1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

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II Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates26–29 August
Host cityXalapa, Mexico Mexico
LevelJunior (and Youth?)
Events57
(36 junior,
21 youth)
Participationabout 127
(80 junior,
47 youth) athletes from
11 nations

The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Xalapa, Mexico, on 26–29 August 1976. The city was already the host of the inaugural CAC senior championships in May, 1967.

Although one website states:"Under 17 events were first included on the programme of the biennial Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in 1978,"[1] another website displays also results for under-17 events in 1976.[2]

Event summary[]

In the junior (U-20) category, Cuba won most gold medals (11), while host country Mexico was the overall leader in total medals (30).

In the under-20 men category, both and David Giralt from Cuba won 3 golds (110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4 × 100 m relay) and (Long jump, Triple jump, 4 × 100 m relay), respectively. Another Cuban fellow, Juan Martínez and Bahamian won two golds each (Shot put, Discus Throw) and (100m, 200m) respectively.

In the under-20 women category, Ileana Hocking from Puerto Rico, who won already a gold (1500m) and a silver medal (800m) at the 1974 championships in Maracaibo, Venezuela, gained a total of 5 medals, 4 golds (800m, 1500m, 4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay) and one bronze (400m). Ann Adams from Trinidad and Tobago gained 3 golds (100m, 200m, 100m hurdles), whereas from Puerto Rico won two golds (4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay) and two silvers (400m, 100m hurdles), and from Barbados won two golds (Long jump, Pentathlon).

Ernesto Canto from Mexico, future gold medallist in the men's 20 kilometre walk event at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, defended his title and gained the gold medal in the 10,000 metres track walk event. And María Caridad Colón from Cuba, future gold medallist in Javelin Throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, won gold in Javelin Throw and bronze in the Shot Put event.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male,[3] and Junior A, Female.[4]

Male Junior A (under 20)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BAH) 10.53A   (TRI) 10.64A   (CUB) 10.65A
200 metres   (BAH) 21.76A   (CUB) 21.92A   (PUR) 21.97A
400 metres  Clyde Edwards (BAR) 48.28A   (PUR) 49.17A   (DOM) 49.24A
800 metres  William Wuycke (VEN) 1:53.58A   (VEN) 1:55.46A   (PUR) 1:56.72A
1500 metres   (MEX) 4:04.5A   (MEX) 4:05.1A   (PUR) 4:05.8A
5000 metres   (MEX) 15:16.0A   (MEX) 15:16.4A  Alberto Santos (PUR) 15:16.6A
10,000 metres   (PUR) 31:36.4A   (VEN) 31:55.0A  Alberto Santos (PUR) 32:10.4A
3000 metres steeplechase   (MEX) 9:10.8A   (VEN) 9:42.8A  Alberto Santos (PUR) 9:48.6A
110 metres hurdles   (CUB) 14.18A   (VEN) 14.81A   (PUR) 15.03A
400 metres hurdles   (CUB) 53.84A   (PUR) 54.34A   (VEN) 54.76A
High jump  Víctor Romero (MEX) 1.90A   (BAH) 1.83A   (CRC) 1.83A
Pole vault   (PUR) 4.10A   (MEX) 3.55A   (MEX) 3.25A
Long jump  David Giralt (CUB) 7.46A   (PUR) 7.40A   (PUR) 7.04A
Triple jump  David Giralt (CUB) 16.25A  Steve Hanna (BAH) 14.72A  Jorge García (MEX) 14.08A
Shot put  Juan Martínez (CUB) 15.98A  Alberto Santiago (PUR) 14.95A   (VEN) 13.73A
Discus throw  Juan Martínez (CUB) 53.98A   (VEN) 39.43A   (PUR) 36.86A
Hammer throw   (DOM) 48.35A   (PUR) 44.53A   (MEX) 42.65A
Javelin throw   (PUR) 58.07A   (TRI) 51.83A   (MEX) 51.22A
Decathlon   (MEX) 6024A   (PUR) 5996A   (MEX) 5643A
10,000 metres track walk  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 46:18.6A   (DOM) 50:41.8A   (MEX) 52:15.2A
4 × 100 metres relay  Cuba
Calbo


David Giralt		 42.44A  Puerto Rico



42.49A  Mexico 43.19A
4 × 400 metres relay  Puerto Rico 3:19.11A  Mexico 3:23.09A  Venezuela 3:28.15A

