The 6th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on April 25–26, 1977. For the first time, the Austin Sealy Award was presented to the athlete adjudged the most outstanding, either in terms of record accomplishment, or quality of performance as compared to other top medallists.
Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 114 athletes (84 junior (under-20) and 30 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (19), Barbados (19), Bermuda (11), Guadeloupe (4), Guyana (3), Jamaica (34), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (6), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (12), US Virgin Islands (1).
Austin Sealy Award
For the first time, the Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded. The recipient was Debbie Jones from Bermuda. This year, she won 2 gold (100 m and 200 m), 1 silver (400 m), and 1 bronze medal (4 × 100 m relay). Until then, she was the most successful athlete in the championships winning a total of 12 gold, 7 silver, and 2 bronze medals between 1973 and 1977.
Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.
Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 10.68 10.69 10.95200 metres 21.10 21.24 21.27400 metres 47.68 48.13 48.31800 metres 1:54.82 1:54.91 1:55.581500 metres 4:04.30 4:05.69 4:10.603000 metres 8:54.38 9:00.02 9:23.03110 metres hurdles 14.45 14.63 15.08400 metres hurdles 55.20 55.45 55.54High jump 1.98 1.98 1.94Pole vault 3.51 3.25 3.25Long jump 7.35 7.13 7.13Triple jump 15.41 14.87 14.44Shot put 15.36 15.04 14.08Discus throw 49.08 44.94 44.62Javelin throw 58.34 56.08 54.484 × 100 metres relay Delroy Morrison Karl Smith Mitchum Burris Oliver Heywood 41.40 42.32 43.654 × 400 metres relay Paul Wynter Ian Stapleton Oliver Heywood Mitchum Burris 3:14.37 3:16.55 3:18.13
Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.77 11.87 12.13200 metres 23.49 23.50 24.50400 metres 54.00 54.22 56.63800 metres 2:16.07 2:18.86 2:19.951500 metres 4:49.56 4:51.77 4:52.82100 metres hurdles 14.15 14.60 14.64High jump 1.68 1.64 1.64Long jump 5.90 5.77 5.50Shot put 12.04 11.57 11.38Discus throw 40.24 34.76 33.28Javelin throw 39.84 37.66 35.164 × 100 metres relay Maureen Gottshalk Normalee Murray Verone Webber Doreen Small 46.44 46.70 46.904 × 400 metres relay Fredericka Wright Reva Knight Verone Webber Maureen Gottshalk 3:46.33 3:50.51 3:54.35
Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 11.12 11.32 11.39200 metres 21.96 22.02 22.02400 metres 50.1 50.4 D. Frank (SKN) 50.6Long jump 6.81 6.52 6.46Triple jump 14.10 13.44 13.15
Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 12.31 12.43 12.44200 metres 24.32w? 24.60w? 24.68w?400 metres 56.57 56.59 56.70Long jump 5.91 5.44 5.39
Medal table (unofficial)
References
External links World Junior Athletics History