The athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia.
It was the first time that women's 1500 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay events were held at the Games. It was also the last appearance of women's pentathlon before being replaced by the heptathlon from the next edition on.
Medal summary
Men's events 100 metresSilvio Leonard 10.10 Osvaldo Lara 10.11Guy Abrahams 10.20200 metresSilvio Leonard 20.49 Anthony Husbands 21.00Guy Abrahams 21.15400 metresAlberto Juantorena 44.27 Joseph Coombs 45.41Seymour Newman 46.11800 metresAlberto Juantorena 1:47.23 Gerold Pawirodikromo 1:47.46Leandro Civil 1:47.661500 metresLuis Medina 3:44.47Eduardo Castro 3:45.14Osmán Escobar 3:45.895000 metresRodolfo Gómez 13:55.08Domingo Tibaduiza 13:56.88José Gómez 14:27.3310,000 metresRodolfo Gómez 29:34.64 Domingo Tibaduiza 29:38.66Luis Hernández 30:23.84MarathonRadamés Vega 2:22:34 Mario Cuevas 2:23:07José Granajo 2:26:04110 metres hurdlesAlejandro Casañas 13.67 Mariano Reyes 14.68Karl Smith 14.71400 metres hurdlesClive Barriffe 50.16 Julio Ferrer 50.86Alexis Misignak 50.973000 metres steeplechaseJosé Cobo 8:46.39 Carlos Martínez 8:52.13Jaime Villate 8:56.294 × 100 metres relay Eldwin NoelHasely CrawfordAnthony HusbandsEphraim Serrette 39.13 Juan SaboritAlejandro CasañasSilvio LeonardOsvaldo Lara 39.44 Juan ContrerasGregorio GarcíaEnrique AlmaranteRafael Félix 39.624 × 400 metres relay Clive BarriffeOliver HeywoodFloyd BrownBert Cameron 3:03.76 Anthony MyersMichael PaulMike SolomonJoseph Coombs 3:05.01 Alexis MisignakErnesto VinentCarlos ÁlvarezAlberto Juantorena 3:05.5720 kilometre road walkDaniel Bautista 1:29:10 Raúl González 1:31:58Jorge Quiñones 1:39:31High jumpRichard Spencer 2.12 Rodolfo Madrigal 2.12 =Jamil Justiniano 2.09Pole vaultAugusto Perdomo 5.00 Elberto Pratt 4.80Rubén Camino 4.80Long jumpDavid Giralt 7.82 Milán Matos 7.77Ron Chambers 7.77Triple jumpSteve Hanna 16.60 Juan Velázquez 16.43Alejandro Herrera 16.10Shot putHumberto Calvario 17.51 Nicolás Hernández 17.36Jesús Ramos 16.83Discus throwLuis Delís 58.62 Julián Morrinson 58.56Brad Cooper 54.24Hammer throwArmando Orozco 69.86 Genovevo Morejón 69.14Luis Martínez 56.22Javelin throwAntonio González 78.74 Amado Morales 70.54Reinaldo Patterson 63.64DecathlonRigoberto Salazar 7483 Miguel Subarnaba 6954José Montezuma 6842
Women's events 100 metresSilvia Chivás 11.47Lelieth Hodges 11.63Isabel Taylor 11.74200 metresSilvia Chivás 23.01 Janice Bernard 24.01Maureen Gottshalk 24.42400 metresAurelia Pentón 50.56 Beatriz Castillo 51.27Helen Blake 53.40800 metresAurelia Pentón 2:01.38 Charlotte Bradley 2:03.58Nery McKeen 2:04.481500 metresCharlotte Bradley 4:30.78 Ileana Hocking 4:35.88Susana Herrera 4:39.62100 metres hurdlesGrisel Machado 13.31 Marisela Peralta 14.23Carmen Zamora 14.294 × 100 metres relay Grisel MachadoSilvia ChivásCarmen ValdésIsabel Taylor 44.37 Leleith HodgesDorothy ScottMaureen GottschalkJacqueline Pusey 44.41 Rebeca RobertsJoane GardnerJanice BernardEsther Hope 45.134 × 400 metres relay Ana GuibertAna Fidelia QuirotBeatriz CastilloAurelia Pentón 3:31.34 Ruth Williams-SimpsonNorma LeeMaureen GottschalkHelen Blake 3:41.69 Angelita LindIleana HockingMadeline de JesúsVilma Paris 3:46.58High jumpAngela Carbonell 1.75 Grace Jackson 1.70Elisa Ávila 1.65Long jumpShonel Ferguson 6.41Ana Alexander 6.25Eloína Echevarría 6.12Shot putHilda Ramírez 17.00 Marcelina Rodríguez 14.97Vicky López 13.42Discus throwCarmen Romero 60.54 María Cristina Betancourt 57.58Selene Saldarriaga 41.28Javelin throwMaría Caridad Colón 63.40 María Beltrán 54.86Guadalupe López 49.80PentathlonElida Aveillé 3636Alix Castillo 3625Laura Vázquez 3511
Medal table
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