1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, Venezuela between 26–29 July.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	10.2 =CR	José Triana  Cuba	10.2	Carl Lawson  Jamaica	10.2
200 metres (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	20.1w	Silvio Leonard  Cuba	20.3w	Pablo Bandomo  Cuba	20.4w
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena  Cuba	46.4 CR	Pedro Ferrer  Puerto Rico	46.6	Venezuela	47.2
800 metres	Leandro Civil  Cuba	1:49.8	Luis Medina  Cuba	1:49.8	Venezuela	1:50.7
1500 metres	Puerto Rico	3:45.9 CR	Colombia	3:47.2	Carlos Báez  Puerto Rico	3:47.6
5000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	14:04.2 CR	Mario Pérez  Mexico	14:06.8	Mexico	14:19.6
10,000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	29:56.4 CR	Pedro Miranda  Mexico	29:56.6	Mexico	29:58.2
Half marathon	Mario Cuevas  Mexico	1:05:07 CR	Colombia	1:05:56	Colombia	1:06:10
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.9 m/s)	Juan Morales  Cuba	13.7w	Cuba	13.8w	Venezuela	14.4w
400 metres hurdles	Julio Ferrer  Puerto Rico	51.9 CR	Colombia	52.0	Juan García  Cuba	53.1
3000 metres steeplechase	Mexico	8:49.4 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza  Cuba	8:52.6	Víctor Mora  Colombia	8:58.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Carl Lawson Richard Hardware Don Quarrie	39.9	Cuba	40.2	Trinidad and Tobago	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Trevor Campbell Richard Hardware Seymour Newman Kim Rowe	3:09.4	Cuba Eddy Gutiérrez Leandro Civil Alberto Juantorena	3:10.1	Venezuela	3:10.4
High jump	Richard Spencer  Cuba	2.06 CR	Cuba	2.03	Venezuela	2.03
Pole vault	Cuba	4.85 CR	Roberto Moré  Cuba	4.85	Colombia	4.60
Long jump	Milán Matos  Cuba	7.68 CR	Cuba	7.34	Wilfredo Maisonave  Puerto Rico	7.28
Triple jump	Cuba	15.79	Bermuda	15.57	Venezuela	15.56
Shot put	Venezuela	15.94	Cuba	15.78	Cuba	15.72
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson  Cuba	57.58 CR	Cuba	53.86	Ignacio Reinosa  Puerto Rico	49.12
Hammer throw	Cuba	62.50	Puerto Rico	61.12	Cuba	59.08
Javelin throw	Cuba	74.90	Amado Morales  Puerto Rico	70.94	Cuba	70.24
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal  Cuba	7315 CR	Cuba	7035	Colombia	6841

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvia Chivás  Cuba	11.4 CR	Carmen Valdés  Cuba	11.6	Laura Pierre  Trinidad and Tobago	11.9
200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Silvia Chivás  Cuba	23.5w	Asunción Acosta  Cuba	23.9w	Ruth Williams  Jamaica	23.9w
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón  Cuba	53.5 =CR	Asunción Acosta  Cuba	53.7	Lorna Forde  Barbados	54.9
800 metres	Mexico	2:05.8 CR	Dominican Republic	2:06.9	Mexico	2:07.7
1500 metres	Mexico	4:26.3 CR	Mexico	4:35.1	Cuba	4:37.3
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde  Cuba	13.9	Andrea Bruce  Jamaica	14.4	Mercedes Román  Mexico	14.4
200 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde  Cuba	28.0w	Cuba	29.1w	Venezuela	30.7w
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Marlene Elejalde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chivás	45.9	Jamaica	48.4	Netherlands Antilles	48.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Aurelia Pentón Asunción Acosta Carmen Trustée	3:42.1	Barbados	3:51.0	Mexico	3:56.9
High jump	Andrea Bruce  Jamaica	1.71	Marima Rodríguez  Cuba	1.69	Cuba	1.67
Long jump	Marcia Garbey  Cuba	6.04	Ana Alexander  Cuba	6.02	Colombia	5.46
Shot put	Cuba	14.28 CR	Cuba	14.02	Venezuela	12.88
Discus throw	Carmen Romero  Cuba	52.46	María Cristina Betancourt  Cuba	47.92	Venezuela	39.88
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez  Cuba	51.62	Cuba	47.04	Gladys González  Venezuela	45.52
Pentathlon	Cuba	3807	Mercedes Román  Mexico	3729	Cuba	3629

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	23	22	8	53
2	Jamaica	5	2	2	9
3	Mexico	4	4	5	13
4	Colombia	2	3	5	10
5	Puerto Rico	2	3	3	8
6	Venezuela	1	0	10	11
7	Barbados	0	1	1	2
8	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
10	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
11	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		37	37	37	111

External links[]

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics