1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Revolución in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 15–17 June 1979.

1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	15–17 June
Host city	Guadalajara, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Revolución
← Xalapa 1977 Santo Domingo 1981 →

Host venue in Guadalajara.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Guy Abrahams Panama	10.37A	Gerardo Suero Dominican Republic	10.53A	Esteban Briceño Venezuela	10.54A
200 metres	Floyd Brown Jamaica	21.30A	Rafael López Dominican Republic	21.33A	Jesús Cabrera Puerto Rico Tomás González Cuba	21.45A
400 metres	Colin Bradford Jamaica	46.41A	Michael Barnes Jamaica	46.84A	Dean Greenaway British Virgin Islands	47.12A
800 metres	Owen Hamilton Jamaica	1:48.2A	Eduardo Castro Mexico	1:48.3A	Víctor Ramos Puerto Rico	1:49.7A
1500 metres	Ignacio Melecio Mexico	3:48.1A	Osmán Escobar Venezuela	3:50.5A	Modesto Comprés Dominican Republic	3:54.7A
5000 metres	José Gómez Mexico	14:27.4A	Jaime Vélez Puerto Rico	14:43.0A	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	14:50.4A
10,000 metres	Virgilio Herrera Guatemala	31:42.8A	Luis Haro Mexico	32:04.6A	Celso Garro Costa Rica	32:48.8A
30 km road race	Mario Cuevas Mexico	1:26:24A CR	Radamés González Cuba	1:27:35A	Andrés Romero Mexico	1:27:38A
110 metres hurdles	Rafael Echavarría Mexico	13.93A	Jorge Palacios Cuba	13.94A	Mariano Reyes Dominican Republic	14.20A
400 metres hurdles	Julio Ferrer Puerto Rico	51.4A	Carlos Yambot Puerto Rico	51.4A	Rafael Echavarría Mexico	51.5A
3000 metres steeplechase	Demetrio Cabanillos Mexico	9:18.6A	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	9:18.7A	Octavio Guadarrama Mexico	9:22.6A
4 × 100 metres relay	Dominican Republic Gregorio García Esteban Vázquez Rafael Felix Gerardo Suero	40.02A	Jamaica Raymond Quarrie Dennis Henry Floyd Brown Colin Bradford	40.17A	Puerto Rico Luis Alers Iván Mangual Jesús Cabrera Wilfredo Molina	40.72A
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Dennis Henry Colin Bradford Michael Barnes Owen Hamilton	3:05.0A CR	Venezuela Hipolito Brown Edison Reyes Humberto Galea Erick Phillips	3:08.9A	Dominican Republic Francisco Solis Anatalio Ramírez Gill Fortuna Rafael Felix	3:11.9A
20 km road walk	Félix Gómez Mexico	1:28:21A CR	Ernesto Canto Mexico	1:28:53A	Rigoberto Medina Cuba	1:34:41A
High jump	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.25A CR	Cristóbal de León Dominican Republic	2.17A	Rodolfo Madrigal Costa Rica	2.12A
Pole vault	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.05A CR	Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico	4.60A
Long jump	Ray Quiñones Puerto Rico	7.70A	Oswaldo Torres Venezuela	7.61A	Ubaldo Duany Cuba	7.30A
Triple jump	Ricardo Goitizolo Cuba	15.97A	José Salazar Venezuela	15.81A	Edgar Moreno Venezuela	15.54A
Shot put	Nicolás Hernández Cuba	18.49A CR	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	18.35A	Humberto Calvario Cuba	17.46A
Discus throw	José Santa Cruz Cuba	62.48A CR	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	61.24A	Luis Palacios Venezuela	49.70A
Hammer throw	Alfredo Guillot Cuba	62.10A	Ángel Cabrera Cuba	58.52A	Luis Martínez Puerto Rico	54.44A
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson Cuba	82.24A CR	Amado Morales Puerto Rico	77.70A	Dionisio Quintana Cuba	76.58A
Decathlon	Carlos Palacios Cuba	6882A	Juan Ríos Venezuela	6716A	Pedro Herrera Cuba	6525A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	11.64A	Rosie Allwood Jamaica	11.79A	Darcy Bryant Costa Rica	11.96A
200 metres	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	23.44A CR	Elsa Antúnez Venezuela	24.34A	Divina Estrella Dominican Republic	24.41A
400 metres	Debbie Byfield Jamaica	54.29A	Carol Cummings Jamaica	54.92A	Nancy Calveart Cuba	55.02A
800 metres	María Ribeaux Cuba	2:09.0A	Eloína Kerr Cuba	2:09.3A	Ana Orendaín Mexico	2:11.0A
1500 metres	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	4:40.0A	Sergia Martínez Cuba	4:41.2A	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	4:42.4A
3000 metres	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	10:06.6A	Rosa Domínguez Mexico	10:11.8A	Irma Hernández Mexico	10:15.0A
100 metres hurdles	Lorlee Giscombe Jamaica	14.28A	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	14.44A	Maritza de la Guardia Cuba	14.84A
400 metres hurdles	Marcela Chivás Cuba	59.78A CR	Stephanie Vega Puerto Rico	60.21A	Divina Estrella Dominican Republic	62.43A
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Dorothy Scott Rosie Allwood Merlene Ottey	44.82A CR	Dominican Republic Felicia Candelario Divina Estrella Teresa Almanzar Ana Hotesse	46.79A	Puerto Rico Georgina López Nilsa París Marie-Lande Mathieu Madeline de Jesús	47.16A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Nancy Calveart Eloína Kerr María Ribeaux Marcela Chibás	3:41.8A	Jamaica Fredricka Wright Carol Cummings Debbie Byfield Rosie Allwood	3:42.8A	Venezuela Arelis Pulvet Yaneth Carvajal Elsa Antúnez Adriana Marchena	3:45.9A
High jump	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.80A	Elisa Ávila Mexico	1.78A	Reina Mateu Cuba	1.76A
Long jump	Emilia Lenk Mexico	5.90A	Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico	5.87A	Odalys Herrera Cuba	5.79A
Shot put	Rosa Fernández Cuba	17.88A CR	Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba	17.80A	Patricia Andrus Venezuela	13.46A
Discus throw	Salvadora Vargas Cuba	55.30A CR	Maritza Martén Cuba	50.22A	Laura Aguiñaga Mexico	44.90A
Javelin throw	Ana María González Cuba	54.16A CR	Mayra Vila Cuba	49.36A	Martha Blanco Mexico	44.88A
Pentathlon	María Ángeles Cato Mexico	3907A	Elida Aveillé Cuba	3840A	Ansis Salazar Cuba	3618A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	17	9	10	36
2	Jamaica (JAM)	9	5	0	14
3	Mexico (MEX)	8	5	7	20
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	6	6	14
5	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	5	5	11
6	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	7	6	13
9	Bahamas (BAH)	0	2	0	2
10	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	3	3
11	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		39	39	38	116

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics