1958 British West Indies Championships

The 1958 British West Indies Championships was the second edition of the track and field competition between British colony nations in the Caribbean. A total of eighteen events were contested, all of them by men – women's events were not added until the following year.[1]

George de Peana of British Guiana defended his 5000 metres/10,000 metres double from the previous edition. Trinidadian sprinters Hendrickson Harewood and Clifton Bertrand also defended their titles in the 100 metres and 200 metres, respectively. Betrand added the 400 metres title to his 200 m to become the first person to win two different sprint events at the competition.[1]

The Trinidad and Tobago national championships were not held that year, as the country's governing body focused on hosting the wider regional tournament.[2] The host nation topped the medal table at the competition, winning ten of the eighteen events on offer. Jamaica came second, with four gold medals, followed by British Guiana on three. William Gittens's gold for Grenada in the 400 metres hurdles made his country's first medallist at the championships, and also the first winner from outside of the three aforementioned nations.[1]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Hendrickson Harewood (TRI) 10.4   Joe Goddard (TRI) 10.4   Ralph Lewis (TRI) 10.5
200 metres   Clifton Bertrand (TRI) 21.2   Hendrickson Harewood (TRI) 21.3   Joe Goddard (TRI) 21.7
400 metres   Clifton Bertrand (TRI) 47.3   Middleton Archibald (SKN) 47.4   Wilton Jackson (TRI) 48.5
800 metres   Hugh Hyland (TRI) 1:53.5   Charles Boney (TRI) 1:55.0   Goodleigh (JAM) 1:55.5
1500 metres   Ralph Gomes (BGU) 3:56.2   Hugh Hyland (TRI) 4:00.6   Christie (JAM) 4:02.8
5000 metres   George de Peana (BGU) 15:10.0   Harry Prowell (BGU) 15:15.0   Ralph Gomes (BGU) 15:21.3
10,000 metres   George de Peana (BGU) 32:58   Harry Prowell (BGU) 34:08   Moses Dwarika (BGU) 36:17
110 m hurdles   Bill Phillips (JAM) 14.6   Hollis Regis (TRI) 14.8   Deryck Taylor (JAM) 15.0
400 m hurdles   William Gittens (GRN) 53.8   Ray Davis (TRI) 53.8   Charles Boney (TRI) 55.1
4×100 m relay   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 41.6   Jamaica (JAM) 42.0   British Guiana (BGU) 42.2
4×400 m relay   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 3:21.2   Jamaica (JAM) ???   British Guiana (BGU) ???
High jump   Learie Scipio (TRI) 1.90 m   William Gittens (GRN) 1.88 m   Pat Arthurs (JAM) 1.83 m
Pole vault   Pat Arthurs (JAM) 3.71 m   Gregor Hinkson (TRI) 3.50 m   Ken Jones (TRI) 3.43 m
Long jump   George Hislop (TRI) 7.12 m   Deryck Taylor (JAM) 7.02 m   Guilford James (JAM) 7.00 m
Triple jump   Learie Scipio (TRI) 14.37 m   Audley Hewitt (JAM) 14.33 m   Deryck Taylor (JAM) 14.16 m
Shot put   Conrad Derrick (TRI) 13.01 m   Keith Fraser (BGU) 12.79 m   Philippian Young (TRI) 12.60 m
Discus throw   William Hall (JAM) 37.73 m   Hugh Malcolm (JAM) 37.48 m   Calvin Downie (JAM) 36.87 m
Javelin throw   Hugh Malcolm (JAM) 54.61 m   Calvin Downie (JAM) 49.53 m   Hugh Garrick (TRI) 48.13 m

References

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  1. ^ a b c British West Indies Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  2. ^ Trinidad & Tobago National Championships. NAAATT. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
Medallists