Female Junior A (under 20)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ann Adams (TRI) 12.10A   (BAH) 12.16A   (CUB) 12.19A
200 metres  Ann Adams (TRI) 25.00A   (CUB) 25.42A   (MEX) 25.61A
400 metres   (CUB) 56.98A   (PUR) 57.34A  Ileana Hocking (PUR) 57.63A
800 metres  Ileana Hocking (PUR) 2:13.38A   (MEX) 2:17.31A   (TRI) 2:19.61A
1500 metres  Ileana Hocking (PUR) 4:51.0A   (MEX) 4:58.0A   (MEX) 5:02.6A
100 metres hurdles  Ann Adams (TRI) 14.80A   (PUR) 15.19A   (MEX) 15.92A
High jump   (CUB) 1.75A   (VEN) 1.66A   (MEX) 1.60A
Long jump   (BAR) 5.23A   (MEX) 5.10A   (ESA) 4.93A
Shot put   (BAH) 12.40A   (CUB) 12.19A  María Caridad Colón (CUB) 10.60A
Discus throw   (CUB) 38.29A   (TRI) 34.14A   (MEX) 33.41A
Javelin throw  María Caridad Colón (CUB) 46.13A   (MEX) 42.50A   (MEX) 33.98A
Pentathlon   (BAR) 3219A   (MEX) 3038A   (MEX) 2978A
4 × 100 metres relay  Puerto Rico

Angelita Lind
Ileana Hocking
49.72A  El Salvador 52.07A
4 × 400 metres relay  Puerto Rico

Angelita Lind

Ileana Hocking		 3:57.38A  Mexico



4:02.33A  El Salvador 4:21.33A

Boys under 17 (Youth)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BAR) 10.88   (TRI) 11.14   (MEX) 11.15
400 metres   (PUR) 49.74   (TRI) ??   (TRI) ??
2000 metres steeplechase   (MEX) 6:15.96   (PUR) 6:25.83   (MEX) 6:42.76
300 metres hurdles   (MEX) 41.0   (PUR) ??   (VEN) ??
High jump   (BAH) 1.87   (CRC) 1.84  Carlos Casar (MEX) 1.78
Long jump   (BAH) 6.63   (MEX) 6.20   (MEX) 6.08
Triple jump   (BAH) 12.80   (CRC) 12.57  Xavier Pérez (MEX) 12.11
Shot put   (PUR) 14.37   (MEX) 13.38
Discus throw   (VEN) 43.49   (PUR) 41.74   (MEX) 39.77
Pentathlon   (PUR) 2555   (BAR) 2214   (MEX) 2214
5000 metres Walk   (MEX) 25:32.4   (MEX) 26:27.8
4 × 100 metres relay  Mexico
López
Martínez
Martínez
43.51  Trinidad and Tobago ??  Puerto Rico ??

Girls under 17 (Youth)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Esther Hope (TRI) 11.90   (TRI) 12.41   (MEX) 12.46
400 metres  Eugene Green (BAH) 57.33   (BAR) 57.88   (TRI) 58.92
100 metres hurdles   (MEX) 15.30   (MEX) 16.01   (PAN) 17.17
High jump   (MEX) 1.45   (MEX) 1.45   (PUR) 1.45
Shot put   (MEX) 11.26   (MEX) 10.75
Discus throw   (MEX) 31.97   (MEX) 27.97   (PUR) 18.40
Javelin throw   (MEX) 30.54   (MEX) 30.15
Pentathlon   (MEX) 3040   (MEX) 2778
4 × 100 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 47.84  Mexico 49.45  Puerto Rico

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico (MEX)*16202258
2 Puerto Rico (PUR)11121437
3 Cuba (CUB)113317
4 Bahamas (BAH)73010
5 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)57315
6 Barbados (BAR)4206
7 Venezuela (VEN)26412
8 Dominican Republic (DOM)1113
9 Costa Rica (CRC)0213
10 El Salvador (ESA)0123
11 Panama (PAN)0011
Totals (11 nations)575751165


Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[2] An unofficial count yields the number of about 127 athletes from about 11 countries:

References[]

  1. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 17)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 11, 2011
  2. ^ a b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved August 8, 2011
  3. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 20 MEN)", Athletics Weekly, archived from the original on December 24, 2010, retrieved August 8, 2011
  4. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 20 WOMEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 8, 2011

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