Athletics at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún Cuba	10.58A	Les Laing Jamaica	10.66A	Raúl Mazorra Cuba	10.80A
200 metres	Les Laing Jamaica	21.66A	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	21.84A	Martin Francis Panama	21.90A
400 metres	Angel García Cuba	48.02A	George Rhoden Jamaica	48.19A	Ovidio de Jesús Puerto Rico	48.27A
800 metres	Frank Prince Panama	1:54.47A	George Rhoden Jamaica	1:55.00A	Eric Waldrom Panama	1:57.74A
1500 metres	Frank Prince Panama	4:16.65A	Heliodoro Martínez Mexico	4:16.81A	Filemón Camacho Venezuela	4:17.71A
5000 metres	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	15:57.30A	Eligio Galicia Mexico	16:04.52A	Francisco Hernández Mexico	16:07.04A
10,000 metres	Cruz Serrano Mexico	32:59.63A	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	33:52.80A	Francisco Hernández Mexico	34:00.19A
Half marathon	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	1:15:20A	Gustavo Ramírez Colombia	1:19:00A	Guillermo Rojas Guatemala	1:19:01A
110 metres hurdles	Samuel Anderson Cuba	14.3A	Keith Gardner Jamaica	14.5A	Teófilo Davis Bell Venezuela	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	53.35A	Juan Leiva Venezuela	53.98A	Amadeo Francis Puerto Rico	54.28A
3000 metre steeplechase	Eligio Galicia Mexico	10:22.38A	Víctorio Solares Guatemala	10:51.49A	José Grenados Mexico	11:00.80A
4 x 100 m relay	Jamaica Byron LaBeach George Rhoden Keith Gardner Leslie Laing	41.06A (40.9)	Cuba Israel Mestre Raúl Mazorra Manuel Peñalver Rafael Fortún	41.56A (41.3)	Mexico Javier de la Torre José M. Abascal Javier Souza Sergio Higuera	42.04A (41.9)
4 x 400 m relay	Jamaica Leslie Laing Byron LaBeach Keith Gardner George Rhoden	3:12.25A (3:12.0)	Puerto Rico Amadeo Francis Ismael Delgado Frank Rivera Ovidio de Jesús	3:17.70A (3:17.4)	Cuba Ángel García Evelio Planas Armando Vázquez Emilio Pestana	3:17.83A (3:17.7)
High jump	Roberto López Cuba	1.87A	Gaspar Vigo Puerto Rico	1.87A	Manuel Gómez Venezuela	1.85A
Pole Vault	José Barbosa Puerto Rico	4.05A	Jorge Aguilera Mexico	3.90A	Brígido Iriarte Venezuela	3.90A
Long jump	Claudio Cabreja Cuba	7.46A	Víctor Hernández Cuba	7.16A	Keith Gardner Jamaica	7.02A
Triple jump	Víctor Hernández Cuba	14.86A	Claudio Cabreja Cuba	14.51A	Gilberto Rondón Puerto Rico	14.18A
Shot put	Ramón Rosario Puerto Rico	14.46A	Eduardo Adriana Netherlands Antilles	14.45A	Rafael Trompiz Venezuela	14.38A
Discus throw	Mauricio Rodríguez Venezuela	40.14A	Alfonso Cruz Mexico	39.00A	Heriberto Alonso Cuba	38.87A
Hammer throw	Luis Betancourt Cuba	46.96A	Jaime Annexy Puerto Rico	46.82A	Enrique Lagoyete Colombia	45.19A
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico	67.71A	Carlos Fajer Mexico	61.79A	Guillermo Pasalacqua Puerto Rico	54.97A
Pentathlon	Brígido Iriarte Venezuela	2748A	Héctor Román Puerto Rico	2597A	Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico	2494A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carlota Gooden Panama	12.32A	Hyacinth Walters Jamaica	12.34A	Julia Díaz Cuba	12.52A
80 metres hurdles	Amalia Yubi Mexico	12.3A	Kathleen Russell Jamaica	12.5A	Gloria Tait Panama	13.0A
4 x 100 m relay	Panama Dolores Worrell María Bell Gloria Taite Carlota Gooden	47.49A (47.3)	Jamaica Kathleen Russell Kathleen Robotham Cynthia Thompson Hyacinth Walters	48.34A (48.2)	Cuba Nereida Borges Vilma Santos Belkis Rodríguez Berta Díaz	48.81A (48.7)
High jump	Kathleen Russell Jamaica	1.50A	Kathleen Robotham Jamaica	1.47A	Sheila Leyva Venezuela	1.42A
Discus throw	Alejandrina Herrera Cuba	37.18A	Lili Schluter Mexico	36.04A	Concepción Villanueva Mexico	35.51A
Javelin throw	Ana Campos Panama	38.82A	Berta Chiú Mexico	38.43A	Amalia Yubi Mexico	37.45A

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	8	3	5	16
2	Panama (PAN)	6	0	3	9
3	Jamaica (JAM)	3	8	1	12
4	Mexico (MEX)	3	7	6	16
5	Puerto Rico (PUR)	3	4	5	12
6	Guatemala (GUA)	2	2	1	5
7	Venezuela (VEN)	2	1	6	9
8	Colombia (COL)	1	2	1	4
9	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	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.

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