Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Enrique Figuerola	10.2	Edwin Roberts^[1]	10.3	Carl Plaskett	10.5
200 metres	Edwin Roberts	20.8 /20.70?	Carl Plaskett	21.4 /21.21?	Enrique Figuerola	21.5 /21.24?
400 metres	Juan Franceschi	46.7 /46.77?	Rupert Hoilette	46.9 /47.03?	Rodobaldo Díaz	47.0 /47.10?
800 metres	Neville Myton	1:50.2	Lennox Yearwood	1:51.7	Benedict Cayenne	1:54.3
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía	3:50.3	Orlando Martínez	3:52.4	José Neri	3:52.4
5000 metres	Álvaro Mejía	14:42.6	José Neri	14:56.4	Valentín Robles	15:33.2
10,000 metres	Álvaro Mejía	31:34.0	Valentín Robles	32:11.0	Juan Martínez	32:13.0
Half marathon	Valentín Robles	01:13:47	Pedro Cárdenas	01:14:24	Antonio Ibarra	01:17:01
110 metres hurdles	Hernando Arrechea	14.2w	Ray Harvey	14.4w	Juan Morales	14.5w
400 metres hurdles	Heriberto Cruz	52.4	Víctor Maldonado	52.5	Arístides Pineda	53.5
3000 metre steeplechase	Flavio Buendía	9:32.6	Rolf Duwe	9:37.8	Rigoberto Mendoza	9:38.4
4 × 100 metres relay		40.5		40.6		40.6
4 × 400 metres relay		3:08.8		3:09.4		3:10.3
10,000 metre track walk	José Pedraza	51:32.4	Euclides Calzado	51:43.4	David Jiménez	52:17.8
High jump	Teodoro Palacios	2.03	Anton Norris	1.98	Luis Planchart	1.93
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz	4.54	Rubén Cruz	4.30	Luis Quintero	4.15
Long jump	Wellesley Clayton	7.64	Abelardo Pacheco	7.55	Byron Lewis	7.51
Triple jump	Tim Barrett	15.76	José Hernández	15.72	Trevor Thomas	15.42
Shot put	Fidel Estrada	15.36	Roy Hollingsworth	15.36	Benigno Hodelín	15.34
Discus throw	Roy Hollingsworth	52.10	Javier Moreno	48.71	Dagoberto González	48.16
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells	68.11	Adolfo Martín	56.59	Marcelino Borrero	52.38
Javelin throw	Justo Perelló	74.74	Francisco Mena	69.57	Jesús Rodríguez	68.59
Pentathlon	Jorge García	3153	Francisco Mena	3467	Ramón Iriarte	3389

Women's events

100 metres	Miguelina Cobián	11.7 /11.69?	Cristina Hechevarría	11.9 /11.79?	Carmen Smith	11.9 /11.86?
200 metres	Una Morris	24.2	Miguelina Cobián	24.8	Vilma Charlton	24.9
80 metres hurdles	Carmen Smith	11.1	Doreldeen Pagan	11.6	Daisy Hechevarría	11.6
4 × 100 metres relay		46.2		46.5		49.5
High jump	Patsy Callender	1.65	Hilda Fabré	1.60	Julia Pérez	1.55
Long jump	Irene Martínez	5.87	Beverley Welsh	5.72	Marcia Garbey	5.47
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez	12.72	Guadalupe Lartigue	12.23	Francisca Roberts	12.02
Discus throw	Caridad Aguero	43.37	Joan Gordon	39.84	Carmen Romero	39.07
Javelin throw	Hilda Ramírez	39.34	Blanca Umaña	37.39	María Moreno	36.47

References

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

External links

• 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.