Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are partial results of the athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 15 and 20 July 1978, at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia.

Men's results 100 metres El Tiempo (16 July 1978, p10)

Heats – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Silvio Leonard 10.27 Q 2 1 Rafael Félix 10.51 Q 1 2 Osvaldo Lara 10.15 Q, 1 3 Guy Abrahams 10.19 Q 1 4 Ephraim Serrette 10.32 Q 2 4 Rickey Moxey 10.35 Q 1 5 Miguel Condé 10.49 Q 2 ? Fabio García 10.52 Q

Semifinals – 16 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Guy Abrahams 10.21 Q 2 1 Silvio Leonard 10.27 Q 3 1 Gerardo Suero 10.37 Q 1 2 Osvaldo Lara 10.24 Q

Final – 16 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Silvio Leonard 10.10 5 Osvaldo Lara 10.11 1 Guy Abrahams 10.20 4 4 Fabio García 10.43 5 6 Ephraim Serrette 10.48 6 2 Gerardo Suero 10.49

200 metres

Heats – 17 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 ? Anthony Husbands 20.86 Q

Final – 18 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Silvio Leonard 20.49 6 Anthony Husbands 21.00 1 Guy Abrahams 21.15 4 5 Rafael Félix 21.22 5 2 Clyde Edwards 21.23 6 3 Fabio García 21.44

400 metres

Heats – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Seymour Newman 46.59 Q 2 1 Michael Paul 47.29 Q 1 2 Joseph Coombs 46.85 Q 2 2 Alberto Juantorena 46.96 Q ? ? Gerold Pawirodikromo 47.09 Q, De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (p140) 3 ? Gabriel Lopera 47.66 Q Semifinals – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 5 2 Gabriel Lopera 48.73

Final – 16 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Alberto Juantorena 44.27 2 Joseph Coombs 45.41 3 Seymour Newman 46.11 4 1 Clyde Edwards 46.14 5 6 Michael Paul 46.62 6 5 Carlos Álvarez 46.72

800 metres

Heats – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Osmán Escobar 1:53.23 Q

Final – 16 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alberto Juantorena 1:47.23 3 Gerold Pawirodikromo 1:47.46 4 Leandro Civil 1:47.66 4 6 Seymour Newman 1:47.69 5 5 Eduardo Castro 1:48.58 6 2 Gabriel Lopera 1:49.33

1500 metres 16 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luis Medina 3:44.47 Eduardo Castro 3:45.14 Osmán Escobar 3:45.89 4 Modesto Comprés 3:49.43 5 Jorge Ortíz 3:52.03 6 Hugo Villegas 3:53.22 7 Carlos Báez 3:56.49 8 Gabriel Giraldo 4:00.93 9 Ignacio Melesio 4:01.86

5000 metres 17 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rodolfo Gómez 13:55.08 Domingo Tibaduiza 13:56.88 José Gómez 14:27.33 4 Gabriel Giraldo 14:33.10 5 Jaime Vélez 14:34.29 6 Lucirio Garrido 14:41.52 7 Víctor Gil 14:41.78 8 Virgilio Herrera 15:07.34 9 Teodoro Zalaya 17:31.93

10,000 metres 15 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rodolfo Gómez 29:34.64 Domingo Tibaduiza 29:38.66 Luis Hernández 30:23.84 4 Jaime Villate 30:49.36 5 Virgilio Herrera 31:20.08 6 Aldo Allen 31:37.07 Radamés González

Marathon 20 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Radamés Vega 2:22:34 Mario Cuevas 2:23:07 José Granajo 2:26:04 4 Radamés González 2:27:42 5 Víctor Rodríguez 2:32:23 6 Héctor Rodríguez 2:33:13 7 Eduardo Vera 2:40:49 8 Javier Cuadro 2:42:45

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 18 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Alejandro Casañas 13.72 Q

Final – 20 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Alejandro Casañas 13.67 3 Mariano Reyes 14.68 6 Karl Smith 14.71 4 5 José Santiago 15.02 5 2 Carlos Cuervo 15.49 1 Julio Ferrer

