Athletics at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Revolución in Panama City, Panama.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Pablo Montes	10.24	Hermes Ramírez	10.28	Michael Fray	10.45
200 metres	Pablo Montes	21.20	Germán Solís	21.30	Hermes Ramírez	21.40
400 metres	Antonio Álvarez	46.6	Melesio Piña	46.9	Misael Curiel	47.1
800 metres	Herminio Isaac	1:49.8	Ricardo Bailey	1:49.9	Donaldo Arza	1:50.3
1500 metres	Byron Dyce	3:45.8	Donaldo Arza	3:46.1	Mario Pérez	3:47.2
5000 metres	Mario Pérez	14:24.4	Juan Martínez	14:24.8	Pedro Miranda	14:25.4
10,000 metres	Juan Martínez	30:49.0	Mario Pérez	30:51.6	Andrés Romero	30:57.6
Marathon	Alfredo Peñaloza	02:47:23	Antonio Capote	02:48:59	Patricio Larriñaga	02:50:38
110 metres hurdles	Juan Morales	14.0	Arnaldo Bristol	14.2	Guillermo Núñez	14.5
400 metres hurdles	Juan García	50.6	Césare Sánchez	50.6	Miguel Olivera	51.3
3000 metre steeplechase	Héctor Villanueva	8:53.2	Antonio Villanueva	8:53.4	Rigoberto Mendoza	8:55.2
4 × 100 metres relay		39.4		40.8		40.8
4 × 400 metres relay		3:06.4		3:07.8		3:09.0
20 kilometre road walk	Eladio Compos	1:41:14	Francisco Chávez	1:43:19	Lucas Lara	1:44:38
High jump	Miguel Durañona	2.06	Teodoro Palacios	1.98	Lloyd Turnquist	1.95
Pole vault	Juan Laza	4.65	Arturo Esquerra	4.40	Jorge Miranda	4.30
Long jump	Abelardo Pacheco	7.69	Jorge Stevens	7.49	Galdino Flores	7.43
Triple jump	Pedro Pérez	16.33	José Hernández	15.79	Juan Velázquez	15.61
Shot put	Benigno Hodelín	16.46	Silván Hemming	16.29	Modesto Mederos	15.28
Discus throw	Bárbaro Cañizares	56.04	Dagoberto González	54.48	Javier Moreno	53.64
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez	57.06	Pedro Granell	53.74	Jesús Ulloa	52.26
Javelin throw	Amado Morales	76.40	Donald Vélez	72.12	Justo Perelló	70.52
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal	6997	José Díaz	6934	Héctor Thomas	6918

Women's events

100 metres	Miguelina Cobián	11.4w	Fulgencia Romay	11.6w	Cristina Hechevarría	11.6w
200 metres	Miguelina Cobián	23.5	Violeta Quesada	23.9	Fulgencia Romay	24.3
400 metres	Carmen Trustée	52.5	Aurelia Pentón	54.3	Marcela Chivás	55.1
800 metres	Carmen Trustée	2:14.8	Lucía Quiroz	2:15.8	Rosalía Abadía	2:16.4
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde	13.9w	Lourdes Jones	14.2w	Raquel Martínez	14.5w
4 × 100 metres relay		44.7		47.3		48.1
High jump	Hilda Fabré	1.73	Lucía Duquet	1.68	Marima Rodríguez	1.64
Long jump	Marcia Garbey	6.60	Marina Samuells	6.31w	Miriam Pupo	6.00w
Shot put	Grecia Hamilton	14.56	Hilda Ramírez	13.85	Carmen Romero	13.63
Discus throw	Carmen Romero	53.54	María Cristina Betancourt	46.08	Hilda Ramírez	44.10
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez	45.64	Hilda Ramírez	45.46	Blanca Umaña	43.54
Pentathlon	Marlene Elejalde	4534	Marcia Garbey	4428	Mercedes Román	4243

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.