Swimming at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
Main article: 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
The Swimming competition at the 18th Central American and Caribbean Games was swum August 9-15, 1998 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.[1] It featured events in a long course (50m) pool.
Results
Men
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 freestyle | Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico | 22.55 GR |
Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela | 22.74 | Marcos Hernández  Cuba | 23.00 |
| 100 freestyle | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 50.05 GR |
Marcos Hernández Cuba | 50.32 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 50.42 |
| 200 freestyle | Fernando Jácome  Colombia | 1:54.28 | Oscar Sotelo  Mexico | 1:54.43 | Ives Garcia Cuba | 1:54.71 |
| 400 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela | 3:58.88 GR |
Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia | 3:58.89 | Josh Ilika Mexico | 3:59.74 |
| 1500 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela | 15:57.50 | Ives Garcia Cuba | 16:12.42 | Ramon Valle  Honduras | 16:26.25 |
| 100 backstroke | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba | 55.60 GR |
Neisser Bent Cuba | 55.79 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 56.24 |
| 200 backstroke | Neisser Bent Cuba | 2:01.53 GR |
Carlos Arena Mexico | 2:05.60 | Alexis Perdomo Venezuela | 2:05.78 |
| 100 breaststroke | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 1:04.72 | Francisco Suriano  El Salvador | 1:04.73 | Alvaro Fortuny  Guatemala | 1:05.43 |
| 200 breaststroke | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 2:18.58 | Francisco Suriano El Salvador | 2:18.91 | Jose Lopez Mexico | 2:21.28 |
| 100 butterfly | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 53.86 | Oswaldo Quevedo Venezuela | 53.93 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 54.32 |
| 200 butterfly | Andrew Livingston Puerto Rico | 2:00.54 GR |
Juan Veloz Mexico | 2:01.44 | Nelson Mora Venezuela | 2:01.46 |
| 200 I.M. | Neisser Bent Cuba | 2:07.12 GR |
Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 2:07.18 | Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia | 2:07.50 |
| 400 I.M. | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 4:26.86 GR |
Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia | 4:29.10 | Santiago Lima Mexico | 4:34.01 |
| 4x100 free relay |
Venezuela Oswaldo Quevedo Francisco Páez Luis Rojas Francisco Sánchez | 3:23.49 GR |
Cuba Neisser Bent Yohan García Ives García Marcos Hernández | 3:26.91 | Mexico César Barrón Carlos Arena Guillermo Díaz Oscar Sotelo | 3:27.50 |
| 4x200 free relay |
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| 4x100 medley relay |
Cuba Rodolfo Falcón Gunter Rodríguez Yohan García Marcos Hernández | 3:44.61 GR |
Mexico Carlos Arena José A. López Jesús González César Barrón | 3:46.63 | Puerto Rico Ricardo Busquets Arsenio López Andrew Livingston Eduardo González | 3:47.23 |
Women
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 freestyle | Eileen Coparropa  Panama | 26.12 GR |
Siobhan Cropper  Trinidad & Tobago | 26.40 | Deborah Figueroa Cuba | 26.82 |
| 100 freestyle[2] | Eileen Coparropa Panama | 57.60 GR |
Deborah Figueroa Cuba | 58.47 | Erin Volcán Venezuela | 58.81 |
| 200 freestyle[2] | Carolyn Adel  Suriname | 2:03.22 NR |
Janelle Atkinson  Jamaica | 2:05.97 | Erin Volcán Venezuela | 2:07.41 |
| 400 freestyle[2] | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 4:19.03 NR |
Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 4:20.99 | Lucía Jiménez Guatemala | 4:31.09 |
| 800 freestyle | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 8:52.57 GR, NR |
Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 8:53.46 | Irama Villareal Mexico | 9:08.06 |
| 100 backstroke | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 1:04.93 NR |
Ana Maria Gonzalez Cuba | 1:05.04 | Tessa Solomon .svg.png){kind=small} Netherlands Antilles | 1:07.55 |
| 200 backstroke | Ana Maria Gonzalez Cuba | 2:19.66 | Tania Galindo Mexico | 2:24.97 | Irama Villareal Mexico | 2:24.99 |
| 100 breaststroke | Kenia Puertas Venezuela | 1:12.19 GR |
Imaday Nunez Cuba | 1:13.79 | Isabel Ceballos Colombia | 1:14.33 |
| 200 breastroke | Adriana Marmolejo Mexico | 2:37.12 GR |
Kenia Puertas Venezuela | 2:37.94 | Imaday Nunez Cuba | 2:38.95 |
| 100 butterfly | Siobhan Cropper Trinidad & Tobago | 1:03.01 GR |
Melissa Mata  Costa Rica | 1:03.56 | Paola Espana Mexico | 1:03.78 |
| 200 butterfly | Melissa Mata Costa Rica | 2:16.89 GR |
Carolyn Adel Suriname | 2:18.27 NR |
Paola Espana Mexico | 2:18.73 |
| 200 I.M.[2] | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 2:19.31 GR, NR |
Sonia Alvarez Puerto Rico | 2:23.64 | Isabel Ceballos Colombia | 2:28.56 |
| 400 I.M. | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 4:52.42 GR, NR |
Sonia Alvarez Puerto Rico | 5:01.38 | Irma Villareal Mexico | 5:02.59 |
| 4x100 free relay[2] |
Puerto Rico Francheska Salib, Lysandra Álvarez, Vanessa García, Solimar Mojica | 4:00.20 | Venezuela Lauren Volcán, Jenny Fuentes, Daniela Aponte, Erin Volcán | 4:02.98 | Colombia Catalina Dangond, Ana Uribe, Gloria Díaz, María A. Ortiz | 4:07.79 |
| 4x200 free relay[2] |
Puerto Rico Solimar Mojica, Lysandra Álvarez, Gretchen Gotay, Sonia Álvarez | 8:40.26 | Venezuela Lauren Volcán, Daniela Aponte, Jenny Fuentes, Erin Volcán | 8:46.46 | Colombia Ana Uribe, Gloria Díaz, Isabel Ceballos, Catalina Dangond | 8:54.41 |
| 4x100 medley relay[3] |
Cuba Ana M. González, Imaday Núñez, Mikeila Torres, Déborah Figueroa | 4:23.90 GR |
Colombia Carolina Douglas, Isabel Ceballos, Andrea Duarte, Catalina Dangond | 4:29.23 | Puerto Rico Elaine López, Francheska Salib, Sonia Álvarez, Vanessa García | 4:36.18 |
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba |
9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Venezuela |
6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Suriname |
6 | 1 | - | 7 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Panama |
2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6 | Mexico |
1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 7 | Colombia |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 10 | Jamaica |
- | 3 | - | 3 |
| 11 | El Salvador |
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 12 | Guatemala |
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Honduras |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands Antilles |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
References
- (Spanish) The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games, by Enrique Montesinos. Published by CACSO in 2009; retrieved 2012-04.
- ↑ XVIII Central American and Caribbean Games (top-3 finishers). Published in SwimNews Magazine 1998-08. Retrieved online on 2012-04-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Daniela Villegas tested positive for a prohibited substance, and had her results nullified. This effected the medal standings in (and her/Mexico's times) the women's: 100 free (58.71), 200 free (2:05.18), 400 free (4:24.21), 200 I.M. (2:24.17), 4x100 Free Relay (4:00.99) and 4x200 Free Relay (8:39.68).
- ↑ Venezuela originally finished second in the women's 4x100 Medley Relay at 4:27.84; however, the relay included Tahyani Villarroel who tested positive for a prohibited substance. The relay results was therefore nullified, and places adjusted.