Athletics at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games

The Athletics competition in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, Panama.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Pablo Montes
 Cuba		 10.24 Hermes Ramírez
 Cuba		 10.28 Michael Fray
 Jamaica		 10.45
200 metres Pablo Montes
 Cuba		 21.20 Germán Solís
 Cuba		 21.30 Hermes Ramírez
 Cuba		 21.40
400 metres Antonio Álvarez
 Cuba		 46.6 Melesio Piña
 Mexico		 46.9 Misael Curiel
 Venezuela		 47.1
800 metres Herminio Isaac
 Puerto Rico		 1:49.8 Ricardo Bailey
 Panama		 1:49.9 Donaldo Arza
 Panama		 1:50.3
1500 metres Byron Dyce
 Jamaica		 3:45.8 Donaldo Arza
 Panama		 3:46.1 Mario Pérez
 Mexico		 3:47.2
5000 metres Mario Pérez
 Mexico		 14:24.4 Juan Martínez
 Mexico		 14:24.8 Pedro Miranda
 Mexico		 14:25.4
10000 metres Juan Martínez
 Mexico		 30:49.0 Mario Pérez
 Mexico		 30:51.6 Andrés Romero
 Mexico		 30:57.6
Marathon Alfredo Peñaloza
 Mexico		 02:47:23 Antonio Capote
 Cuba		 02:48:59 Patricio Larriñaga
 Cuba		 02:50:38
3000 metre steeplechase Héctor Villanueva
 Mexico		 8:53.2 Antonio Villanueva
 Mexico		 8:53.4 Rigoberto Mendoza
 Cuba		 8:55.2
110 metres hurdles Juan Morales
 Cuba		 14.0 Arnaldo Bristol
 Puerto Rico		 14.2 Guillermo Núñez
 Cuba		 14.5
400 metres hurdles Juan García
 Cuba		 50.6 Césare Sánchez
 Mexico		 50.6 Miguel Olivera
 Cuba		 51.3
High jump Miguel Durañona
 Cuba		 2.06 Teodoro Palacios
 Guatemala		 1.98 Lloyd Turnquist
 Bahamas		 1.95
Pole Vault Juan Laza
 Cuba		 4.65 Arturo Esquerra
 Mexico		 4.40 Jorge Miranda
 Puerto Rico		 4.30
Long jump Abelardo Pacheco
 Cuba		 7.69 Jorge Stevens
 Cuba		 7.49 Galdino Flores
 Mexico		 7.43
Triple jump Pedro Pérez
 Cuba		 16.33 José Hernández
 Cuba		 15.79 Juan Velázquez
 Cuba		 15.61
Shot put Benigno Hodelín
 Cuba		 16.46 Silván Hemming
 Cuba		 16.29 Modesto Mederos
 Cuba		 15.28
Discus throw Bárbaro Cañizares
 Cuba		 56.04 Dagoberto González
 Colombia		 54.48 Javier Moreno
 Cuba		 53.64
Hammer throw Víctor Suárez
 Cuba		 57.06 Pedro Granell
 Puerto Rico		 53.74 Jesús Ulloa
 Cuba		 52.26
Javelin throw Amado Morales
 Puerto Rico		 76.40 Donald Vélez
 Nicaragua		 72.12 Justo Perelló
 Cuba		 70.52
Decathlon Jesús Mirabal
 Cuba		 6997 José Díaz
 Cuba		 6934 Héctor Thomas
 Venezuela		 6918
20 kilometre road walk Eladio Compos
 Mexico		 1:41:14 Francisco Chávez
 Mexico		 1:43:19 Lucas Lara
 Cuba		 1:44:38
4 x 100 metres relay  Cuba 39.4  Colombia 40.8  Puerto Rico 40.8
4 x 400 metres relay  Cuba 3:06.4  Mexico 3:07.8  Puerto Rico 3:09.0

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Miguelina Cobián
 Cuba		 11.4w Fulgencia Romay
 Cuba		 11.6w Cristina Hechevarría
 Cuba		 11.6w
200 metres Miguelina Cobián
 Cuba		 23.5 Violeta Quesada
 Cuba		 23.9 Fulgencia Romay
 Cuba		 24.3
400 metres Carmen Trustée
 Cuba		 52.5 Aurelia Pentón
 Cuba		 54.3 Marcela Chivás
 Cuba		 55.1
800 metres Carmen Trustée
 Cuba		 2:14.8 Lucía Quiroz
 Mexico		 2:15.8 Rosalía Abadía
 Panama		 2:16.4
100 metres hurdles Marlene Elejalde
 Cuba		 13.9w Lourdes Jones
 Cuba		 14.2w Raquel Martínez
 Cuba		 14.5w
High jump Hilda Fabré
 Cuba		 1.73 Lucía Duquet
 Cuba		 1.68 Marima Rodríguez
 Cuba		 1.64
Long Jump Marcia Garbey
 Cuba		 6.60 Marina Samuells
 Cuba		 6.31w Miriam Pupo
 Cuba		 6.00w
Shot put Grecia Hamilton
 Cuba		 14.56 Hilda Ramírez
 Cuba		 13.85 Carmen Romero
 Cuba		 13.63
Discus throw Carmen Romero
 Cuba		 53.54 María Betancourt
 Cuba		 46.08 Hilda Ramírez
 Cuba		 44.10
Javelin throw Tomasa Núñez
 Cuba		 45.64 Hilda Ramírez
 Cuba		 45.46 Blanca Umaña
 Colombia		 43.54
Pentathlon Marlene Elejalde
 Cuba		 4534 Marcia Garbey
 Cuba		 4428 Mercedes Román
 Mexico		 4243
4 x 100 metres relay  Cuba 44.7  Panama 47.3  Mexico 48.1

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Cuba 27 17 19 63
2  Mexico 5 9 6 20
3  Puerto Rico 2 2 3 7
4  Jamaica 1 0 1 2
5  Panama 0 3 2 5
6  Colombia 0 2 1 3
7  Nicaragua 0 1 0 1
 Guatemala 0 1 0 1
9  Venezuela 0 0 2 2
10  Bahamas 0 0 1 1

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