1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba between 22–24 July.

1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates22–24 July
Host cityHavana, Cuba
VenueEstadio Pedro Marrero

Medal summary

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Host venue in Havana.

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 1.9 m/s)
Juan Núñez
  Dominican Republic
10.16 CR NR Tomás González
  Cuba
10.37 Florencio Aguilar
  Panama
10.48
200 metres
(wind: 0.7 m/s)
Juan Núñez
  Dominican Republic
20.65 NR Tomás González
  Cuba
20.96 Fabian Whymns
  Bahamas
21.19
400 metres Lázaro Martínez
  Cuba
45.91 Agustín Pavó
  Cuba
46.74 Edison Reyes
  Venezuela
46.95
800 metres Bárbaro Serrano
  Cuba
1:47.67 Oslen Barr
  Guyana
1:48.25 Hilario Barnet
  Cuba
1:48.89
1500 metres Ignacio Melecio
  Mexico
3:46.66 Jorge Poll
  Cuba
3:46.71 Félix Mesa
  Cuba
3:47.59
5000 metres Gerardo Alcalá
  Mexico
14:11.91 Germán Peña
  Colombia
14:22.45 Eduardo Navas
  Venezuela
14:24.42
10,000 metres Gerardo Alcalá
  Mexico
31:05.86 Navel Parra
  Cuba
31:10.99 Eddy Ríos
  Cuba
31:16.50
Marathon Víctor Mora
  Colombia
2:58:51 Héctor Rodríguez
  Colombia
2:59:35 Juan Brito
  Colombia
3:01:31
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 2.5 m/s)
Alejandro Casañas
  Cuba
13.61w Modesto Castillo
  Dominican Republic
13.79w Ángel Bueno
  Cuba
13.93w
400 metres hurdles David Charlton
  Bahamas
50.07 CR Greg Rolle
  Bahamas
50.87 Victor Gómez
  Cuba
51.24
3000 metres steeplechase César Santiago
  Puerto Rico
8:48.80 Rafael Colmenares
  Venezuela
8:49.90 José Cobo
  Cuba
8:55.70
4 × 100 metres relay   Cuba
Tomás González
Ángel Bueno
Israel Alfonso
Loreto Valdes
39.81   Bahamas
Austin Albury
Joey Wells
Fabian Whymns
Ricardo Gray
40.34   Venezuela
Hipolito Brown
Ángel Andrade
Alberto Paolo Lugo
Franco Francis
40.64
4 × 400 metres relay   Cuba
Lázaro Martínez
Agustín Pavó
Carlos Reyté
Roberto Ramos
3:05.12   Barbados
David Charlton
Allan Ingraham
Greg Rolle
Ricardo Gray
3:07.06   Venezuela
Erick Phillips
Aaron Phillips
Ramon Edison Reyes
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3:08.56
20 km road walk David Castro
  Cuba
1:29:44 Querubín Moreno
  Colombia
1:29:54 Marcelino Colín
  Mexico
1:33:49
High jump Jorge Alfaro
  Cuba
2.25 =CR Clarence Saunders
  Bermuda
2.19 Javier Sotomayor
  Cuba
2.17
Pole vault Edgardo Rivera
  Puerto Rico
5.20 CR Brian Morrissette
  U.S. Virgin Islands
5.10 Rubén Camino
  Cuba
5.00
Long jump Juan Felipe Ortíz
  Cuba
8.04 CR Joey Wells
  Bahamas
8.04 Jaime Jefferson
  Cuba
8.03
Triple jump Jorge Reyna
  Cuba
16.95 CR Lázaro Balcindes
  Cuba
16.58 Ernesto Torres
  Puerto Rico
15.91
Shot put Paul Ruiz
  Cuba
17.76 William Romero
  Venezuela
16.29 Marciso Boué
  Cuba
15.90
Discus throw Bradley Cooper
  Bahamas
63.26 Juan Martínez
  Cuba
63.12 Raúl Calderón
  Cuba
57.00
Hammer throw Genovevo Morejón
  Cuba
67.60 CR Vicente Sánchez
  Cuba
64.24 Luis Martínez
  Puerto Rico
56.90
Javelin throw Reinaldo Patterson
  Cuba
79.76 Martín Álvarez
  Cuba
76.74 Juan de la Garza
  Mexico
75.22
Decathlon Pedro Herrera
  Cuba
7358 CR Guillermo Sánchez
  Mexico
7224 Douglas Rosado
  Puerto Rico
6974
50 km road walk Arturo Bravo
  Mexico
4:21:01 CR Rolando Hernández
  Cuba
4:46:36 Félix Pérez
  Cuba
4:53:18

