1980 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

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IV Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates22–25 August
Host cityNassau, Bahamas The Bahamas
LevelJunior and Youth
Events73
(37 junior,
36 youth)
Participationabout 263
(150 junior,
113 youth) athletes from
15 nations

The 4th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on 22–25 August 1980.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male,[1] Junior A, Female,[2] and Junior B.[3] Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[4]

Male Junior A (under 20)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (TRI) 10.4  Leroy Reid (JAM) 10.8   (TRI) 10.9
200 metres  Leroy Reid (JAM) 21.1   (TRI) 21.7   (TRI) 21.8
400 metres   (PUR) 48.4   (BAH) 48.5  Oswaldo Zea (VEN) 48.8
800 metres   (VEN) 1:54.4  Ángel Román (VEN) 1:55.2   (BAH) 1:55.9
1500 metres  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 3:49.8   (VEN) 3:49.9  Ángel Román (VEN) 3:51.1
5000 metres  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 14:26.4  Jesús Herrera (MEX) 14:27.4   (TRI) 15:21.8
10,000 metres  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 31:20.4   (VEN) 31:46.5   (MEX) 32:11.4
3000 metres steeplechase  Jesús Herrera (MEX) 9:27.8   (VEN) 9:34.8  Héctor Arroyo (PUR) 9:38.5
110 metres hurdles  Modesto Castillo (DOM) 14.0   (MEX) 14.5   (PUR) 14.7
400 metres hurdles   (PUR) 53.4   (JAM) 54.6   (BAH) 54.7
High jump  Stephen Wray (BAH) 2.21  Delroy Poyser (JAM) 2.06   (PUR) 2.00
Pole vault   (MEX) 4.01  Stephen Wray (BAH) 3.80   (BAH) 3.10
Long jump  Lester Benjamin (ATG) 7.01   (PUR) 6.98   (MEX) 6.62
Triple jump   (BAH) 15.27  Norbert Elliott (BAH) 15.16   (MEX) 15.01
Shot put   (PUR) 16.32   (TRI) 15.37   (PUR) 15.15
Discus throw   (TRI) 40.94   (BAH) 39.98   (MEX) 39.68
Hammer throw   (MEX) 54.56   (MEX) 53.34   (PUR) 49.86
Javelin throw   (PAN) 60.28   (PUR) 55.58   (PUR) 54.38
Decathlon   (PUR) 6470   (VEN) 6470   (MEX) 5174
10,000 metres track walk   (MEX) 45:04.1   (MEX) 47:12.0   (PUR) 48:06.4
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica 42.1  Venezuela 42.4  Trinidad and Tobago 42.4
4 × 400 metres relay  Puerto Rico 3:14.9  Venezuela 3:15.3  Jamaica 3:18.0

Female Junior A (under 20)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ruperta Charles (ATG) 11.9  Janet Burke (JAM) 12.1  Alma Vázquez (MEX) 12.3
200 metres  Ruperta Charles (ATG) 24.5  Janet Burke (JAM) 24.9  Alma Vázquez (MEX) 25.5
400 metres  Cathy Rattray (JAM) 54.6   (BAH) 56.4  Ruperta Charles (ATG) 56.7
800 metres   (MEX) 2:15.7   (BAH) 2:18.1   (MEX) 2:18.2
1500 metres   (MEX) 4:44.5   (MEX) 4:45.2   (CRC) 4:50.4
100 metres hurdles   (GUY) 14.7   (VEN) 15.0  Sandra Taváres (MEX) 15.4
400 metres hurdles   (GUY) 62.7   (BAH) 64.6   (BAH) 64.9
High jump   (BAH) 1.69   (GUY) 1.69   (MEX) 1.67
Long jump  Ruperta Charles (ATG) 5.68   (GUY) 5.41   (VEN) 5.30
Shot put   (BER) 11.80   (MEX) 10.95   (BAH) 10.56
Discus throw   (MEX) 42.20   (VEN) 40.08   (BAH) 39.62
Javelin throw   (BER) 47.58  Marieta Riera (VEN) 44.06   (VEN) 41.68
Pentathlon   (GUY) 3696   (BAH) 3029  Debbie Greene (BAH) 3009
4 × 100 metres relay  Mexico 48.6  Bahamas 49.2  Puerto Rico 50.1
4 × 400 metres relay  Mexico 3:50.8  Bahamas 3:53.3  Puerto Rico 4:11.7

