Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Tom Robinson
 Bahamas
10.41 Rafael Romero
 Venezuela
10.47 Arquímedes Herrera
 Venezuela
10.49
200 metres Rafael Romero
 Venezuela
21.0 Arquímedes Herrera
 Venezuela
21.3 Edwin Roberts
 Trinidad and Tobago
21.4
400 metres George Kerr
 Jamaica
45.9 Hortensio Fucil
 Venezuela
47.3 Malcolm Spence
 Jamaica
47.4
800 metres George Kerr
 Jamaica
1:51.0 Mel Spence
 Jamaica
1:53.0 José Neira
 Colombia
1:54.8
1500 metres Álvaro Mejía
 Colombia
3:51.4 Ralph Gomes
 Guyana
3:52.5 José Neira
 Colombia
3:52.6
5000 metres Eligio Galicia
 Mexico
14:46.6 Marciano Castillo
 Mexico
15:06.2 Felipe Prado
 Mexico
15:11.0
10000 metres Eligio Galicia
 Mexico
30:55.2 Asencio Escalona
 Mexico
31:40.8 Marciano Castillo
 Mexico
31:44.4
Half marathon Hernán Barreneche
 Colombia
01:11:49 Fidel Negrete
 Mexico
01:12:27 Víctor Peralta
 Mexico
01:13:21
3000 metre steeplechase Erasmo Prado
 Mexico
9:19.8 Elías Mendoza
 Mexico
9:23.6 Pedro Mariani
 Puerto Rico
9:31.4
110 metres hurdles Lázaro Betancourt
 Cuba
14.2 Heriberto Cruz
 Puerto Rico
14.5 Lancelot Bobb
 Venezuela
14.7
400 metres hurdles Víctor Maldonado
 Venezuela
51.6 Juan Montes
 Puerto Rico
53.0 Jorge Cumberbatch
 Cuba
53.2
High jump Teodoro Palacios
 Guatemala
2.00 Anton Norris
 Barbados
1.98 Ernle Haisley
 Jamaica
1.94
Pole Vault Rolando Cruz
 Puerto Rico
4.72 Rubén Cruz
 Puerto Rico
4.26 Luis Quintero
 Colombia
3.81
Long jump Juan Muñoz
 Venezuela
7.68 Wellesley Clayton
 Jamaica
7.60 Abelardo Pacheco
 Cuba
7.16
Triple jump Mahoney Samuels
 Jamaica
15.52 Ramón López
 Cuba
15.33 Perry Christie
 Bahamas
14.98
Shot put Lambertus Rebel
 Netherlands Antilles
14.64 Héctor Thomas
 Venezuela
14.46 Ramón Rosario
 Puerto Rico
13.96
Discus throw Dagoberto González
 Colombia
48.66 Lambertus Rebel
 Netherlands Antilles
47.44 Daniel Cereali
 Venezuela
46.97
Hammer throw Enrique Samuells
 Cuba
54.15 Daniel Cereali
 Venezuela
52.85 Marcelino Borrero
 Colombia
50.35
Javelin throw Jesús Rodríguez
 Venezuela
66.66 Wilfredo Salgado
 Puerto Rico
64.24 Arnoldo Pallarés
 Cuba
61.83
Pentathlon Héctor Thomas
 Venezuela
3212 Roberto Caravaca
 Venezuela
2946 Jorge García
 Puerto Rico
2912
4 x 100 metres relay  Venezuela 40.0  Trinidad and Tobago 40.7  Jamaica 40.8
4 x 400 metres relay  Jamaica 3:11.6  Trinidad and Tobago 3:12.5  Puerto Rico 3:15.8

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Miguelina Cobián
 Cuba
12.08 Marcela Daniel
 Panama
12.12 Sybil Donmartin
 Trinidad and Tobago
12.20
80m hurdles Bertha Díaz
 Cuba
11.1 Lorraine Dunn
 Panama
11.7 Carmen Smith
 Jamaica
11.8
High jump Brenda Archer
 Guyana
1.53 Marta Font
 Cuba
1.51 Beverley Welsh
 Jamaica
1.51
Long Jump Bertha Díaz
 Cuba
5.50 Dorothy Yates
 Jamaica
5.38 Gisela Vidal
 Venezuela
5.35
Discus throw Caridad Aguero
 Cuba
43.75 Alejandrina Herrera
 Cuba
38.70 Ivonne Rojano
 Mexico
38.69
Javelin throw Hilda Ramírez
 Cuba
40.32 Beverly Eloisa Oglivie
 Panama
40.19 Berta Chiú
 Mexico
35.63
4 x 100 metres relay  Jamaica 47.0  Cuba 47.3  Panama 47.7

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Cuba 7 4 3 14
2  Venezuela 6 6 4 16
3  Jamaica 5 3 5 13
4  Mexico 3 4 5 12
5  Colombia 3 0 4 7
6  Puerto Rico 1 4 4 9
7  Netherlands Antilles 1 1 0 2
8  Bahamas 1 0 1 2
9  Guyana 1 1 0 2
10  Guatemala 1 0 0 1
11  Panama 0 3 1 4
12  Trinidad and Tobago 0 2 2 4
13  Barbados 0 1 0 1

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