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Clive Barriffe 50.38 Q, = 2 1 Frank Montiéh 51.90 Q 3 1 Julio Ferrer 52.94 Q 1 2 Alexis Misignak 51.04 Q 2 2 José Santiago 52.22 Q

Final – 16 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Clive Barriffe 50.16 5 Julio Ferrer 50.86 3 Alexis Misignak 50.97 4 1 Frank Montiéh 51.00 5 6 José Santiago 51.54

3000 metres steeplechase 20 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José Cobo 8:46.39 Carlos Martínez 8:52.13 Jaime Villate 8:56.29 4 Rafael Baracaldo 9:02.93 5 Jorge Pitayo 9:07.87 6 Modesto Comprés 9:07.96 7 Lucirio Garrido 9:16.36 8 Víctor Gil 9:24.19 9 Enrique Guevara 9:39.35 10 Carlos Báez 9:41.28

4 × 100 metres relay 20 July Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes 4 Eldwin Noel, Hasely Crawford, Anthony Husbands, Ephraim Serrette 39.13 3 Juan Saborit, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, Osvaldo Lara 39.44 6 Juan Contreras, Gregorio García, Enrique Almarante, Rafael Félix 39.62 4 5 Errol Quarrie, Floyd Brown, Oliver Heywood, Ray Mahoney 39.91 5 2 Mina Arquimedes, Edgar Biojo, William Moreno, Fabio García 40.53 6 1 Lionel Rafaela, Magno Koeiman, Edsel Trompet, Siegfried Regales 41.35

4 × 400 metres relay 20 July Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes 4 Clive Barriffe, Oliver Heywood, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron 3:03.76 3 Anthony Myers, Michael Paul, Mike Solomon, Joseph Coombs 3:05.01 6 Alexis Misignak, Ernesto Vinent, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena 3:05.57 4 2 Francisco Manrique, Alejandro Ricón, José Pimentel, Enrique Almarante 3:07.93 5 1 Hipólito Brown, Alexis Herrera, Moisés Zambrano, Edison Reyes 3:08.51 6 5 Michael Ambrister, Steve Hanna, Rickey Moxey, Chris Clarke 3:12.92

20 kilometres walk 16 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Daniel Bautista 1:29:10 Raúl González 1:31:58 Jorge Quiñones 1:39:31 4 Ernesto Alfaro 1:41:45 5 Alexis López 1:41:50 6 Edgar López 1:41:50 7 Henry Klein 1:46:14 8 César Argüello 1:46:49 9 Wilmer Santiago 1:47:46 10 David Félix 1:52:00 11 Ángel Novoa 2:01:51

High jump 15 July Rank Name Nationality 1.95 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.15 Result Notes Richard Spencer – o – o – o xxx 2.12 Rodolfo Madrigal – o o xo xo xo xxx 2.12 = Jamil Justiniano xo o o xxo xo xxx 2.09 4 Cristóbal De León – x– o o xxx 2.06 5 Hermes Cabal o o o xo xxx 2.06 6 Gabriel Díaz o o xxo xxx 2.03 7 Javier Vivo o xxo xxo xxx 2.03 8 Manuel Gómez – o – xxx 2.00 8 Carlos Acosta – o – xxx 2.00 10 Laird McLean o o xxx 2.00

Pole vault 19 July Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.45 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.85 5.00 5.10 Result Notes Augusto Perdomo – – xo – o – xxo xr 5.00 Elberto Pratt – xo o o o xxx 4.80 Rubén Camino – – o xo o – xxx 4.80 4 Edgardo Rivera – – o xo – xxx 4.70 5 Luis Mascorro o o o xxx 4.60 Ramón Zequeira – – xxx

