1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host venue in Ponce.

The 1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico between 6–10 August.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Charles Joseph  Trinidad and Tobago	10.7	Pablo Franco  Puerto Rico	10.7	Félix Mata  Venezuela	10.7
200 metres	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	21.5	Pablo Franco  Puerto Rico	21.8	Raymond Heerenveen  Netherlands Antilles
400 metres	Mike Sands  Bahamas	46.6	Félix Mangual  Puerto Rico	47.6	Alfred Daley  Jamaica	47.7
800 metres	Byron Dyce  Jamaica	1:58.1	Venezuela	1:59.3	Trinidad and Tobago	1:59.3
1500 metres	Mexico	3:45.9 =CR	Puerto Rico	3:48.4	Byron Dyce  Jamaica	3:49.4
5000 metres	Luis Hernández  Mexico	15:04.7	Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela	15:04.8	Mexico	15:19.0
10,000 metres	Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico	30:05.9	Rigoberto Mendoza  Cuba	30:07.1	Mexico	30:18.3
Half marathon	Mexico	1:07:52	Rigoberto Mendoza  Cuba	1:08:03	Mexico	1:08:41
400 metres hurdles	Iván Mangual  Puerto Rico	50.9 CR	Puerto Rico	51.8	Mexico	52.5
3000 metres steeplechase	Mexico	9:28.4	Mexico	9:33.2	Carlos Báez  Puerto Rico	9:35.0
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Alfred Daley Michael Fray Don Quarrie Colin Bradford	40.6	Trinidad and Tobago	40.7	Venezuela	41.3
20 km road walk	Enrique Vera  Mexico	1:48:34	Domingo Colín  Mexico	1:54:30	Cuba	1:57:00
High jump	Dominican Republic	2.05	Clark Godwin  Bermuda	2.05	Bahamas	2.01
Pole vault	Cuba	4.70	Cuba	4.55	Mexico	4.40
Long jump	George Swanston  Trinidad and Tobago	7.48	Henry Jackson  Jamaica	7.24	Dennis Trott  Bermuda	7.20
Triple jump	Cuba	16.11 CR	Cuba	15.66	Michael Sharpe  Bermuda	15.62
Shot put	Puerto Rico	15.68	Venezuela	15.55	José Santa Cruz  Cuba	14.82
Discus throw	Cuba	53.24	José Santa Cruz  Cuba	52.48	Puerto Rico	47.24
Hammer throw	Cuba	62.36	Puerto Rico	58.20	Venezuela	56.36
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson  Cuba	69.84	Antonio González  Cuba	68.46	Mexico	68.24

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Debbie Jones  Bermuda	11.9	Cuba	12.1	Lelieth Hodges  Jamaica	12.1
200 metres	Lorna Forde  Barbados	24.3	Jackie Pusey  Jamaica	24.4	Rosie Allwood  Jamaica	24.6
400 metres	Helen Blake  Jamaica	54.8	Lorna Forde  Barbados	55.1	Ruth Williams  Jamaica	55.7
800 metres	Helen Blake  Jamaica	2:17.5	Mexico	2:18.1	Mercedes Álvarez  Cuba	2:19.0
1500 metres	Mexico	4:34.1	Mercedes Álvarez  Cuba	4:44.7	Mexico	4:46.5
200 metres hurdles	Cuba	28.2	Mercedes Román  Mexico	30.0	Bahamas	30.3
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Rosie Allwood Carol Cummings Jackie Pusey	45.7	Bermuda	47.4	Trinidad and Tobago	47.4
High jump	Andrea Bruce  Jamaica	1.83 CR	Cuba	1.65	Cuba	1.65
Long jump	Andrea Bruce  Jamaica	6.10 CR	Cuba	5.88	Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas	5.69
Shot put	Cuba	14.74 CR	Cuba	14.33	Orlanda Lynch  Suriname	12.91
Discus throw	Cuba	45.56	Cuba	44.00	Venezuela	39.38
Javelin throw	Ana María González  Cuba	45.90	Clementina Díaz  Cuba	42.78	Puerto Rico	41.84
Pentathlon	Mexico	3796	Cuba	3628	Mercedes Román  Mexico	3619

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	9	14	4	27
2	Mexico (MEX)	8	4	8	20
3	Jamaica (JAM)	8	2	5	15
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	6	3	11
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	1	2	5
6	Bermuda (BER)	1	2	2	5
7	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	0	2
8	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	3	4
9	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela (VEN)	0	3	4	7
11	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
	Suriname (NGY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		33	33	33	99

External links[]

• Men Results - GBR Athletics
• Women Results - GBR Athletics