Athletics at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are the results of the athletics competition at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 7 and 12 March 1954, at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico.

Men's results 100 metres

Heats – 7 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Les Laing 10.9 Q 2 1 José Manuel Abascal 11.0 Q 3 1 José Luis Ubarri 11.1 Q 4 1 Guillermo Elis 11.2 1 2 Gilberto Rondón 10.9 Q 2 2 Sergio Higuera 11.0 Q 3 2 Aristipo Lerma 11.1 Q 4 2 Mario Feusier 11.3 5 2 Ricardo Lenhoff 11.3 1 3 Raúl Mazorra 10.7 Q 2 3 Keith Gardner 11.0 Q 3 3 Seymore Lashley 11.2 Q 4 3 Alfaro Parra 11.3 1 4 Byron LaBeach 10.7 Q 2 4 Apolinar Solórzano 10.9 Q 3 4 Martín Francis 11.0 Q 4 4 Israel Mestre 11.2 5 4 Félix Taurino 11.4 1 5 Rafael Fortún 11.0 Q 2 5 Alfredo Grennion 11.0 Q 3 5 Domingo García 11.2 Q 1 6 Manuel Rivera 11.1 Q 2 6 Javier Souza 11.2 Q 3 6 Luis Soriano 11.6 Q 4 6 Luis Logan 11.7 Semifinals – 7 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Raúl Mazorra 10.4 (10.80) Q 2 1 Alfredo Grennion 10.7 Q 3 1 Keith Gardner 10.8 4 1 Sergio Higuera 11.0 5 1 José Luis Ubarri 11.1 6 1 Domingo García 11.1 1 2 Byron LaBeach 10.6 Q 2 2 Aristipo Lerma 10.8 Q 3 2 Javier Souza 10.9 4 2 Apolinar Solórzano 11.1 5 2 Martín Francis 11.1 6 2 Manuel Rivera 11.2 1 3 Rafael Fortún 10.6 Q 2 3 Les Laing 10.7 Q 3 3 Gilberto Rondón 10.8 4 3 José Manuel Abascal 11.0 5 3 Seymore Lashley 11.1 6 3 Luis Soriano 11.2

Final – 8 March Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rafael Fortún 10.5 (10.58) 2 Les Laing 10.5 (10.66) 5 Raúl Mazorra 10.7 (10.80) 4 4 Byron LaBeach 10.8 5 3 Alfredo Grennion 10.8 6 6 Aristipo Lerma 10.9

200 metres

Heats – 9 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Manuel Rivera 22.2 Q 2 1 Javier de la Torre 22.4 Q 3 1 Aristipo Lerma 22.6 Q 4 1 Ernesto Berger 23.2 1 2 Les Laing 22.0 Q 2 2 Jaime Aparicio 22.1 Q 3 2 José Manuel Abascal 22.5 Q 4 2 Mario Feusier 23.0 1 3 Ismael Delgado 22.6 Q 2 3 Alfredo Grennion 22.9 Q 3 3 Alfaro Parra 24.0 Q 1 4 Raúl Mazorra 21.7 Q 2 4 Martín Francis 21.9 Q 3 4 Apolinar Solórzano 22.5 Q 1 5 Byron LaBeach 22.1 Q 2 5 Manuel Peñalver 22.2 Q 3 5 Seymore Lashley 22.7 Q 4 5 Luis Soriano 23.1 1 6 Félix Taurino 22.2 Q 2 6 Sergio Higuera 22.7 Q 3 6 José Luis Ubarri 22.8 Q 4 6 Julio Barillas 23.6 Semifinals – 9 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Raúl Mazorra 21.7 Q 2 1 Félix Taurino 22.0 Q 3 1 Manuel Rivera 22.1 4 1 Sergio Higuera 22.2 5 1 Seymore Lashley 22.4 6 1 Alfaro Parra 22.8 1 2 Martín Francis 21.7 Q 2 2 Byron LaBeach 21.7 Q 3 2 Manuel Peñalver 22.0 4 2 José Luis Ubarri 22.1 5 2 José Manuel Abascal 22.4 6 2 Aristipo Lerma 22.4 1 3 Les Laing 21.4 Q 2 3 Jaime Aparicio 21.4 Q 3 3 Apolinar Solórzano 22.0 4 3 Ismael Delgado 22.0 5 3 Alfredo Grennion 22.2 6 3 Javier de la Torre 22.4

Final – 10 March Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Les Laing 21.2 (21.66) 4 Jaime Aparicio 21.6 (21.84) 6 Martín Francis 21.6 (21.90) 4 5 Raúl Mazorra 22.0 5 1 Byron LaBeach 22.2 6 3 Félix Taurino 22.4