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 0.9 m/s)
Luisa Ferrer
  Cuba
11.52 Pauline Davis
  Bahamas
11.60 Susana Armenteros
  Cuba
11.66
200 metres Luisa Ferrer
  Cuba
23.38w Pauline Davis
  Bahamas
23.65w Nilsa París
  Puerto Rico
23.70w
400 metres Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
52.89 Mercedes Álvarez
  Cuba
53.47 Oralee Fowler
  Bahamas
54.57
800 metres Nery McKeen
  Cuba
2:04.26 CR María Ribeaux
  Cuba
2:06.84 Adriana Marchena
  Venezuela
2:09.20
1500 metres Eloína Kerr
  Cuba
4:21.06 CR Janice Carlo
  Puerto Rico
4:25.09 Adriana Marchena
  Venezuela
4:26.57
3000 metres Sergia Martínez
  Cuba
9:36.75 CR Fabiola Rueda
  Colombia
9:40.10 María Cuesta
  Cuba
9:58.61
100 metres hurdles Grisel Machado
  Cuba
13.64 CR Julieta Rosseaux
  Cuba
14.19 Angie Marie Regis
  Venezuela
14.23
400 metres hurdles Alma Vázquez
  Mexico
59.57 Felicia Candelario
  Dominican Republic
60.06 Vilma París
  Puerto Rico
60.84
4 × 100 metres relay   Bahamas
Pauline Davis
Shonel Ferguson
Oralee Fowler
Joanne Major
45.26   Puerto Rico
Vilma París
Nilsa París
Margaret de Jesús
Madeline de Jesús
46.69
4 × 400 metres relay   Cuba
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Mercedes Álvarez
Nery McKeen
Mercedes Mesa
3:34.97 CR   Puerto Rico
Vilma París
Nilsa París
Margaret de Jesús
Madeline de Jesús
3:39.36   Bahamas 3:54.37
High jump Victoria Despaigne
  Cuba
1.78 Amalia Montes
  Mexico
1.75 Eunice Greene
  Bahamas
1.75
Long jump Shonel Ferguson
  Bahamas
6.65 CR Madeline de Jesús
  Puerto Rico
6.49 Adelina Polledo
  Cuba
6.23
Shot put Marcelina Rodríguez
  Cuba
17.00 Laverne Eve
  Bahamas
14.75 Lissete Martínez
  Cuba
14.67
Discus throw Carmen Romero
  Cuba
58.58 Hilda Ramos
  Cuba
57.80 Yunaira Piña
  Venezuela
46.04
Javelin throw Iris de Grasse
  Cuba
59.74 CR María Beltrán
  Cuba
56.40 Mariela Riera
  Venezuela
53.84
Heptathlon Victoria Despaigne
  Cuba
5469 CR Leyda Castro
  Dominican Republic
5178 Genoveva Montano
  Cuba
4870

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Cuba)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba (CUB)*26151657
2  Mexico (MEX)5229
3  Bahamas (BAH)46414
4  Puerto Rico (PUR)24511
5  Dominican Republic (DOM)2305
6  Colombia (COL)1427
7  Venezuela (VEN)02911
8  Barbados (BAR)0101
  Bermuda (BER)0101
  Guyana (GUY)0101
  U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)0101
12  Panama (PAN)0011
Totals (12 entries)404039119

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