Male Junior B (under 17)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (TRI) 10.6   (JAM) 10.9   (BER) 11.1
200 metres   (TRI) 22.0   (JAM) 22.3   (BER) 22.5
400 metres   (TRI) 49.1   (VEN) 49.4  Richard Louis (BAR) 49.7
800 metres   (VEN) 1:57.8   (TRI) 1:57.9   (PUR) 1:58.7
1200 metres   (PUR) 3:09.5   (VEN) 3:10.4  Hugo Allan García (GUA) 3:11.5
3000 metres   (PUR) 8:51.2   (PUR) 8:52.4  Hugo Allan García (GUA) 8:53.4
2000 metres steeplechase   (MEX) 6:21.2   (MEX) 6:26.3   (PUR) 6:37.2
110 metres hurdles   (BER) 14.7   (PUR) 15.0   (BAH) 15.2
400 metres hurdles   (PUR) 54.6   (MEX) 55.2   (BAH) 56.6
High jump   (MEX) 1.90   (BAH) 1.88   (PUR) 1.85
Pole vault   (MEX) 3.25   (BAH) 3.00   (BAH) 2.80
Long jump  Joey Wells (BAH) 6.93  Lyndon Sands (BAH) 6.91   (VEN) 6.34
Triple jump  Lyndon Sands (BAH) 15.09   (BAH) 13.85  José Crespo (PUR) 13.75
Shot put   (BAH) 15.52   (TRI) 15.26   (VEN) 14.60
Discus throw   (VEN) 46.21   (BAH) 43.14   (AHO) 40.65
Hammer throw   (PUR) 49.14   (MEX) 44.46   (VEN) 37.96
Javelin throw   (BER) 57.76   (MEX) 56.64   (BAH) 54.30
Heptathlon   (BER) 4331   (BAH) 4104  Joey Wells (BAH) 3963
5000 metres track walk   (MEX) 22:48.9   (MEX) 22:50.0   (BAH) 27:49.8
4 × 100 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 42.8  Puerto Rico 43.1  Bahamas 43.3
4 × 400 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 3:21.2  Puerto Rico 3:23.5  Venezuela 3:24.9

Female Junior B (under 17)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BER) 11.8  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 12.0   (JAM) 12.1
200 metres   (BER) 24.5   (ATG) 24.9   (TRI) 25.0
400 metres   (BER) 55.4   (TRI) 56.8  Jocelyn Joseph (ATG) 57.0
800 metres   (TRI) 2:13.6   (PUR) 2:14.6   (BER) 2:17.6
1200 metres   (PUR) 3:39.0   (MEX) 3:41.7   (TRI) 3:42.7
100 metres hurdles  Debbie Greene (BAH) 14.9   (MEX) 15.4   (BAH) 16.0
200 metres hurdles  Debbie Greene (BAH) 29.6   (MEX) 31.1   (MEX) 31.4
High jump   (BAR) 1.62   (BAH) 1.62   (BAH) 1.57
Long jump   (BAR) 5.60  Debbie Greene (BAH) 5.59   (BAH) 5.33
Shot put   (VEN) 12.77  Laverne Eve (BAH) 12.25   (BER) 9.50
Discus throw  Laverne Eve (BAH) 35.16   (BAH) 27.66   (PUR) 27.65
Javelin throw   (BAH) 37.38   (MEX) 36.16   (BAH) 33.10
Pentathlon  Debbie Greene (BAH) 3446   (BAH) 3145   (MEX) 2863
4 × 100 metres relay  Bahamas 47.9  Puerto Rico 50.1  Venezuela 50.6
4 × 400 metres relay  Bahamas 3:59.2  Puerto Rico 3:59.3  Venezuela 4:01.1

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico (MEX)16151243
2 Bahamas (BAH)*13211852
3 Puerto Rico (PUR)1091433
4 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)85619
5 Bermuda (BER)80412
6 Venezuela (VEN)4121026
7 Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)4127
8 Jamaica (JAM)38213
9 Guyana (GUY)3205
10 Barbados (BAR)2013
11 Dominican Republic (DOM)1001
 Panama (PAN)1001
13 Guatemala (GUA)0022
14 Costa Rica (CRC)0011
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0011
Totals (15 nations)737373219


Participation (unofficial)[]

A couple of smaller nations gave their debut at the championships, i.e. Antigua and Barbuda (to become independent by the end of that year), Bermuda, Guyana, and the Netherlands Antilles. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[4] There is no information on athletes competing in the relay teams. An unofficial count yields the number of about 263 athletes (150 junior (under-20) and 113 youth (under-17)) from about 15 countries, resulting in a new record number of participating nations:

References[]

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

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