1988 CARIFTA Games

XVII CARIFTA Games
Dates	April 2–4
Host city	Kingston, Jamaica
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	52
Participation	at least 117 athletes from at least 16 nations
← 1987 Port of Spain 1989 Bridgetown →

The 17th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 2–4, 1988.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1988 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 117 medalists (67 junior (under-20) and 50 youth (under-17)) from about 16 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (17), Barbados (6), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (4), Guadeloupe (6), Guyana (6), Jamaica (43), Martinique (13), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Saint Lucia (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Michelle Freeman from Jamaica. She won 2 gold medals (100m, and 100m hurdles) in the junior (U-20) category. In addition, she was probably part of at least one of the medal-winning relay teams (there is no information on the team members).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Cyrus Allen (JAM)	10.48	Pascal Théophile (GLP)	10.51	Rodrique Céryl (GLP)	10.57
200 metres	Raymond Johnson (JAM)	21.1	Rodrique Céryl (GLP)	21.4	Winston Eddy (SKN)	21.7
400 metres	Daniel England (JAM)	46.62	Barrington Campbell (JAM)	46.70	Christian Landre-Cornano (GLP)	47.80
800 metres	Andrew Beecher (JAM)	1:50.7	Mark Jones (JAM)	1:50.9	Eversley Linley (VIN)	1:51.4
1500 metres	Bernard Henry (LCA)	4:00.19	Mark Jones (JAM)	4:01.29	Eaton Evans (JAM)	4:02.10
5000 metres	Christopher Miller (JAM)	15:18.1	Ronnie Holassie (TRI)	15:19.7	Dexter Voisin (TRI)	15:20.5
110 metres hurdles	Stephen Golding (JAM)	14.16	Barrington Mighty (JAM)	14.90	Charles Colombes (MTQ)	15.58
400 metres hurdles	Thomas Mason (JAM)	53.71	Robert Williams (JAM)	53.94	Craig Hepburn (BAH)	56.73
High jump	Ian Thompson (BAH)	2.11	Garreth Flowers (BAH)	2.11	Joël Vincent (MTQ)	2.03
Pole vault	Mark Godfrey (JAM)	3.75	Ronnie Darville (BAH)	3.10
Long jump	Mark Mason (GUY)	7.78	Germain Martial (MTQ)	7.21	Craig Hepburn (BAH)	7.16
Triple jump	Germain Martial (MTQ)	16.09	Georges Sainte-Rose (MTQ)	15.88	Eugene Greene (BAH)	15.46
Shot put	Linval Swaby (JAM)	14.55	Christian Médina (GLP)	13.56	Damian Edwards (TRI)	13.45
Discus throw	Linval Swaby (JAM)	47.18	Rufus Kemp (BAH)	39.76	Hervé Hauterville (MTQ)	37.26
Javelin throw	Kevin Smith (BAH)	62.42	Ricky Francis (TRI)	62.04	Kevin Brown (BAH)	61.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	40.80	Guadeloupe	41.17	Bahamas	41.78
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:09.46	Barbados	3:13.98	Trinidad and Tobago	3:13.98

Girls under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	11.48	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	11.62	Magali Simioneck (MTQ)	12.01
200 metres	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	23.7	Orlene McIntosh (JAM)	24.2	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	24.6
400 metres	Sherdan Smith (JAM)	54.16	Jackie Hinds (BAR)	55.47	Alwren Wallace (JAM)	55.83
800 metres	Lorie Ann Adams (GUY)	2:11.47	Mireille Sankaatsing (SUR)	2:11.88	Ruth Hamilton (JAM)	2:12.97
1500 metres	Lorie Ann Adams (GUY)	4:36.67	Barbara Stewart (JAM)	4:42.07	Mireille Sankaatsing (SUR)	4:42.37
3000 metres	Barbara Stewart (JAM)	10:23.49	Rhonda Wilson (GUY)	10:26.96	Mardrea Hyman (JAM)	10:39.72
100 metres hurdles	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	13.70	Laure Dicot (MTQ)	14.58	Karen Chevalleau (JAM)	14.75
High jump	Jocelyn Evans (JAM)	1.77	Diane Guthrie (JAM)	1.77	Nicole Springer (BAR)	1.70
Long jump	Dahlia Duhaney (JAM)	6.13	Jacqueline Ross (VIN)	6.13	Dionne Rose (JAM)	5.81
Shot put	Marie-José Alger (MTQ)	13.45	Denise Taylor (BAH)	13.01	Jacqueline Ross (VIN)	12.28
Discus throw	Denise Taylor (BAH)	43.18	Leslie Rooks (BER)	37.50	Marie-José Alger (MTQ)	35.94
Javelin throw	Chantell Miller (BAH)	42.24	Terry-Lynn Paynter (BER)	40.90	Adela Paul (LCA)	36.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	45.06	Martinique	46.38	Bahamas	46.80
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:42.72	Bahamas	3:53.47	Barbados	3:54.83

