1.53	Marta Font	1.51	Beverley Welsh	1.51
Long jump	Bertha Díaz	5.50	Dorothy Yates	5.38	Gisela Vidal	5.35
Discus throw	Caridad Aguero	43.75	Alejandrina Herrera	38.70	Ivonne Rojano	38.69
Javelin throw	Hilda Ramírez	40.32	Beverly Eloisa Oglivie	40.19	Berta Chiú	35.63

References

1. Web site: Hall of Fame: Edwin Anthony ROBERTS . AthleCAC.org . . 2017-09-28.

• 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.