Athletics at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Puerto Rico	10.87	Horacio Esteves  Venezuela	10.91	Lloyd Murad  Venezuela	10.92
200 metres	Puerto Rico	21.79	Rafael Romero  Venezuela	21.92	Lloyd Murad  Venezuela	22.40
400 metres	Ovidio de Jesús  Puerto Rico	48.73	Iván Rodríguez  Puerto Rico	48.93	Venezuela	49.98
800 metres	Ralph Gomes  British Guiana	1:57.7	Colombia	1:58.4	Mexico	1:58.8
1500 metres	Colombia	4:04.37	Alfredo Tinoco  Mexico	4:06.00	Ralph Gomes  British Guiana	4:08.16
5000 metres	Mexico	15:41.94	Mexico	15:55.06	Mexico	15:56.10
10000 metres	Mexico	32:51.36	Mexico	32:59.17	Mexico	33:25.51
Half marathon	Mexico	01:10:29	Mexico	01:11:47	Colombia	01:13:40
110 metres hurdles	Teófilo Davis Bell  Venezuela	15.39	Teófilo Colón  Puerto Rico	15.95	Víctor Maldonado  Venezuela	16.05
400 metres hurdles	Ovidio de Jesús  Puerto Rico	53.42	Víctor Maldonado  Venezuela	54.18	Mexico	55.51
3000 metre steeplechase	Alfredo Tinoco  Mexico	10:50.8*	Luciano Gómez  Mexico	11:11.6*	Colombia	11:45.5*
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Horacio Esteves Rafael Romero	42.14	Puerto Rico	42.27	Panama	42.71
4 × 400 metres relay	Puerto Rico Frank Rivera Ovidio de Jesús Iván Rodríguez	3:16.91	Venezuela Emilio Romero	3:22.88	Mexico Jorge Terán	3:24.46
High jump	Teodoro Palacios  Guatemala	1.91	Puerto Rico	1.91	Roberto Procel  Mexico	1.89
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz  Puerto Rico	4.40	Rubén Cruz  Puerto Rico	3.96	Puerto Rico	3.79
Long jump	Jamaica	7.07	Puerto Rico	6.67	Venezuela	6.60
Triple jump	Pedro Camacho  Puerto Rico	14.67	Puerto Rico	14.38	Puerto Rico	14.32
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana  Netherlands Antilles	14.59	Ramón Rosario  Puerto Rico	14.48	Venezuela	14.00
Discus throw	Daniel Cereali  Venezuela	44.95	Venezuela	42.27	Mexico	42.16
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali  Venezuela	51.17dh	Puerto Rico	46.86dh	Mexico	46.75dh
Javelin throw	Mexico	62.36	Mexico	59.65	Venezuela	59.02
Pentathlon	Rodolfo Mijares  Mexico	2723	Héctor Román  Puerto Rico	2627	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	2540

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jean Holmes  Panama	13.04	Mexico	13.31	Mexico	13.33
80 metres hurdles	Mexico	12.87	Venezuela	12.92	Silvia Hunte  Panama	13.43
4 × 100 metres relay	Panama Marcela Daniel Lorraine Dunn Silvia Hunte Jean Holmes	50.51 (50.5)	Mexico	51.81 (51.7)	Venezuela	53.26 (53.2)
High jump	Venezuela	1.43	Mexico	1.40	Silvia Hunte  Panama	1.40
Discus throw	Mexico	40.79	Mexico	37.19	Venezuela	31.04
Javelin throw	Mexico	35.21	Mexico	35.14	Venezuela	34.75

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	9	11	9	29
2	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7	10	2	19
3	Venezuela (VEN)	5	6	11	22
4	Panama (PAN)	2	0	3	5
5	Colombia (COL)	1	1	2	4
6	British Guiana (BGU)	1	0	1	2
7	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	0	1
Totals (9 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.