The athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Medellín, Colombia.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Silvio Leonard Cuba |
10.10 | Osvaldo Lara Cuba |
10.11 | Guy Abrahams Panama |
10.20 |
| 200 metres | Silvio Leonard Cuba |
20.49 | Anthony Husbands Trinidad and Tobago |
21.00 | Guy Abrahams Panama |
21.15 |
| 400 metres | Alberto Juantorena Cuba |
44.27 | Joseph Coombs Trinidad and Tobago |
45.41 | Seymour Newman Jamaica |
46.11 |
| 800 metres | Alberto Juantorena Cuba |
1:47.23 | Gerold Pawirodikromo Suriname |
1:47.46 | Leandro Civil Cuba |
1:47.66 |
| 1500 metres | Luis Medina Cuba |
3:44.47 | Eduardo Castro Mexico |
3:45.14 | Osmán Escobar Venezuela |
3:45.89 |
| 5000 metres | Rodolfo Gómez Mexico |
13:55.08 | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia |
13:56.88 | José Gómez Mexico |
14:27.33 |
| 10000 metres | Rodolfo Gómez Mexico |
29:34.64 | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia |
29:38.66 | Luis Hernández Mexico |
30:23.84 |
| Marathon | Radamés Vega Puerto Rico |
2:22:34 | Mario Cuevas Mexico |
2:23:07 | José Granajo Guatemala |
2:26:04 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | José Cobo Cuba |
8:46.39 | Carlos Martínez Mexico |
8:52.13 | Jaime Villate Colombia |
8:56.29 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Alejandro Casañas Cuba |
13.67 | Mariano Reyes Dominican Republic |
14.68 | Karl Smith Jamaica |
14.71 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Clive Bariffe Jamaica |
50.16 | Julio Ferrer Puerto Rico |
50.86 | Luis Alex Misiniak Colombia |
50.97 |
| High jump | Richard Spencer Cuba |
2.12 | Rodolfo Madrigal Costa Rica |
2.12 | Jamil Justiniano Puerto Rico |
2.09 |
| Pole Vault | Augusto Perdomo Cuba |
5.00 | Elberto Pratt Mexico |
4.80 | Rubén Camino Cuba |
4.80 |
| Long jump | David Giralt Cuba |
7.82 | Milán Matos Cuba |
7.77 | Ron Chambers Jamaica |
7.77 |
| Triple jump | Steve Hanna Bahamas |
16.60 | Juan Velázquez Cuba |
16.43 | Alejandro Herrera Cuba |
16.10 |
| Shot put | Humberto Calvario Cuba |
17.51 | Nicolás Hernández Cuba |
17.36 | Jesús Ramos Venezuela |
16.83 |
| Discus throw | Luis Delís Cuba |
58.62 | Julián Morrison Cuba |
58.56 | Brad Cooper Bahamas |
54.24 |
| Hammer throw | Armando Orozco Cuba |
69.86 | Genovevo Morejón Cuba |
69.14 | Luis Martínez Puerto Rico |
56.22 |
| Javelin throw | Antonio González Cuba |
78.74 | Amado Morales Puerto Rico |
70.54 | Reinaldo Patterson Cuba |
63.64 |
| Decathlon | Rigoberto Salazar Cuba |
7483 | Miguel Subarnaba Cuba |
6954 | José Montezuma Venezuela |
6842 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Daniel Bautista Mexico |
1:29:10 | Raúl González Mexico |
1:31:58 | Jorge Quiñones Colombia |
1:39:31 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.13 | Cuba | 39.44 | Dominican Republic | 39.62 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Jamaica | 3:03.76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3:05.01 | Cuba | 3:05.57 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Silvia Chivás Cuba |
11.47 | Lelieth Hodges Jamaica |
11.63 | Isabel Taylor Cuba |
11.74 |
| 200 metres | Silvia Chivás Cuba |
23.01 | Janice Bernard Trinidad and Tobago |
24.01 | Maureen Gottshalk Jamaica |
24.42 |
| 400 metres | Aurelia Pentón Cuba |
50.56 | Beatriz Castillo Cuba |
51.27 | Helen Blake Jamaica |
53.40 |
| 800 metres | Aurelia Pentón Cuba |
2:01.38 | Charlotte Bradley Mexico |
2:03.58 | Nery McKeen Cuba |
2:04.48 |
| 1500 metres | Charlotte Bradley Mexico |
4:30.78 | Ileana Hocking Puerto Rico |
4:35.88 | Susana Herrera Mexico |
4:39.62 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Grisel Machado Cuba |
13.31 | Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic |
14.23 | Carmen Zamora Cuba |
14.29 |
| High jump | Angela Carbonell Cuba |
1.75 | Grace Jackson Jamaica |
1.70 | Elisa Ávila Mexico |
1.65 |
| Long Jump | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas |
6.41 | Ana Alexander Cuba |
6.25 | Eloína Echevarría Cuba |
6.12 |
| Shot put | Hilda Ramírez Cuba |
17.00 | Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba |
14.97 | Vicky López Puerto Rico |
13.42 |
| Discus throw | Carmen Romero Cuba |
60.54 | María Betancourt Cuba |
57.58 | Selene Saldarriaga Colombia |
41.28 |
| Javelin throw | María Caridad Colón Cuba |
63.40 | María Beltrán Cuba |
54.86 | Guadalupe López Mexico |
49.80 |
| Pentathlon | Elida Aveillé Cuba |
3636 | Alix Castillo Venezuela |
3625 | Laura Vázquez Mexico |
3511 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Cuba | 44.37 | Jamaica | 44.41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.13 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Cuba | 3:31.34 | Jamaica | 3:41.69 | Puerto Rico | 3:46.58 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 27 | 13 | 9 | 49 |
| 2 | Mexico | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Bahamas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Suriname | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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