Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	10.3Aw	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	10.4Aw	Lloyd La Beach  Panama	10.5Aw
200 metres	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	20.9Aw	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	21.2Aw	Lloyd La Beach  Panama	21.2Aw
400 metres	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	47.8A	George Rhoden  Jamaica	48.3A	Panama	49.3A
800 metres	George Rhoden  Jamaica	1:59.4A	Panama	1:59.5A	Frank Rivera  Puerto Rico	2:01.1A
1500 metres	Panama	4:13.0A	Ken Hyland  Trinidad and Tobago	4:14.8A	Guatemala	4:15.0A
5000 metres	Mexico	16:05.8A	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	16:10.6A	Mexico	16:24.7A
10,000 metres	Luis Velásquez  Guatemala	34:33.6A	Mexico	34:50.7A	Mexico	34:52.5A
Half marathon	Luis Velásquez  Guatemala	1:14:44A	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	1:15:41A	Colombia	1:17:14A
110 metres hurdles	Julio Sabater  Puerto Rico	14.9A	Samuel Anderson  Cuba	15.2A	Mexico	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	54.9A	Puerto Rico	56.6A	Carlos Monges  Mexico	57.3A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Rafael Fortún Raúl Mazorra	41.5A	Jamaica George Rhoden Leslie Laing Herb McKenley	41.6A	Panama Lloyd LaBeach	42.0A
4 × 400 metres relay	Panama Lloyd LaBeach	3:17.2A	Cuba Ángel García Evelio Planas	3:19.0A	Jamaica Benson Ford Leslie Laing George Rhoden	3:19.0A
High jump	Puerto Rico	1.89A	Jamaica	1.89A	Benjamín Casado  Puerto Rico	1.85A
Pole vault	José Vincente  Puerto Rico	4.10A	José Barbosa  Puerto Rico	3.78A	Puerto Rico	3.63A
Long jump	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	7.01A	Benjamín Casado  Puerto Rico	6.95A	Cuba	6.94A
Triple jump	Puerto Rico	14.20A	Francisco Castro  Puerto Rico	14.10A	Benjamín Casado  Puerto Rico	13.57A
Shot put	Puerto Rico	13.78A	Eduardo Adriana  Netherlands Antilles	13.67A	Cuba	13.23A
Discus throw	Cuba	40.54A	Puerto Rico	38.88A	Puerto Rico	37.75A
Hammer throw	Jaime Annexy  Puerto Rico	45.87A	Colombia	42.64A	Cuba	42.08A
Javelin throw	Puerto Rico	56.67A	Cuba	55.74A	Puerto Rico	55.57A
Pentathlon	Mexico	2944A	Víctor Castañeda  El Salvador	2779A	Guatemala	2560A

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Hyacinth Walters  Jamaica	6.7A	Cynthia Thompson  Jamaica	6.8A	Graviola Ewing  Guatemala	6.9A
100 metres	Hyacinth Walters  Jamaica	12.3A	Cynthia Thompson  Jamaica	12.4A	Graviola Ewing  Guatemala	12.5A
80 metres hurdles	Jamaica	12.1Aw	Vinton Beckett  Jamaica	12.5Aw	Kathleen Russell  Jamaica	12.6Aw
4 × 100 m relay	Jamaica Kathleen Russell Hyacinth Walters Cynthia Thompson	48.9A	Guatemala Graviola Ewing	52.0A	Mexico	52.2A
High jump	Vinton Beckett  Jamaica	1.61A	Carmen Phipps  Jamaica	1.59A	Mexico	1.30A
Discus throw	Mexico	33.96A	Cuba	31.78A	El Salvador	30.91A
Javelin throw	Panama	36.20A	Mexico	34.33A	El Salvador	33.40A

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)	8	8	2	18
2	Puerto Rico (PUR)	8	5	6	19
3	Cuba (CUB)	3	5	3	11
4	Mexico (MEX)	3	2	6	11
5	Panama (PAN)	3	1	4	8
6	Guatemala (GUA)	2	3	4	9
7	Colombia (COL)	1	1	1	3
8	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	2	3
9	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	0	1
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.