400 metres

Heats – 9 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Rhoden 49.2 Q 2 1 Angel García 49.9 Q 3 1 Frank Rivera 51.3 Q 4 1 Rafael Laerte 53.6 1 2 Juan Goya 49.9 Q 2 2 Evelio Planas 50.3 Q 3 2 Cirilo McSween 53.2 Q 4 2 Wilfredo Stokes 54.0 1 3 Louis Gooden 50.3 Q 2 3 José Felipe Chara 51.0 Q 3 3 Javier Souza 51.4 Q 4 3 José Hiraldo 1 4 Pablo Salinas 53.1 Q 2 4 Alfredo Richards 54.0 Q 4 Jaime Aparicio 4 Julio Barillas 1 5 Guillermo Gutiérrez 49.6 Q 2 5 Ovidio de Jesús 50.0 Q 3 5 Armando Vázquez 50.6 Q 4 5 Euclides Melo 50.9 5 5 Valentino Castillo 52.9 Semifinals – 10 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Rhoden 48.4 Q 2 1 Frank Rivera 48.9 Q 3 1 Evelio Planas 49.1 4 1 Pablo Salinas 50.3 5 1 José Felipe Chara 52.5 1 2 Ovidio de Jesús 49.0 Q 2 2 Javier Souza 49.4 Q 3 2 Guillermo Gutiérrez 49.6 4 2 Cirilo McSween 50.4 5 2 Armando Vázquez 51.2 1 3 Louis Gooden 48.8 Q 2 3 Angel García 49.1 Q 3 3 Juan Goya 50.0 4 3 Alfredo Richards 53.1

Final – 11 March Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Angel García 47.9 (48.02) 3 George Rhoden 47.9 (48.19) 6 Ovidio de Jesús 48.3 (48.27) 4 7 Louis Gooden 48.3 (48.44) 5 2 Frank Rivera 48.6 6 5 Javier Souza 49.0

800 metres

Heats – 7 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Frank Prince 1:58.4 Q 2 1 Louis Gooden 1:58.9 Q 3 1 René García 2:00.8 Q 4 1 Frank Rivera 2:01.1 Q 5 1 Herminio Crespo 2:01.7 6 1 Alfredo Nevares 2:01.8 1 Adalberto Ortega 1 Filemón Camacho 1 2 George Rhoden 1:59.5 Q 2 2 Evelio Planas 1:59.8 Q 3 2 Eric Waldrom 2:00.0 Q 4 2 Samuel Alvarado 2:00.0 Q 5 2 Francisco Miranda 2:00.3 6 2 Carlos Cambindo 2:00.4 7 2 Samuel Maduro 2 Ernesto Torres Final – 8 March Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Frank Prince 1:54.4 (1:54.47) George Rhoden 1:54.9 (1:55.00) Eric Waldrom 1:57.6 (1:57.74) 4 Frank Rivera 1:57.7 5 Louis Gooden 2:00.7 6 Samuel Alvarado 2:00.9 René García Evelio Planas

1500 metres

Heats – 10 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Frank Prince 4:20.9 Q 2 1 Heliodoro Martínez 4:21.1 Q 3 1 Baron Duncan 4:21.5 Q 4 1 Victorio Skerett 4:21.6 Q 5 1 Hernando Ruiz 4:21.8 Q 6 1 Francisco Miranda 4:24.0 1 René García 1 Rosendo Brunet 1 Augusto Robles 1 Ángel Dennis 1 2 Filemón Camacho 4:22.0 Q 2 2 Víctorio Solares 4:22.4 Q 3 2 Carlos Cambindo 4:22.8 Q 4 2 Raúl Osorio 4:23.2 Q 5 2 Germán Lozano 4:23.6 Q 6 2 Ramiro García 4:24.4 2 Eric Waldrom 2 Wilebaldo Ojeda 2 Rosendo Guzmán Final – 11 March Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Frank Prince 4:16.4 (4:16.65) Heliodoro Martínez 4:16.5 (4:16.81) Filemón Camacho 4:17.5 (4:17.71) 4 Baron Duncan 4:19.0 5 Raúl Osorio 4:19.3 6 Victorio Skerett 4:19.9 Hernando Ruiz Víctorio Solares Carlos Cambindo Germán Lozano

