1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba between 22–24 July.

1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	22–24 July
Host city	Havana, Cuba
Venue	Estadio Pedro Marrero
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Medal summary

Host venue in Havana.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.16 CR NR	Tomás González Cuba	10.37	Florencio Aguilar Panama	10.48
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	20.65 NR	Tomás González Cuba	20.96	Fabian Whymns Bahamas	21.19
400 metres	Lázaro Martínez Cuba	45.91	Agustín Pavó Cuba	46.74	Edison Reyes Venezuela	46.95
800 metres	Bárbaro Serrano Cuba	1:47.67	Oslen Barr Guyana	1:48.25	Hilario Barnet Cuba	1:48.89
1500 metres	Ignacio Melecio Mexico	3:46.66	Jorge Poll Cuba	3:46.71	Félix Mesa Cuba	3:47.59
5000 metres	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	14:11.91	Germán Peña Colombia	14:22.45	Eduardo Navas Venezuela	14:24.42
10,000 metres	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	31:05.86	Navel Parra Cuba	31:10.99	Eddy Ríos Cuba	31:16.50
Marathon	Víctor Mora Colombia	2:58:51	Héctor Rodríguez Colombia	2:59:35	Juan Brito Colombia	3:01:31
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.61w	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	13.79w	Ángel Bueno Cuba	13.93w
400 metres hurdles	David Charlton Bahamas	50.07 CR	Greg Rolle Bahamas	50.87	Victor Gómez Cuba	51.24
3000 metres steeplechase	César Santiago Puerto Rico	8:48.80	Rafael Colmenares Venezuela	8:49.90	José Cobo Colombia	8:55.70
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Tomás González Ángel Bueno Israel Alfonso Loreto Valdes	39.81	Bahamas Austin Albury Joey Wells Fabian Whymns Ricardo Gray	40.34	Venezuela Hipolito Brown Ángel Andrade Alberto Paolo Lugo Franco Francis	40.64
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Lázaro Martínez Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Roberto Ramos	3:05.12	Barbados David Charlton Allan Ingraham Greg Rolle Ricardo Gray	3:07.06	Venezuela Erick Phillips Aaron Phillips Ramon Edison Reyes ?	3:08.56
20 km road walk	David Castro Cuba	1:29:44	Querubín Moreno Colombia	1:29:54	Marcelino Colín Mexico	1:33:49
High jump	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.25 =CR	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.19	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.17
Pole vault	Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico	5.20 CR	Brian Morrissette U.S. Virgin Islands	5.10	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.00
Long jump	Juan Felipe Ortíz Cuba	8.04 CR	Joey Wells Bahamas	8.04	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	8.03
Triple jump	Jorge Reyna Cuba	16.95 CR	Lázaro Balcindes Cuba	16.58	Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico	15.91
Shot put	Paul Ruiz Cuba	17.76	William Romero Venezuela	16.29	Marciso Boué Cuba	15.90
Discus throw	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	63.26	Juan Martínez Cuba	63.12	Raúl Calderón Cuba	57.00
Hammer throw	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	67.60 CR	Vicente Sánchez Cuba	64.24	Luis Martínez Puerto Rico	56.90
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson Cuba	79.76	Martín Álvarez Cuba	76.74	Juan de la Garza Mexico	75.22
Decathlon	Pedro Herrera Cuba	7358 CR	Guillermo Sánchez Mexico	7224	Douglas Rosado Puerto Rico	6974
50 km road walk	Arturo Bravo Mexico	4:21:01 CR	Rolando Hernández Cuba	4:46:36	Félix Pérez Cuba	4:53:18

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.52	Pauline Davis Bahamas	11.60	Susana Armenteros Cuba	11.66
200 metres	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.38w	Pauline Davis Bahamas	23.65w	Nilsa París Puerto Rico	23.70w
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	52.89	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	53.47	Oralee Fowler Bahamas	54.57
800 metres	Nery McKeen Cuba	2:04.26 CR	María Ribeaux Cuba	2:06.84	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	2:09.20
1500 metres	Eloína Kerr Cuba	4:21.06 CR	Janice Carlo Puerto Rico	4:25.09	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	4:26.57
3000 metres	Sergia Martínez Cuba	9:36.75 CR	Fabiola Rueda Colombia	9:40.10	María Cuesta Cuba	9:58.61
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado Cuba	13.64 CR	Julieta Rosseaux Cuba	14.19	Angie Marie Regis Venezuela	14.23
400 metres hurdles	Alma Vázquez Mexico	59.57	Felicia Candelario Dominican Republic	60.06	Vilma París Puerto Rico	60.84
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas Pauline Davis Shonel Ferguson Oralee Fowler Joanne Major	45.26	Puerto Rico Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús	46.69
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Álvarez Nery McKeen Mercedes Mesa	3:34.97 CR	Puerto Rico Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús	3:39.36	Bahamas	3:54.37
High jump	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	1.78	Amalia Montes Mexico	1.75	Eunice Greene Bahamas	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson Bahamas	6.65 CR	Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico	6.49	Adelina Polledo Cuba	6.23
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba	17.00	Laverne Eve Bahamas	14.75	Lissete Martínez Cuba	14.67
Discus throw	Carmen Romero Cuba	58.58	Hilda Ramos Cuba	57.80	Yunaira Piña Venezuela	46.04
Javelin throw	Iris de Grasse Cuba	59.74 CR	María Beltrán Cuba	56.40	Mariela Riera Venezuela	53.84
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	5469 CR	Leyda Castro Dominican Republic	5178	Genoveva Montano Cuba	4870

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Cuba)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)*	26	15	16	57
2	Mexico (MEX)	5	2	2	9
3	Bahamas (BAH)	4	6	4	14
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	4	5	11
5	Dominican Republic (DOM)	2	3	0	5
6	Colombia (COL)	1	4	2	7
7	Venezuela (VEN)	0	2	9	11
8	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	0	1
	Bermuda (BER)	0	1	0	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	1	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	0	1	0	1
12	Panama (PAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		40	40	39	119

See also

• 1983 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics