1976 CARIFTA Games

V CARIFTA Games
Dates	April 19–20
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	39
Participation	about 76 athletes from 8 nations
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The 5th CARIFTA Games was held in Nassau, Bahamas on April 19–20, 1976.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 76 athletes (55 junior (under-20) and 21 youth (under-17)) from about 9 countries: Bahamas (19), Barbados (6), Bermuda (18), British Virgin Islands (1), Guadeloupe (1), Guyana (3), Jamaica (20), Trinidad and Tobago (8).

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),^[2] Girls under 20 (Junior),^[3] Boys under 17 (Youth),^[4] and Girls under 17 (Youth).^[5] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Boys under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(JAM)	10.7	(BAH)	10.8	Gregory Simons (BER)	10.8
200 metres	(JAM)	21.7	(BAH)	21.7	Gregory Simons (BER)	22.0
400 metres	Anthony Lyons (TRI)	48.3	(GUY)	48.4	(JAM)	48.7
800 metres	(BAR)	1:54.4	(GUY)	1:56.4	(JAM)	1:57.1
1500 metres	(BAR)	4:03.8	(JAM)	4:05.0	(TRI)	4:06.3
3000 metres	(BAR)	8:48.2	(GUY)	8:49.6	(JAM)	8:52.6
110 metres hurdles	(JAM)	15.0	(BAR)	15.4	(BER)	15.6
400 metres hurdles	(JAM)	54.6	(JAM)	56.5	(BAR)	56.9
High jump	(BAH)	1.93	(BAH)	1.85	(BER)	1.83
Pole vault	(BAH)	3.50	(JAM)	3.20	(BER)	3.05
Long jump	(BER)	7.28	Steve Hanna (BAH)	7.06	(BAH)	6.98
Triple jump	Steve Hanna (BAH)	15.52	(BER)	15.36	(BER)	14.32
Shot put	Brad Cooper (BAH)	15.71	(BER)	15.14	(JAM)	14.55
Discus throw	Brad Cooper (BAH)	53.62	(BER)	48.34	(JAM)	46.26
Javelin throw	(BER)	57.20	(TRI)	55.04	(BAH)	53.92
4 × 100 metres relay	Bermuda	42.1	Bahamas	42.1	Jamaica	42.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:16.8	Bermuda	3:19.3	Barbados	3:20.5

Girls under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Debbie Jones (BER)	11.7	Jackie Pusey (JAM)	11.9	Shonel Ferguson (BAH)	11.9
200 metres	Debbie Jones (BER)	23.6	Jackie Pusey (JAM)	23.7	(JAM)	24.6
400 metres	Debbie Jones (BER)	54.8	(JAM)	55.4	(JAM)	57.0
800 metres	(JAM)	2:16.2	(BER)	2:16.5	(TRI)	2:18.5
1500 metres	(BAR)	4:49.0	(TRI)	4:51.6	(JAM)	4:53.8
100 metres hurdles (3.4 m/s)	Ann Adams (TRI)	14.5w	Sonia Smith (BER)	15.0w	(BAR)	15.1w
High jump	June Griffith (GUY)	1.65	Grace Jackson (JAM)	1.65	(BER)	1.625
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson (BAH)	6.20	June Griffith (GUY)	5.66	Sonia Smith (BER)	5.53
Shot put	(BAH)	12.88	(GLP)	12.35	(BER)	11.94
Discus throw	(BAH)	37.40	(BAH)	32.94	(BER)	32.14
Javelin throw	(TRI)	43.16	(BAH)	36.48	(BAH)	35.94
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	45.7	Bermuda	46.5	Trinidad and Tobago	48.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Jackie Pusey	3:46.4	Bermuda	3:50.4	Trinidad and Tobago	3:56.7

Boys under 17 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(JAM)	11.3	(BAR)	11.4	(BAH)	11.4
200 metres	(JAM)	22.6	(BAR)	22.8	(BAH)	23.1
400 metres	(BER)	51.0	(JAM)	51.0	(BAH)	51.6
Long jump	(BER)	6.79w	K. Clarke (BAH)	6.61	(JAM)	6.53
Triple jump	(BAH)	13.64	(JAM)	13.32	(BER)	13.19

Girls under 17 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(JAM)	12.3	L. Richardson (BAH)	12.5	Esther Hope (TRI)	12.5
200 metres	Esther Hope (TRI)	25.3	L. Richardson (BAH)	25.4	(BER)	25.4
400 metres	(BER)	59.1	(BAH)	59.4	(TRI)	59.8
Long jump	(JAM)	5.66	Sonia Smith (BER)	5.59	(BAR)	5.55

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)	12	9	10	31
2	Bahamas (BAH)*	9	11	7	27
3	Bermuda (BER)	9	9	12	30
4	Barbados (BAR)	4	3	4	11
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	4	2	6	12
6	Guyana (GUY)	1	4	0	5
7	Guadeloupe (GLP)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 nations)		39	39	39	117

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History