The 14th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on April 7–9, 1985.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1985 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 116 medalists (67 junior (under-20) and 49 youth (under-17)) from about 16 countries: Bahamas (30), Barbados (12), Bermuda (4), Cayman Islands (4), Dominica (2), Grenada (1), Guadeloupe (9), Guyana (1), Jamaica (36), Martinique (3), Netherlands Antilles (2), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6), US Virgin Islands (3).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Andrea Thomas from Jamaica. She won 2 gold medals (400m, and 800m) in the junior (U-20) category. In addition, she was probably part of at least one of the medal winning relay teams (there is no information on the team members).

Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 10.74 10.75 10.80200 metres 21.65 21.68 21.76400 metres 47.87 48.03 48.25800 metres 1:55.62 1:56.07 1:56.091500 metres 4:05.19 4:05.47 4:05.505000 metres 15:26.19 15:42.94 15:54.71110 metres hurdles 14.55 14.56 14.69400 metres hurdles 53.43 54.90 55.19High jump 2.13 2.04 1.93Pole vault 3.96 3.23 3.23Long jump 7.10 7.04 6.95Triple jump 16.03 15.63 14.99Shot put 15.39 14.21 13.02Discus throw 43.94 41.91 38.58Javelin throw 65.40 56.42 56.064 × 100 metres relay 40.82 41.45 41.744 × 400 metres relay 3:12.0 3:14.0 3:28.85

Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.88 11.89 12.07200 metres 24.34 24.40 24.54400 metres 53.54 54.29 54.70800 metres 2:07.96 2:13.18 2:14.751500 metres 4:47.18 4:50.43 4:54.773000 metres 10:41.25 10:53.14 11:09.04100 metres hurdles 14.96 15.28 15.62High jump 1.66 1.66 1.60Long jump 5.81 5.63 5.50Shot put 12.30 11.68 11.32Discus throw 41.04 39.82 37.18Javelin throw 42.20 41.86 37.464 × 100 metres relay 46.69 46.81 48.094 × 400 metres relay 3:42.68 3:46.92 3:50.48

Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 10.94 11.13 11.16200 metres 21.92 21.96 22.02400 metres 49.12 49.56 50.01800 metres 1:59.36 1:59.65 1:59.73?1500 metres 4:15.64 4:16.20 4:16.82High jump 1.99 1.96 1.85Long jump 6.94 6.71 6.69Triple jump 14.02 13.64 13.50Shot put 13.06 12.86 12.45Discus throw 40.78 38.99 38.78Javelin throw 52.04 51.48 49.64

Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 11.99 12.09 12.19200 metres 24.21 24.22 24.52400 metres 57.07 57.53 57.58800 metres 2:15.07 2:15.80 2:15.861500 metres 4:46.34 4:48.77 4:49.26High jump 1.67 1.64 1.55Long jump 5.50 5.48 5.47Shot put 11.35 10.94 10.12Discus throw 35.20 34.81 34.42Javelin throw 35.46 34.80 34.42

Medal table (unofficial)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History