5000 metres 9 March Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mateo Flores 15:57.0 (15:57.30) Eligio Galicia 16:04.0 (16:04.52) Francisco Hernández 16:04.4 (16:07.04) 4 Guillermo Rojas 16:26.6 5 Juan Villagrán 17:07.2 6 Hernando Ruiz 18:01.0 Baron Duncan Faustino López Rodolfo Méndez Emérito Estrella Pablo de la Mota Pedro Xolalpa

10,000 metres 7 March Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Cruz Serrano 32:59.4 (32:59.63) Mateo Flores 33:52.6 (33:52.80) Francisco Hernández 34:00.4 (34:00.19) 4 Juan Moreno 34:08.0 5 Gustavo Ramírez 35:29.0 6 Julio Chavarria 35:30.0 Guillermo Rojas Juan Villagrán Pedro Torres Rafael Flores Faustino López Carlos Quiñónez Emérito Estrella Pablo de la Mota

Half marathon 12 March – 21,097.5 km Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mateo Flores 1:15:20 Gustavo Ramírez 1:19:00 Guillermo Rojas 1:19:01 4 Juan Villagrán 1:20:17 5 Francisco Vega 1:20:59 6 Julio Chavarria 1:21:21 Rafael Flores Onésimo Rodríguez Pedro Torres Pedro Peralta

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 9 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Samuel Anderson 14.6 Q 2 1 Juan Leiva 15.2 Q 3 1 Carlos Ávila 15.6 4 1 Américo Villareal 16.2 1 2 Evaristo Iglesias 14.5 Q, 2 2 Keith Gardner 15.0 Q 3 2 Félix Bello 15.5 1 3 Teófilo Davis Bell 15.0 Q 2 3 Julio Sabater 15.5 Q 3 3 Víctor González 15.9 4 3 José Elías Anderson 16.3 Final – 10 March Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Samuel Anderson 14.3 3 Keith Gardner 14.5 6 Teófilo Davis Bell 15.2 4 4 Evaristo Iglesias 15.2 5 7 Juan Leiva 15.2 6 5 Julio Sabater 15.4

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 7 March Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Jaime Aparicio 55.9 Q 2 1 Eugenio Rojas 56.5 Q 3 1 José Elías Anderson 56.9 4 1 Guillermo Popoca 58.1 5 1 Víctor González 1 2 Amadeo Francis 54.6 Q 2 2 Juan Leiva 54.7 Q 3 2 Evaristo Iglesias 58.5 4 2 Simón Nava 59.0 1 3 Ovidio de Jesús 54.7 Q 2 3 Emilio Pestana 56.4 Q 3 3 Óscar Galindo 57.1 4 3 Euclides Melo 57.4 Final – 8 March Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Jaime Aparicio 53.3 (53.35) 2 Juan Leiva 53.6 (53.98) 3 Amadeo Francis 54.3 (54.28) 4 6 Ovidio de Jesús 54.5 5 1 Emilio Pestana 57.5 6 5 Eugenio Rojas 58.0

3000 metres steeplechase 8 March Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eligio Galicia 10:22.4 (10:22.38) Víctorio Solares 10:51.4 (10:51.49) José Grenados 11:00.1 (11:00.80) 4 Catarino Jiménez 11:04.4 5 Augusto Robles 11:52.4 6 Wilebaldo Ojeda 12:40.5 Rodolfo Méndez

4 × 100 metres relay Heats – 11 March Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 1 Guillermo Torraca, Manuel Rivera, José Luis Ubarri, Guillermo Rondón 42.6 Q 2 1 Israel Mestre, Raúl Mazorra, Manuel Peñalver, Rafael Fortún 42.8 Q 3 1 Ricardo Lenhoff, Ernesto Berger, Roy Fearon, Julio Barillas 43.6 Q 4 1 Luis Soriano, Rafael Laerte, Félix Taurino, Domingo García 44.1 5 1 Apolinar Solórzano, Teófilo Davis Bell, Juan Leiva, Guillermo Gutiérrez 1 2 Martín Francis, Alfredo Grennion, Alfredo Richards, Cirilo McSween 41.4 Q 2 2 Byron LaBeach, George Rhoden, Keith Gardner, Leslie Laing 41.7 Q 3 2 Javier de la Torre, José Manuel Abascal, Javier Souza, Sergio Higuera 42.0 Q 4 2 Aristipo Lerma, Alberto Lemos, Alfaro Parra, Jaime Aparicio