Long jump 18 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes David Giralt 7.82 – – – x x 7.82 Milán Matos 7.34 7.77 7.14 7.55 7.53 x 7.77 Ron Chambers 7.47 7.77 7.07 7.46 x 7.35 7.77 4 Steve Hanna x x 7.45 x 7.72 x 7.72 5 Wilfredo Almonte x 6.55 7.00 x 7.65 5.43 7.65 6 Salomón Rowe 7.61 x 7.26 x 7.58 7.44 7.61 7 Edsel Trompet 7.12 x 7.28 7.22 7.41 6.83 7.41 8 Rasfael Rosario 6.95 6.90 6.60 6.81 6.86 x 6.95 9 Ray Quiñones x x 6.85 6.85 10 Carlos Acosta x 6.78 – 6.78 11 Peter Pratt x x 6.62 6.62 Joel Boetitus x – –

Triple jump 20 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Steve Hanna 15.57 15.88 16.14 16.21 16.39 16.60 16.60 Juan Velázquez 15.31 16.43 x 15.87 15.99 16.20 16.43 Alejandro Herrera 15.66 15.78 15.83 15.95 16.10 14.59 16.10 4 Edgar Moreno x 15.22 15.41 x x 15.74 15.74 5 Ronald Chambers 15.42 x 15.35 x x x 15.42 6 Wilfredo Almonte 14.98 14.80 15.25 x x x 15.25 7 Henry Inniss x x 15.07 14.81 x x 15.07 8 Salomón Rowe x x 14.91 x 14.65 x 14.91 9 Leighton Linton 14.47 14.79 14.64 14.79 10 Peter Pratt x 13.88 14.51 14.51 Ray Quiñones

Shot put 16 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Humberto Calvario 16.61 16.42 17.51 16.91 16.93 17.16 17.51 Nicolás Hernández 17.07 x 17.36 x x 16.79 17.36 Jesús Ramos 16.25 16.83 16.03 x 16.17 x 16.83 4 José Carreño x 15.87 x 16.13 15.77 16.42 16.42 5 Pedro Serrano 15.56 x 15.89 15.77 15.20 16.10 16.10 6 Hubert Maingot x x 15.14 14.78 x 16.00 16.00 6 Modesto Barreto 14.63 15.69 x 14.47 x 14.84 15.69 7 Bradley Cooper 14.76 x x x 14.10 15.32 15.32 8 Iván Turcios 14.43 14.36 x x – – 14.43 9 Wilfredo Burgos 13.73 14.24 13.75 14.24

Discus throw 16 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Luis Delís 56.94 51.66 58.62 57.72 56.50 56.72 58.62 Julián Morrinson 54.92 x x 58.56 x 57.38 58.56 Bradley Cooper 52.26 54.24 42.24 53.64 46.02 50.56 54.24 4 Modesto Barreto 50.50 x 49.48 x x 49.04 50.50 5 Luis Palacios x 44.68 46.74 41.96 x 46.56 46.74 6 Desiderio Lebrón x x 42.26 x 44.62 46.72 46.72 7 Iván Turcios 42.40 43.76 41.98 43.06 43.22 40.92 43.76 8 Wilfredo Burgos 41.98 39.02 37.56 37.70 41.26 37.78 41.98

Hammer throw 19 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Armando Orozco 69.86 x 64.12 68.00 69.74 x 69.86 Genovevo Morejón 66.66 68.00 67.58 68.02 67.46 69.14 69.14 Luis Martínez 56.22 48.98 55.92 54.60 54.84 53.68 56.22 4 Andrés Polemil 52.20 x 49.34 49.68 x x 52.20 5 Orlando Ortega x x 46.94 x 45.04 46.50 46.94

Javelin throw 20 July – Old model Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Antonio González 70.92 73.84 73.78 x 78.74 x 78.74 Amado Morales 70.54 69.90 x 64.84 70.08 57.74 70.54 Reinaldo Patterson x 60.46 x x 63.64 x 63.64 4 Hugo Downes 62.74 62.68 63.60 62.70 62.68 59.26 63.60 5 Godfrey Hinds x 55.52 54.70 60.10 62.16 x 62.16 6 Paul Tujeechut 55.12 51.48 57.40 x 56.92 55.90 57.40 7 Juan Cortés 53.18 53.86 53.30 48.56 x x 53.86 Rudy Aguillar Doel Bonilla

