1991 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host venue in Xalapa.

The 1991 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico between 26–28 July.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	John Mair  Jamaica	10.56A	Eduardo Nava  Mexico	10.70A	Henrico Atkins  Barbados	10.74A
200 metres	Jamaica	21.22A	Bahamas	21.38A	Eduardo Nava  Mexico	21.39A
400 metres	Seymour Fagan  Jamaica	46.11A	Dominica	46.56A	Anthony Wallace  Jamaica	46.76A
800 metres	Barbados	1:49.63A	Luis Toledo  Mexico	1:49.79A	Mexico	1:50.27A
1500 metres	Jamaica	3:48.83A	Sergio Rodríguez  Mexico	3:49.09A	Mexico	3:51.71A
5000 metres	Armando Quintanilla  Mexico	14:17.00A	Mexico	14:27.93A	Guatemala	14:48.73A
10,000 metres	Dionicio Cerón  Mexico	29:28.81A CR	Isaac García  Mexico	29:52.59A	Guatemala	30:38.28A
110 metres hurdles	Anthony Knight  Jamaica	14.29A	Roberto Carmona  Mexico	14.66A	Mexico	15.23A
400 metres hurdles	Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico	49.12A CR	Mark Thompson  Jamaica	51.52A	Mexico	51.60A
3000 metres steeplechase	Mexico	9:00.20A	Mexico	9:12.10A	Panama	9:41.70A
4 × 100 metres relay	Mexico Eduardo Nava Genaro Rojas Herman Adam	39.99A	Jamaica	40.33A	Barbados	40.59A
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas	3:06.08A	Mexico Raymundo Escalante Eduardo Nava	3:07.74A	Jamaica	3:08.14A
20 km road walk	Alberto Cruz  Mexico	1:27:09A CR	Mexico	1:30:10A	José León  El Salvador	1:41:53A
High jump	Puerto Rico	2.11A	Mexico	2.05A	Mexico	1.95A
Pole vault	Edgar Díaz  Puerto Rico	5.39A CR	Mexico	4.90A	Mexico	4.90A
Long jump	Elmer Williams  Puerto Rico	7.94A	Ron Chambers  Jamaica	7.88Aw	Craig Hepburn  Bahamas	7.71Aw
Triple jump	Wendell Lawrence  Bahamas	16.79A	Suriname	15.70A	Gerardo Guevara  Mexico	15.37A
Shot put	Puerto Rico	17.50A	Mexico	14.93A	El Salvador	14.80A
Discus throw	Herbert Rodríguez  El Salvador	46.46A	Mexico	44.74A	Jamaica	42.04A
Hammer throw	Mexico	64.58A	Mexico	45.62A	Mexico	45.00A
Javelin throw	Juan de la Garza  Mexico	75.78A	Martín Castillo  Mexico	69.92A	Bahamas	64.46A
Decathlon	Puerto Rico	6438A	Mexico	6101A

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jamaica	11.83A	Andria Lloyd  Jamaica	11.91A	Mexico	12.18A
200 metres	Merlene Frazer  Jamaica	23.63A	Vivienne Spence  Jamaica	24.03A	Alma Vázquez  Mexico	25.08A
400 metres	Cathy Rattray-Williams  Jamaica	53.37A	Catherine Scott  Jamaica	53.39A	Puerto Rico	55.38A
800 metres	Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico	2:05.96A	Cathy Rattray-Williams  Jamaica	2:07.43A	Mexico	2:07.44A
1500 metres	María Luisa Servín  Mexico	4:26.98A	Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico	4:31.65A	Bigna Samuel  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4:32.61A
3000 metres	María Luisa Servín  Mexico	9:28.02A CR	Mexico	9:51.22A	Mexico	9:46.98A
10,000 metres	Mexico	35:02.10A CR	Mexico	35:04.75A	Mexico	35:31.92A
100 metres hurdles	Gillian Russell  Jamaica	13.99A	Dionne Rose  Jamaica	14.00A	Mexico	15.03A
400 metres hurdles	Deon Hemmings  Jamaica	57.64A CR	Jamaica	59.19A	Guatemala	59.79A (NR)
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	44.54A CR	Mexico Alma Vázquez	46.57A
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:38.18A	Mexico	3:48.16A
10,000 m track walk	María Colín  Mexico	49:15.94A	Eva Machuca  Mexico	50:02.72A	Rosario Sánchez  Mexico	51:45.99A
High jump	Cristina Fink  Mexico	1.86A	Judy McDonald  Bahamas	1.76A	Mexico	1.70A
Long jump	Flora Hyacinth  U.S. Virgin Islands	6.65A =CR	Dionne Rose  Jamaica	6.08A	Netherlands Antilles	6.04Aw
Shot put	Puerto Rico	14.08A	Mexico	12.93A	Mexico	11.96A
Discus throw	Puerto Rico	48.52A	Mexico	45.06A	Mexico	42.58A
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	47.60A	Mexico	42.56A	Mexico	41.68A
Heptathlon	Guatemala	4591A NR	Mexico	4231Aw	Mexico	3957Aw

A = affected by altitude

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)*	12	25	21	58
2	Jamaica (JAM)	12	10	3	25
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	9	1	1	11
4	Bahamas (BAH)	3	2	2	7
5	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	3	4
6	Barbados (BAR)	1	0	2	3
	El Salvador (ESA)	1	0	2	3
8	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	1	0	0	1
9	Dominica (DMA)	0	1	0	1
	Suriname (SUR)	0	1	0	1
11	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		40	40	37	117

See also[]

• 1991 in athletics (track and field)

External links[]

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