1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Barbados National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados between 25–27 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Obadele Thompson  Barbados	10.23	Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.31	Patrick Jarrett  Jamaica	10.41
200 metres	Christopher Williams  Jamaica	20.40w	Francisco Cornelio  Dominican Republic	20.90w	Dion Crabbe  British Virgin Islands	21.12w
400 metres	Michael McDonald  Jamaica	45.21	Davian Clarke  Jamaica	45.49	Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago	45.61
800 metres	Ian Roberts  Guyana	1:46.85	Mario Watson  Jamaica	1:46.92	Kenroy Levy  Jamaica	1:46.99
1500 metres	Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico	3:46.74	Terrance Armstrong  Bermuda	3:46.77	José López  Venezuela	3:48.65
5000 metres	Fidencio Torres  Mexico	14:20.19	David Galindo  Mexico	14:21.43	Juan Díaz  Venezuela	14:21.79
10000 metres	Juan Díaz  Venezuela	31:06.88	Pamenos Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31:12.57	Benedict Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31:59.67
3000 metres steeplechase	Salvador Miranda  Mexico	8:42.45	Emigdio Delgado  Venezuela	8:44.43	Rubén García  Mexico	8:47.33
110 metres hurdles	Steve Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	13.44 CR	Victor Houston  Barbados	13.71	Wagner Marseille  Haiti	13.75
400 metres hurdles	Victor Houston  Barbados	50.23	Paul Tucker  Guyana	51.59	Jeff Jackson  U.S. Virgin Islands	54.70
High jump	Julio Luciano  Dominican Republic	2.23	César Ballesteros  Mexico	2.10	Kevin Cumberbatch  Barbados	2.10
Pole vault	Dominic Johnson  Saint Lucia	5.61 CR	Edgar Díaz  Puerto Rico	5.40	César Nava  Mexico	4.70
Long jump	Craig Hepburn  Barbados	7.75	Luis Quiñones  Puerto Rico	7.60	Emile John  Saint Lucia	7.55
Triple Jump	Brian Wellman  Bermuda	16.36	Frank Rutherford  Bahamas	16.12	Allen Mortimer  Bahamas	16.04
Shot put	Dave Stoute  Trinidad and Tobago	16.39	Arturo Francisco  Puerto Rico	16.21	Jaime Comandari  El Salvador	15.99
Discus throw	Kevin Brown  Jamaica	56.02	Alfredo Romero  Puerto Rico	53.00	Juan Neverson  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	45.20
Javelin throw	Trevor Modeste  Grenada	63.92	Selwyn Smith  Grenada	63.03	Richard Rock  Barbados	61.92
20 km road walk	Noé Hernández  Mexico	1:20:49 CR	Luis García  Cuba	1:25:51	Mario Iván Flores  Mexico	1:36:26
4 x 100 metres relay	Barbados	39.75	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.83	Bahamas	40.92
4 x 400 metres relay	Bahamas	3:03.76	Jamaica	3:03.82	Dominican Republic	3:09.08

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Katia Benth  French Guiana	11.47	Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda	11.48	Beverley Grant  Jamaica	11.52
200 metres	Katia Benth  French Guiana	22.87	Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda	23.64	Adia McKinnon  Trinidad and Tobago	23.92
400 metres	Vernetta Lesforis  Saint Lucia	52.21	Tonique Williams  Bahamas	52.22	Melissa Straker  Barbados	52.58
800 metres	Charmaine Howell  Jamaica	2:03.85	Augustina Charles  Saint Lucia	2:06.30	Shernette Davis  Jamaica	2:07.36
1500 metres	Isabel Juárez  Mexico	4:26.64	Janill Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	4:30.24	Marian Burnett  Guyana	4:35.56
Half marathon	Kriscia García  El Salvador	1:26:25	Burgette Williams  Guyana	2:26:30		only 2 finishers
100 metres hurdles	Gillian Russell  Jamaica	13.25	Brigitte Foster  Jamaica	13.49	Jacqueline Taváres  Mexico	14.16
400 metres hurdles	Andrea Blackett  Barbados	56.87	Allison Beckford  Jamaica	58.67	Damaris Diana  Puerto Rico	60.92
High jump	Karen Beautle  Jamaica	1.79	Romary Rifka  Mexico	1.77	Desiree Crichlow  Barbados	1.77
Pole vault	Alejandra Meza  Mexico	3.75 CR	Lorena Espinoza  Mexico	3.60
Long jump	Lacena Golding  Jamaica	6.52	Jackie Edwards  Bahamas	6.38	Michelle Baptiste  Saint Lucia	6.26
Triple jump	Anna-Maria Thorpe  Barbados	12.77	Natasha Brown  Bahamas	12.41	María Fleischmann  Guatemala	12.37
Shot put	Doris Thompson  Bahamas	13.23	Isabella Charles  Dominica	12.56	Shirley Acosta  Puerto Rico	9.88
Discus throw	María Cubillán  Venezuela	42.08	Shernelle Nicholls  Barbados	40.98	Doris Thompson  Bahamas	35.20
Hammer throw	Nancy Guillén  El Salvador	57.84 CR	Violeta Guzmán  Mexico	56.72	Claudia Becerril  Mexico	52.93
Javelin throw (Current design)	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	61.61 CR	Olivia McKoy  Jamaica	54.24	Marisela Robles  Dominican Republic	48.00
10 km road walk	Teresa Ramos  Guatemala	47:37 =CR	Elsa Segura  Mexico	50:35	Victoria Palacios  Mexico	57:41
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica	44.18	Puerto Rico	45.34	Barbados	46.78
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:30.00	Barbados	3:32.40	Puerto Rico	3:39.75

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica	9	6	4	19
2	Mexico	6	6	6	18
3	Barbados	6	3	5	14
4	Bahamas	3	4	3	10
5	Saint Lucia	2	1	2	5
	Venezuela	2	1	2	5
7	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	2	4
8	El Salvador	2	0	1	3
9	French Guiana	2	0	0	2
10	Guyana	1	2	1	4
11	Dominican Republic	1	1	2	4
12	Bermuda	1	1	0	2
	Grenada	1	1	0	2
14	Guatemala	1	0	1	2
15	Puerto Rico	0	5	3	8
16	Antigua and Barbuda	0	3	0	3
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2	0	2
18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1	2	3
19	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Dominica	0	1	0	1
21	British Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1
	Haiti	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1

See also

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Men Results - GBR Athletics
• Women Results - GBR Athletics