Decathlon 16–17 July

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Rigoberto Salazar 11.02 7.37 15.14 1.95 50.81 14.91 42.32 3.80 62.48 5:26.41 7485 Miguel Subarnaba 10.90 6.58 13.88 1.95 51.48 16.57 38.76 4.00 54.26 5:28.76 6953 José Montezuma 11.43 6.47 12.00 1.85 49.78 16.09 43.44 3.60 53.66 4:57.80 6842 4 Doel Bonilla 11.42 6.49 12.51 1.80 53.44 16.16 35.86 3.80 58.30 5:20.01 6529 5 Juan Ríos 11.08 6.15 11.70 1.75 50.33 16.43 4.20 50.44 4:56.69 6060 Rudy Aguillar 11.84 6.24 11.32 1.75 57.25 Roberto McFarlane 11.11 6.46

Women's results 100 metres

Heats – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Leleith Hodges 11.43 Q, 2 1 Janice Bernard 11.66 Q 1 2 Isabel Taylor 11.35 Q, 1 3 Silvia Chivás 11.17 Q,

Semifinals – 16 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 ? Silvia Chivás 11.14 Q,

Final – 16 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Silvia Chivás 11.47 3 Leleith Hodges 11.63 6 Isabel Taylor 11.74 4 5 Janice Bernard 11.94 5 2 June Caddle 12.19

200 metres Final – 18 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Silvia Chivás 23.01 2 Janice Bernard 24.01 4 Maureen Gottshalk 24.42 4 3 Martha Meléndez 24.63 5 1 Darcey Bryan 24.92 5 Asunción Acosta

400 metres

Heats – 15 July Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Aurelia Pentón 52.99 Q 2 1 Helen Blake 53.20 Q 1 2 Beatriz Castillo 54.26 Q 2 2 Ruth Simpson 55.63 Q 3 2 Vilma Paris 55.86 Q

Final – 16 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aurelia Pentón 50.56 2 Beatriz Castillo 51.27 6 Helen Blake 53.40 4 5 Vilma Paris 55.20 5 4 Ruth Simpson 55.22 6 3 Raquel Downs 56.60

800 metres Final – 18 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Aurelia Pentón 2:01.38 5 Charlotte Bradley 2:03.58 1 Nery McKeen 2:04.48 4 2 Helen Blake 2:09.37 5 3 Ileana Hocking 2:09.65 6 6 Adriana Marchena 2:12.51

1500 metres 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Charlotte Bradley 4:30.78 Ileana Hocking 4:35.88 Susana Herrera 4:39.62 4 Melquises Fonseca 4:43.75 5 Yamile Medina 4:45.02 6 Thelma Zúñiga 4:45.52 7 Leonor Suárez 4:56.20 8 Violeta Larrauri 5:13.56 9 Norma Franco 10 Angelita Lind 11 Herminia García

100 metres hurdles Final – 18 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Grisel Machado 13.31 6 Marisela Peralta 14.23 1 Carmen Zamora 14.29 4 2 Vilma Paris 14.34 5 4 June Caddle 14.50 5 Doreen Small

4 × 100 metres relay 20 July Rank Lane Team Name Time Notes 1 Grisel Machado, Silvia Chivás, Carmen Valdés, Isabel Taylor 44.37 4 Leleith Hodges, Dorothy Scott, Maureen Gottschalk, Jacqueline Pusey 44.41 5 Rebeca Roberts, Joane Gardner, Janice Bernard, Esther Hope 45.13 4 2 Felicia Candelario, Miriam Sánchez, Divina Estrella, Teresa Almanzar 46.30 3 Darcey Bryan, Ana Baylis, Aracelly Arias, Lorelly Trejos

4 × 400 metres relay 20 July