Athletics at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Rafael Fortún
 Cuba		 10.4 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica		 10.7 McDonald Bailey
 Trinidad and Tobago
200 metres Rafael Fortún
 Cuba		 21.6 Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama		 21.7 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica		 21.7
400 metres Arthur Wint
 Jamaica		 48.0 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica		 48.5 George Rhoden
 Jamaica		 49.3
800 metres Arthur Wint
 Jamaica		 1:54.8 Wilfred Tull
 Trinidad and Tobago		 1:56.4 Ken Hyland
 Trinidad and Tobago		 1:57.6
1500 metres Wilfred Tull
 Trinidad and Tobago		 4:07.8 Ken Hyland
 Trinidad and Tobago		 4:09.6 Arthur Dujon
 Jamaica		 4:12.4
5000 metres Mannie Ramjohn
 Trinidad and Tobago		 15:54.8 Jesús Borgonio
 Mexico		 15:55.0 Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala		 15:56.0
10000 metres Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala		 33:55.0 Agustín Romero
 Mexico		 34:54.8 Cipriano Gómez
 Mexico		 34:58.2
Half marathon Doroteo Flores
 Guatemala		 01:14:33 Luis Velásquez
 Guatemala		 01:14:39 Rafael Flores
 El Salvador		 01:15:38
110 metres hurdles Eligio Barbería
 Cuba		 14.8 Teófilo Colón
 Puerto Rico		 15.5 Julio Sabater
 Puerto Rico
400 metres hurdles Eligio Barbería
 Cuba		 55.3 Relín Sosa
 Puerto Rico		 56.4 Remigio Castro
 Cuba		 56.5
High jump Miguel Clovis
 Panama		 1.85 Gilberto Torres
 Puerto Rico		 1.85 Francisco Castro
 Puerto Rico		 1.85
Pole Vault José Vincente
 Puerto Rico		 3.98 José Barbosa
 Puerto Rico		 3.84 Jesús Centeno
 Mexico		 3.77
Long jump Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama		 6.96 Lance Thompson
 Jamaica		 6.95 Francisco Castro
 Puerto Rico		 6.92
Triple jump Francisco Castro
 Puerto Rico		 14.14 Harold Lawson
 Jamaica		 14.14 Raúl López
 Cuba		 13.74
Shot put Eduardo Adriana
 Netherlands Antilles		 13.35 Carlos Cervantes
 Cuba		 13.28 Luis Betancourt
 Cuba		 13.03
Discus throw Manuel Seoane
 Puerto Rico		 39.94 Mauricio Rodríguez
 Venezuela		 39.86 Carlos Pérez
 Mexico		 38.69
Hammer throw Francisco González
 Mexico		 41.87 Luis Betancourt
 Cuba		 39.71 Lorenzo Barquín
 Cuba		 39.70
Javelin throw Mario Salas
 Cuba		 55.00 Enrique Pizarro
 Puerto Rico		 54.18 Nicolás Romero
 Puerto Rico		 52.75
Pentathlon Néstor Marchany
 Puerto Rico		 3374 Amador Terán
 Mexico		 3294 Víctor Castañeda
 El Salvador		 3131
4 x 100 m relay  Panama 43.0  Cuba 43.1  Trinidad and Tobago 43.5
4 x 400 m relay  Jamaica 3:18.0  Cuba 3:21.4  Panama 3:23.2

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metres Dolores Worrell
 Panama		 6.4 Cynthia Thompson
 Jamaica		 6.5 Hyacinth Walters
 Jamaica		 6.8
100 metres Cynthia Thompson
 Jamaica		 12.1 Emilia Foster
 Panama		 12.7 Dolores Worrell
 Panama		 12.7
80 metres hurdles Josefine Lewis
 Panama		 12.5 Mavis Evelyn
 Jamaica		 12.7 Kathleen Russell
 Jamaica		 12.7
High jump Carmen Phipps
 Jamaica		 1.54 Vinton Beckett
 Jamaica		 1.52 Silvia Ford
 Panama		 1.44
Discus throw Judith Caballero
 Panama		 30.17 Esther Reyes
 Mexico		 29.73 Gloria Álvarez
 Cuba		 29.72
Javelin throw Judith Caballero
 Panama		 38.04 Angela Iglesias
 Cuba		 36.75 Alicia Reyes
 Puerto Rico		 33.99
4 x 100 m relay  Panama 49.1  Jamaica 50.1  Cuba 53.0

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Panama 8 2 3 13
2  Jamaica 5 8 5 18
3  Cuba 5 5 6 16
4  Puerto Rico 4 5 5 14
5  Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 3 7
6  Guatemala 2 1 1 4
7  Mexico 1 4 3 8
8  Netherlands Antilles 1 0 0 1
9  Venezuela 0 1 0 1
10  El Salvador 0 0 2 2

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