Athletics at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, Panama. It was the first time women's events were included.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Panama	10.4	Cuba	10.4e	Puerto Rico	10.6e
200 metres	Cuba	21.7	Puerto Rico	21.8e	Arthur Jones  Jamaica	22.0e
400 metres	Panama	49.7	Mexico		Mexico
800 metres	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	1:56.3	Mexico	1:56.6e	Mexico	1:56.7e
1500 metres	Jamaica	4:13.6	Mexico	4:13.8e	Mexico
5000 metres	Jamaica	17:55.1	Mexico		Mexico
10,000 metres	Mexico	34:15.1	Mexico		El Salvador
Marathon	Panama	03:01:04	Mexico		Mexico
110 metres hurdles	Puerto Rico	14.8	Teófilo Colón  Puerto Rico	14.9e	Roberto Sánchez  Mexico	15.2e
400 metres hurdles	Cuba	55.8	Puerto Rico	55.9e	Arthur Wint  Jamaica
4 x 100 m relay	Puerto Rico	42.2	Panama	42.7e	Cuba	42.8e
4 x 400 m relay	Panama	3:21.5	Mexico Enrique Sánchez	3:23.0e	Cuba	3:24.5e
High jump	Puerto Rico	1.89	Panama	1.87	Puerto Rico	1.83
Pole vault	Rigoberto Pérez  Mexico	3.74	Puerto Rico	3.65	Puerto Rico	3.65
Long jump	Puerto Rico	6.75	Puerto Rico	6.69	Puerto Rico	6.55
Triple jump	Puerto Rico	13.86	Puerto Rico	13.76	Cuba	13.75
Shot put	Puerto Rico	13.50	Puerto Rico	13.30	Puerto Rico	13.08
Discus throw	Puerto Rico	42.42	Cuba	40.73	Cuba	40.47
Hammer throw	Cuba	39.85	Francisco González  Mexico	38.18	Cuba	37.45
Javelin throw	Puerto Rico	64.11	Cuba	58.76	Mexico	56.43
Pentathlon	Puerto Rico	3459	Cuba	3158	Puerto Rico	3097

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Nola Thorne  Panama	12.6	Panama	12.6e	Panama	12.7e
80 metres hurdles	Nola Thorne  Panama	13.3	Panama	13.6e	Panama
4 x 100 m relay	Panama Nola Thorne	51.3	Cuba Carmen Ortega		Jamaica
High jump	Panama	1.41	Jamaica	1.39	Panama	1.32
Discus throw	Rebecca Coldberg  Puerto Rico	27.81	Mexico	24.89	El Salvador	23.89
Javelin throw	Rebecca Coldberg  Puerto Rico	30.25	Mexico	29.30	Cuba	28.16

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Puerto Rico (PUR)	11	7	6	24
2	Panama (PAN)	8	4	3	15
3	Cuba (CUB)	3	5	6	14
4	Jamaica (JAM)	3	1	3	7
5	Mexico (MEX)	2	10	7	19
6	El Salvador (ESA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		27	27	27	81

References[]

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.