Final – 12 March Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes 3 Byron LaBeach, George Rhoden, Keith Gardner, Leslie Laing 40.9 (41.06) 4 Israel Mestre, Raúl Mazorra, Manuel Peñalver, Rafael Fortún 41.3 (41.56) 5 Javier de la Torre, José Manuel Abascal, Javier Souza, Sergio Higuera 41.9 (42.04) 4 1 Martín Francis, Alfredo Grennion, Alfredo Richards, Cirilo McSween 41.9 5 2 Guillermo Torraca, Manuel Rivera, José Luis Ubarri, Guillermo Rondón 42.0 6 6 Ricardo Lenhoff, Ernesto Berger, Roy Fearon, Julio Barillas 42.8

4 × 400 metres relay 12 March Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes 3 Leslie Laing, Byron LaBeach, Keith Gardner, George Rhoden 3:12.0 (3:12.25) 5 Amadeo Francis, Ismael Delgado, Frank Rivera, Ovidio de Jesús 3:17.4 (3:17.70) 7 Ángel García, Evelio Planas, Armando Vázquez, Emilio Pestana 3:17.7 (3:17.83) 4 2 Pablo Salinas, Gilberto Trejo, Juan Goya, Javier Souza 3:18.7 5 1 Apolinar Solórzano, Filemón Camacho, Juan Leiva, Guillermo Gutiérrez 3:20.2 6 4 Aristipo Lerma, José Felipe Chara, Hernando Ruiz, Jaime Aparicio 3:26.0

High jump 7 March Rank Name Nationality 1.70 1.75 1.80 1.82 1.85 1.87 Result Notes Roberto López o o o o o o 1.87 Gaspar Vigo xo xo o xo xo xxo 1.87 Manuel Gómez – o o xo xo xxx 1.85 4 José Valero Prieto o o o xo xxo xxx 1.85 5 Juan Manuel Dávila xo o o xxx 1.80 6 Eladio Martínez – xo xo xxx 1.80 7 Teófilo Ruiz – o xxx 1.75 8 Ismael Llanos o o xxx 1.75 8 Víctor Carmona o o xxx 1.75 10 Alfredo Creque o xo xxx 1.75 11 Valentino Castillo xo xo xxx 1.75

Pole vault 9 March Rank Name Nationality 3.15 3.30 3.45 3.55 3.65 3.75 3.90 4.05 Result Notes José Barbosa – – – o o o o xo 4.05 Jorge Aguilera – – – – xo o o xxx 3.90 Brígido Iriarte – – xo xo xo xxo o xxx 3.90 4 José Vicente Chandler – – o o o xxx 3.75 5 Ángel Nerváez – xo o o o xxx 3.75 6 Carlos Ávila xo – o xxx 3.45

Long jump 8 March Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Claudio Cabrejas 7.12 7.46 6.93 6.78 6.96 7.27 7.46 Víctor Hernández 6.75 7.16 x 6.92 x 7.07 7.16 Keith Gardner 6.08 x 6.76 6.34 7.02 x 7.02 4 Gilberto Rondón x 6.53 6.98 5.22 6.45 x 6.98 5 Asnoldo Devonish 6.90 6.87 – x – – 6.90 6 Francisco Castro 6.84 6.50 6.47 6.44 6.41 – 6.84 7 Alberto Lemus 6.68 6.71 6.45 6.71 8 Héctor Román x x 6.66 6.66 9 Jorge Aguirre 6.53 6.31 6.30 6.53 10 Roberto López 6.34 6.52 6.25 6.52 11 Alfaro Parra x x 6.41 6.41 12 Álvaro Gutiérrez 6.19 6.06 6.39 6.39 13 Roy Fearon 6.08 6.27 6.07 6.27

Triple jump 10 March Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Víctor Hernández 14.02 x 14.65 14.86 14.46 14.76 14.86 Claudio Cabrejas 14.17 14.51 13.75 13.90 14.05 14.34 14.51 Gilberto Rondón 13.95 13.93 14.15 13.82 14.18 – 14.18 4 Álvaro Gutiérrez 14.08 14.13 14.12 13.56 x 13.12 14.13 5 Francisco Dávila 14.10 13.88 13.70 x x x 14.10 6 Jorge Aguirre 14.00 13.85 13.49 13.91 13.50 13.76 14.00 7 Héctor Román x x 13.80 13.80 8 Roy Fearon 13.77 13.27 x 13.77 9 Francisco Castro x x 13.74 13.74 10 Alberto Lemus 13.21 13.46 12.33 13.46 11 Carlos Ávila 13.00 13.17 12.16 13.17 12 Juan Manuel Dávila 12.99 13.08 12.89 13.08 13 Asnoldo Devonish x x 12.97 12.97 14 Brígido Iriarte x 12.80 12.80

Shot put 8 March