Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Medal table 3 References

The Athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	10.3Aw	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	10.4Aw	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama	10.5Aw
200 metres	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	20.9Aw	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	21.2Aw	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama	21.2Aw
400 metres	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	47.8A	George Rhoden  Jamaica	48.3A	Cirilo McSween  Panama	49.3A
800 metres	George Rhoden  Jamaica	1:59.4A	Frank Prince  Panama	1:59.5A	Frank Rivera  Puerto Rico	2:01.1A
1500 metres	Frank Prince  Panama	4:13.0A	Ken Hyland  Trinidad and Tobago	4:14.8A	Guillermo Rojas  Guatemala	4:15.0A
5000 metres	Francisco Hernández  Mexico	16:05.8A	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	16:10.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz  Mexico	16:24.7A
10000 metres	Luis Velásquez  Guatemala	34:33.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz  Mexico	34:50.7A	Cruz Serrano  Mexico	34:52.5A
Half marathon	Luis Velásquez  Guatemala	1:14:44A	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	1:15:41A	Gustavo Ramírez  Colombia	1:17:14A
110 metres hurdles	Julio Sabater  Puerto Rico	14.9A	Samuel Anderson  Cuba	15.2A	Vicente Tavárez  Mexico	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	54.9A	Relín Sosa  Puerto Rico	56.6A	Carlos Monges  Mexico	57.3A
High jump	Gilberto Torres  Puerto Rico	1.89A	Oswald Lyon  Jamaica	1.89A	Benjamín Casado  Puerto Rico	1.85A
Pole Vault	José Vincente  Puerto Rico	4.10A	José Barbosa  Puerto Rico	3.78A	José Fontanés  Puerto Rico	3.63A
Long jump	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	7.01A	Benjamín Casado  Puerto Rico	6.95A	Claudio Cabreja  Cuba	6.94A
Triple jump	Reinaldo Salamo  Puerto Rico	14.20A	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	14.10A	Benjamín Casado  Puerto Rico	13.57A
Shot putt	Israel Capavete  Puerto Rico	13.78A	Eduardo Adriana  Netherlands Antilles	13.67A	Gerardo de Villiers  Cuba	13.23A
Discus throw	Eduardo Parera  Cuba	40.54A	Manuel Seoane  Puerto Rico	38.88A	Juan Luyanda  Puerto Rico	37.75A
Hammer throw	Jaime Annexy  Puerto Rico	45.87A	Vicente Lagoyete  Colombia	42.64A	Julio Bordás  Cuba	42.08A
Javelin throw	Enrique Pizarro  Puerto Rico	56.67A	Mario Salas  Cuba	55.74A	Emilio Romero  Puerto Rico	55.57A
Pentathlon	Amador Terán  Mexico	2944A	Víctor Castañeda  El Salvador	2779A	Enrique Salazar  Guatemala	2560A
4 x 100 metres relay	Cuba	41.5A	Jamaica	41.6A	Panama	42.0A
4 x 400 metres relay	Panama	3:17.2A	Cuba	3:19.0A	Jamaica	3:19.0A

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Hyacinth Walters  Jamaica	6.7A	Cynthia Thompson  Jamaica	6.8A	Graviola Ewing  Guatemala	6.9A
100 metres	Hyacinth Walters  Jamaica	12.3A	Cynthia Thompson  Jamaica	12.4A	Graviola Ewing  Guatemala	12.5A
80 metres hurdles	Karleen Searchwell  Jamaica	12.1Aw	Vinton Beckett  Jamaica	12.5Aw	Kathleen Russell  Jamaica	12.6Aw
High jump	Ruth Beckett  Jamaica	1.61A	Carmen Phipps  Jamaica	1.59A	Lili Schluter  Mexico	1.30A
Discus throw	Concepción Villanueva  Mexico	33.96A	Alejandrina Herrera  Cuba	31.78A	Ana Campos  El Salvador	30.91A
Javelin throw	Judith Caballero  Panama	36.20A	Berta Chiú  Mexico	34.33A	Ana Campos  El Salvador	33.40A
4 x 100 m relay	Jamaica	48.9A	Guatemala	52.0A	Mexico	52.2A

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica	8	8	2	18
2	Puerto Rico	8	5	6	19
3	Cuba	3	5	3	11
4	Mexico	3	2	6	11
5	Panama	3	1	4	8
6	Guatemala	2	3	4	9
7	Colombia	1	1	1	3
8	El Salvador	0	1	2	3
9	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1

[edit] References

• Central American and Caribbean Games (Men) - GBR Athletics
• Central American and Caribbean Games (Women) - GBR Athletics