Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games explained

Athletics at the XV CAC Games
Host City:	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Dates:	29 June – 4 July
Stadium:	Estadio La Barranquita
Events:	43
Records Set:	19
Previous:	1982 Havana
Next:	1990 Mexico City
Games:	1986 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

It was the first time that women's 10,000 metres, marathon and racewalking events were held.

Medal summary

See main article: Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results.

Men's events

100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Andrés Simón	10.29	Juan Núñez	10.38	Ray Stewart	10.48
200 metres (wind: NWI)	Leandro Peñalver	20.70	Juan Núñez	20.79	Leroy Reid	20.90
400 metres	Félix Stevens	44.98	Ian Morris	45.02	Elvis Forde	45.65
800 metres	Oslen Barr	1:49.42	William Wuycke	1:49.45	Ángel Osoria	1:50.35
1500 metres	Jacinto Navarrete	3:43.72	Germán Beltrán	3:43.99	Félix Mesa	3:45.50
5000 metres	Mauricio González	14:11.73	Marcos Barreto	14:12.73	Juan Jesús Linares	14:13.76
10,000 metres	Francisco Pacheco	29:39.56	José Alcalá	30:05.35	Eduardo Maldonado	30:29.39
Marathon	Jesús Amariles	2:23:00	Radamés González	2:25:54	Dieudonné Lamothe	2:32:11
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Ángel Bueno	13.86	Juan Saborit	13.91	Ernesto Torres	14.10
400 metres hurdles	Winthrop Graham	50.03	David Charlton	50.14	Jesús Aguilasocho	50.48
3000 metre steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde	8:42.38	Juan Jesús Linares	8:46.11	Rafael Colmenares	8:52.83
4 × 100 metres relay	Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Sergio Querol Andrés Simón	38.74	Gregory Meghoo Andrew Smith Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid	38.96	José Méndez Gerardo Suero Fernando Reynoso Juan Núñez	39.56
4 × 400 metres relay	Leandro Peñalver Agustín Pavó Jorge Valentín Félix Stevens	3:02.41	Ali St. Louis Ian Morris Michael Paul Carlyle Bernard	3:04.57	Henriko Atkins David Carter Ezra Catwell Elvis Forde	3:06.88
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto	1:26:25	Martín Bermúdez	1:27:23	Héctor Moreno	1:28:41
50 kilometre road walk	Martín Bermúdez	4:04:47	Félix Gómez	4:07:20	Mauricio Cortés	4:26:27
High jump	Francisco Centelles	2.22	Bárbaro Díaz Alfredo Mejía	2.20
Pole vault	Rubén Camino	5.20	José Echevarría	5.00	Efram Meléndez	4.90
Long jump	Jaime Jefferson	8.34	Elmer Williams	7.81	Ubaldo Duany	7.57
Triple jump	Lázaro Betancourt	16.83	Frank Rutherford	16.67	Norbert Elliott	16.40
Shot put	Paul Ruiz	19.01	Marciso Boué	18.59	Hubert Maingot	16.99
Discus throw	Luis Delís	63.16	Juan Martínez	62.30	Brad Cooper	61.40
Hammer throw	Vicente Sánchez	68.04	Eladio Hernández	64.08	David Castrillón	63.68
Javelin throw (new model)	Ramón González	77.32	Juan de la Garza	74.28	Máximo Driggs	74.06
Decathlon	Ernesto Betancourt	7333	Jorge Caraballo	7079	Ron McPhee	6773

Women's events

100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Pauline Davis-Thompson	11.51	Camille Coates	11.69	Amparo Caicedo	11.85
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Pauline Davis-Thompson	23.06	Camille Coates	23.44	Amparo Caicedo	23.52
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot	51.01	Norfalia Carabalí	52.46	Cathy Rattray	52.67
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:59.00	Angelita Lind	2:02.12	Imelda González	2:02.26
1500 metres	Angelita Lind	4:18.67	Imelda González	4:19.58	Nery McKeen	4:23.34
3000 metres	Fabiola Rueda	9:30.25	Sergia Martínez	9:36.84	Santa Velázquez	9:42.36
10,000 metres	Genoveva Domínguez	36:24.39	Maricela Hurtado	36:29.12	Maribel Durruty	38:20.27
Marathon	Naidi Nazario	2:55:44	Maribel Durruty	3:08:57	Aida Torres	3:10:19
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Odalys Adams	13.50	Grisel Machado	13.56	Sandra Taváres	13.86
400 metres hurdles	Flora Hyacinth	57.55	Tania Fernández	57.60	Alma Vázquez	59.05
4 × 100 metres relay	Idania Pino Luisa Ferrer Susana Armenteros María Zamora	44.55	Carmel Major Pauline Davis Deborah Greene Shonel Ferguson	45.49	Guadalupe García Alma Vázquez Alejandra Flores Sandra Taváres	45.58
4 × 400 metres relay	Ester Petitón Odalys Hernández Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:33.60	Virgen Fontánez Roxanne Oliver Mercedes Ríos Angelita Lind	3:41.32	María Acevedo Ana Peña Virginia Cruz Glennis Reynoso	3:47.84
10,000 metre track walk	María Colín	50:43.62	Graciela Mendoza	51:56.62	Margarita Morales	55:00.93
High jump	Silvia Costa	1.96	Cristina Fink	1.81	Laura Agront	1.79
Long jump	Eloína Echevarría	6.61	Shonel Ferguson	6.43	Flora Hyacinth	6.36
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez	17.22	Rosa Fernández	17.17	María Isabel Urrutia	14.48
Discus throw	Hilda Ramos	63.44	Maritza Martén	63.24	María Isabel Urrutia	50.68
Javelin throw (old model)	María Caridad Colón	67.00	Ivonne Leal	56.56	María González	54.38
Heptathlon	Caridad Balcindes	5313	Leyda Castro	5025	Irina Ambulo	4997 (NR)

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.