Athletics at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	10.4	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	10.7	McDonald Bailey  Trinidad and Tobago
200 metres	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	21.6	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama	21.7	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	21.7
400 metres	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	48.0	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	48.5	George Rhoden  Jamaica	49.3
800 metres	Arthur Wint  Jamaica	1:54.8	Wilfred Tull  Trinidad and Tobago	1:56.4	Ken Hyland  Trinidad and Tobago	1:57.6
1500 metres	Wilfred Tull  Trinidad and Tobago	4:07.8	Ken Hyland  Trinidad and Tobago	4:09.6	Jamaica	4:12.4
5000 metres	Mannie Ramjohn  Trinidad and Tobago	15:54.8	Mexico	15:55.0	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	15:56.0
10,000 metres	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	33:55.0	Mexico	34:54.8	Mexico	34:58.2
Half marathon	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	01:14:33	Luis Velásquez  Guatemala	01:14:39	El Salvador	01:15:38
110 metres hurdles	Cuba	14.8	Teófilo Colón  Puerto Rico	15.5	Julio Sabater  Puerto Rico
400 metres hurdles	Cuba	55.3	Puerto Rico	56.4	Cuba	56.5
4 x 100 m relay	Panama Lloyd LaBeach	43.0	Cuba Rafael Fortún	43.1	Trinidad and Tobago George Lewis McDonald Bailey	43.5
4 x 400 m relay	Jamaica Herb McKenley George Rhoden Arthur Wint	3:18.0	Cuba Ángel García	3:21.4	Panama	3:23.2
High jump	Panama	1.85	Puerto Rico	1.85	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	1.85
Pole Vault	José Vincente  Puerto Rico	3.98	José Barbosa  Puerto Rico	3.84	Jesús Centeno  Mexico	3.77
Long jump	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama	6.96	Jamaica	6.95	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	6.92
Triple jump	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	14.14	Jamaica	14.14	Cuba	13.74
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana  Netherlands Antilles	13.35	Carlos Cervantes  Cuba	13.28	Cuba	13.03
Discus throw	Puerto Rico	39.94	Venezuela	39.86	Mexico	38.69
Hammer throw	Francisco González  Mexico	41.87	Cuba	39.71	Cuba	39.70
Javelin throw	Cuba	55.00	Puerto Rico	54.18	Puerto Rico	52.75
Pentathlon	Puerto Rico	3374	Mexico	3294	Víctor Castañeda  El Salvador	3131

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Panama	6.4	Cynthia Thompson  Jamaica	6.5	Hyacinth Walters  Jamaica	6.8
100 metres	Cynthia Thompson  Jamaica	12.1	Panama	12.7	Panama	12.7
80 metres hurdles	Panama	12.5	Jamaica	12.7	Kathleen Russell  Jamaica	12.7
4 x 100 m relay	Panama	49.1	Jamaica Cynthia Thompson Hyacinth Walters	50.1	Cuba	53.0
High jump	Carmen Phipps  Jamaica	1.54	Vinton Beckett  Jamaica	1.52	Panama	1.44
Discus throw	Panama	30.17	Mexico	29.73	Gloria Álvarez  Cuba	29.72
Javelin throw	Panama	38.04	Cuba	36.75	Puerto Rico	33.99

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Panama (PAN)	8	2	3	13
2	Jamaica (JAM)	5	8	5	18
3	Cuba (CUB)	5	5	6	16
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	4	5	5	14
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	2	3	7
6	Guatemala (GUA)	2	1	1	4
7	Mexico (MEX)	1	4	3	8
8	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	0	1
9	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	El Salvador (ESA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 nations)		28	28	28	84

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.