Athletics at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Silvio Leonard	10.49	José Triana	10.67	Pablo Montes	10.77
200 metres	Silvio Leonard	20.99	Pablo Bandomo	21.37	José Triana	21.54
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena	45.52	Seymour Newman	46.34	Félix Mangual	46.42
800 metres	Leandro Civil	1:48.43	Luis Medina	1:48.68	Héctor López	1:48.99
1500 metres	Luis Medina	3:44.18	José González	3:44.52	Carlos Martínez	3:44.90
5000 metres	Víctor Mora	13:54.20	Jairo Correa	14:03.00	José Neri	14:04.00
10,000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza	30:39.4	Rafael Pérez	30:41.0	Pedro Miranda	30:41.2
Marathon	Gilberto Serna	02:28:08	Agustín Reyes	02:32:08	José Jesús	02:32:54
110 metres hurdles	Alejandro Casañas	13.80w	Guillermo Núñez	13.93w	Francisco Dumeng	14.10
400 metres hurdles	Fabio Zúñiga	50.61	Guillermo Núñez	50.87	Félix Mangual	51.65
3000 metre steeplechase	José Cobo	8:50.8	Antonio Villanueva	8:52.0	Lucirio Garrido	8:54.8
4 × 100 metres relay		39.62		40.35		41.79
4 × 400 metres relay		3:06.36		3:07.23		3:07.52
20 kilometre road walk	Raúl González	1:35:23	Pedro Aroche	1:35:33	Ernesto Alfaro	1:38:53
High jump	Richard Spencer	2.10	Amado Olaguiber	2.07	Gilberto Campbell	2.04
Pole vault	Roberto Moré	4.95	Juan Laza	4.75	Edgardo Rivera	4.55
Long jump	Wilfredo Maisonave	7.44	Milán Matos	7.43	Francisco Gómez	7.41
Triple jump	Pedro Pérez	17.01w	Armando Herrera	16.37w	Juvenal Pérez	15.91
Shot put	José Carreño	16.20	Nicolás Hernández	16.09	Pedro Serrano	15.85
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson	58.10	Javier Moreno	51.04	Ignacio Reinosa	49.30
Hammer throw	Pedro Garbey	61.50	Víctor Suárez	59.16	Genovevo Morejón	57.58
Javelin throw	Raúl Fernández	75.30	Juan Jarvis	69.16	Salomón Robbins	67.10
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal	7470	Rigoberto Salazar	7305	Orlando Pedroso	7060

Women's events

100 metres	Carmen Valdés	11.55	Silvia Chivás	11.65	Lelieth Hodges	11.75
200 metres	Carmen Valdés	23.76	Asunción Acosta	24.21	Diva Bishop	24.39
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón	52.27	Carmen Trustée	52.91	Asunción Acosta	53.92
800 metres	Charlotte Bradley	2:04.55	Aurelia Pentón	2:05.43	Enriqueta Nava	2:05.89
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde	14.53	Mercedes Román	14.69	Raquel Martínez	14.74
4 × 100 metres relay		44.90		47.42		48.02
High jump	Lucía Duquet	1.74	Elisa Ávila	1.74	Maritza García	1.71
Long jump	Marcia Garbey	6.48	Ana Alexander	6.07	Dora Thompson	5.75
Shot put	María Elena Sarría	14.60	Hilda Ramírez	14.40	Caridad Romero	13.82
Discus throw	Carmen Romero	54.70	María Cristina Betancourt	52.20	Salvadora Vargas	41.92
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez	47.58	María Beltrán	47.46	Gladys González	46.58
Pentathlon	Ciska Jansen	4014	Angela Carbonell	3867	Mercedes Román	3827

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.