Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

The athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Silvio Leonard	10.10	Osvaldo Lara	10.11	Guy Abrahams	10.20
200 metres	Silvio Leonard	20.49	Anthony Husbands	21.00	Guy Abrahams	21.15
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena	44.27	Joseph Coombs	45.41	Seymour Newman	46.11
800 metres	Alberto Juantorena	1:47.23	Gerold Pawirodikromo	1:47.46	Leandro Civil	1:47.66
1500 metres	Luis Medina	3:44.47	Eduardo Castro	3:45.14	Osmán Escobar	3:45.89
5000 metres	Rodolfo Gómez	13:55.08	Domingo Tibaduiza	13:56.88	José Gómez	14:27.33
10,000 metres	Rodolfo Gómez	29:34.64	Domingo Tibaduiza	29:38.66	Luis Hernández	30:23.84
Marathon	Radamés Vega	2:22:34	Mario Cuevas	2:23:07	José Granajo	2:26:04
110 metres hurdles	Alejandro Casañas	13.67	Mariano Reyes	14.68	Karl Smith	14.71
400 metres hurdles	Clive Barriffe	50.16	Julio Ferrer	50.86	Luis Alex Misiniak	50.97
3000 metres steeplechase	José Cobo	8:46.39	Carlos Martínez	8:52.13	Jaime Villate	8:56.29
4 × 100 metres relay	Eldwin Noel Hasely Crawford Anthony Husbands Ephraim Serrette	39.13	Juan Saborit Alejandro Casañas Silvio Leonard Osvaldo Lara	39.44	Juan Contreras Gregorio García Enrique Almarante Rafael Félix	39.62
4 × 400 metres relay	Clive Barriffe Oliver Heywood Floyd Brown Bert Cameron	3:03.76	Anthony Myers Michael Paul Mike Solomon Joseph Coombs	3:05.01	Alexis Misignak Ernesto Vinent Carlos Álvarez Alberto Juantorena	3:05.57
20 kilometre road walk	Daniel Bautista	1:29:10	Raúl González	1:31:58	Jorge Quiñones	1:39:31
High jump	Richard Spencer	2.12	Rodolfo Madrigal	2.12	Jamil Justiniano	2.09
Pole vault	Augusto Perdomo	5.00	Elberto Pratt	4.80	Rubén Camino	4.80
Long jump	David Giralt	7.82	Milán Matos	7.77	Ron Chambers	7.77
Triple jump	Steve Hanna	16.60	Juan Velázquez	16.43	Alejandro Herrera	16.10
Shot put	Humberto Calvario	17.51	Nicolás Hernández	17.36	Jesús Ramos	16.83
Discus throw	Luis Delís	58.62	Julián Morrinson	58.56	Brad Cooper	54.24
Hammer throw	Armando Orozco	69.86	Genovevo Morejón	69.14	Luis Martínez	56.22
Javelin throw	Antonio González	78.74	Amado Morales	70.54	Reinaldo Patterson	63.64
Decathlon	Rigoberto Salazar	7483	Miguel Subarnaba	6954	José Montezuma	6842

Women's events

100 metres	Silvia Chivás	11.47	Lelieth Hodges	11.63	Isabel Taylor	11.74
200 metres	Silvia Chivás	23.01	Janice Bernard	24.01	Maureen Gottshalk	24.42
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón	50.56	Beatriz Castillo	51.27	Helen Blake	53.40
800 metres	Aurelia Pentón	2:01.38	Charlotte Bradley	2:03.58	Nery McKeen	2:04.48
1500 metres	Charlotte Bradley	4:30.78	Ileana Hocking	4:35.88	Susana Herrera	4:39.62
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado	13.31	Marisela Peralta	14.23	Carmen Zamora	14.29
4 × 100 metres relay	Grisel Machado Silvia Chivás Carmen Valdés Isabel Taylor	44.37	Leleith Hodges Dorothy Scott Jacqueline Pusey Maureen Gottschalk	44.41	Esther Hope Janice Bernard Joane Gardnert Rebeca	45.13
4 × 400 metres relay	Ana Guibert Ana Fidelia Quirot Beatriz Castillo Aurelia Pentón	3:31.34	Ruth Williams-Simpson Norma Leea Maureen Gottschalk Helen Blake	3:41.69	Angelita Lind Ileana Hocking Madeline de Jesús Vilma Paris	3:46.58
High jump	Angela Carbonell	1.75	Grace Jackson	1.70	Elisa Ávila	1.65
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson	6.41	Ana Alexander	6.25	Eloína Echevarría	6.12
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez	17.00	Marcelina Rodríguez	14.97	Vicky López	13.42
Discus throw	Carmen Romero	60.54	María Cristina Betancourt	57.58	Selene Saldarriaga	41.28
Javelin throw	María Caridad Colón	63.40	María Beltrán	54.86	Guadalupe López	49.80
Pentathlon	Elida Aveillé	3636	Alix Castillo	3625	Laura Vázquez	3511

References

• Web site: The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games . . Enrique . Montesinos . 2013 . 2015-09-27.
• Web site: Central American and Caribbean Games (Men) . GBR Athletics.
• Web site: Central American and Caribbean Games (Women) . GBR Athletics.