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Frederick Walters (JAM)	10.71	Eddy Bellrose (MTQ)	10.99	Adrian Bobb (TRI)	11.00
200 metres	Frederick Walters (JAM)	21.8	Adrian Bobb (TRI)	22.1	Eddy Bellrose (MTQ)	22.3
400 metres	Dane Edwards (JAM)	49.17	Errol Byles (JAM)	49.52	Hayden Stephen (TRI)	49.71
800 metres	Kirk David (TRI)	1:57.12	Andy James (TRI)	1:57.53	Peter Merchant (ATG)	1:57.76
1500 metres	Quinton John (TRI)	4:02.05	Lawrence Christie (JAM)	4:09.46	Robert Earle (JAM)	4:12.50
High jump	Kamari Charlton (BAH)	1.93	Allan Smith (BAR)	1.93	Noel Hall (JAM)	1.90
Long jump	Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY)	7.06	Stephen Anderson (BAH)	6.81	Julien Frank (MSR)	6.39
Triple jump	Stephen Anderson (BAH)	13.95	Curtis Pride (BAH)	13.57	Joseph Andrew (GLP)	13.46
Shot put	Olivier Neisson (MTQ)	13.53	Adrian Patterson (BAR)	13.36	Robert Holdsworth (JAM)	13.00
Discus throw	Adrian Patterson (BAR)	41.70	Fidel Holder (BAR)	38.10	Angelo Rolle (BAH)	37.54
Javelin throw	Angelo Rolle (BAH)	55.60	Peterkin Berry (CAY)	52.90	Adrian Patterson (BAR)	47.78

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Natalie Douglas (JAM)	11.87	Gillian Russell (JAM)	11.90	Christine Arron (GLP)	12.04
200 metres	Revoli Campbell (JAM)	23.60	Marjorie Bailey (JAM)	24.81	Charmaine Clarke (GUY)	25.43
400 metres	Revoli Campbell (JAM)	54.59	Inez Turner (JAM)	54.86	Jacqueline Sophia (AHO)	56.42
800 metres	Inez Turner (JAM)	2:10.00	Karen Bennett (JAM)	2:12.82	Jacqueline Sophia (AHO)	2:17.19
1500 metres	Karen Bennett (JAM)	4:40.78	Rhonda Wilson (GUY)	4:46.75	Mardrea Hyman (JAM)	4:47.50
High jump	Raquel Morrison (CAY)	1.63	Najuma Fletcher (GUY)	1.63	Icolyn Kelly (JAM)	1.60
Long jump	Debbie-Ann Parris (JAM)	5.54	Solange Ostiana (AHO)	5.51	Betty Lise (MTQ)	5.44
Shot put	Fadelma Layne (BAR)	10.78	Murielle Flamand (MTQ)	9.89	Allison Walkine (BAH)	9.58
Discus throw	Murielle Flamand (MTQ)	31.28	Wanda Powery (CAY)	28.82	Dominique Perroni (MTQ)	28.42
Javelin throw	Geraldine George (TRI)	35.36	Charmaine Hamilton (BAH)	31.68	Allison Walkine (BAH)	29.04

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)*	30	15	11	56
2	Bahamas (BAH)	7	8	10	25
3	Martinique (MTQ)	4	6	8	18
4	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	4	5	12
5	Guyana (GUY)	3	3	1	7
6	Barbados (BAR)	2	5	3	10
7	Cayman Islands (CAY)	2	2	0	4
8	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	1	2
9	Guadeloupe (GLP)	0	4	4	8
10	Bermuda (BER)	0	2	0	2
11	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	2	3
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	0	1	2	3
13	Suriname (SUR)	0	1	1	2
14	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Montserrat (MSR)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		52	52	51	155

External links

• World Junior Athletics History