1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host venue in Xalapa.

The 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Mexico between 5–7 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago	10.38A	Silvio Leonard Cuba	10.43A	Osvaldo Lara Cuba	10.63A
200 metres	Silvio Leonard Cuba	20.70A	Osvaldo Lara Cuba	21.13A	Rudy Levarity Bahamas	21.43A
400 metres	Seymour Newman Jamaica	45.66A CR	Alberto Juantorena Cuba	45.67A	Charles Joseph Trinidad and Tobago	46.27A
800 metres	Seymour Newman Jamaica	1:46.13A CR	Jorge Ortíz Puerto Rico	1:48.67A	Eduardo Castro Mexico	1:49.53A
1500 metres	Luis Medina Cuba	3:46.71A	Eduardo Castro Mexico	3:48.47A	Osmán Escobar Venezuela	3:53.10A
5000 metres	Rodolfo Gómez Mexico	14:04.9A	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:05.0A	Victoriano López Guatemala	14:09.8A
10000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	30:17.4A	Rodolfo Gómez Mexico	30:17.5A	Juan Pérez Costa Rica	30:23.0A
Half marathon	Rafael Ángel Pérez Costa Rica	1:06:32A	Mario Cuevas Mexico	1:07:07A	Aldo Allen Cuba	1:07:43A
3000 metres steeplechase	Carlos Martínez Mexico	8:51.0A	José Cobo Cuba	9:01.1A	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	9:03.1A
110 metres hurdles	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.55A CR	Dionisio Vera Cuba	14.32A	José Cartas Mexico	14.48A
400 metres hurdles	Alfonso Damaso Cuba	51.77A	Frank Montiéh Cuba	51.81A	Enrique Aguirre Mexico	52.30A
High jump	Richard Spencer Cuba	2.15A CR	Clark Godwin Bermuda	2.07A	Cristóbal de León Dominican Republic	2.03A
Pole vault	Roberto Moré Cuba	4.93A CR	Elberto Pratt Mexico	4.75A	Luis Mascorro Mexico	4.60A
Long jump	David Giralt Cuba	7.96A CR	Salomón Rowe Guatemala	7.79A NR	Steve Hanna Bahamas	7.68A
Triple jump	Carmelo Martínez Cuba	16.22A CR	Alejandro Herrera Cuba	15.66A	Peter Pratt Bahamas	15.42A
Shot put	Julián Mejías Cuba	17.50A CR	Pablo Lamothe Cuba	16.46A	Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago	15.72A
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson Cuba	60.82A CR	Luis Delís Cuba	59.02A	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	54.08A
Hammer throw	Ángel Cabrera Cuba	66.74A CR	Guillermo Orozco Cuba	63.56A	Alfonso Rodríguez Mexico	53.60A
Javelin throw	Juan Jarvis Cuba	77.54A CR	Reinaldo Patterson Cuba	74.82A	Robert Moulder Bermuda	71.83A
Decathlon	Rigoberto Salazar Cuba	7207A	José Montezuma Venezuela	6791A	Doel Bonilla Puerto Rico	6508A
20 km road walk	Daniel Bautista Mexico	1:29:34A CR	Enrique Vera Mexico	1:34:48A	Rigoberto Medina Cuba	1:40:04A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	39.86A	Trinidad and Tobago	40.16A	Venezuela	40.71A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:09.24A	Venezuela	3:10.39A	Puerto Rico	3:11.78A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvia Chivás Cuba	11.53A	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	11.71A	Isabel Taylor Cuba	11.82A
200 metres	Silvia Chivás Cuba	23.82A	Jackie Pusey Jamaica	23.82A	Freida Davy Barbados	24.05A
400 metres	Beatriz Castillo Cuba	52.76A CR	Helen Blake Jamaica	52.88A	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	53.05A
800 metres	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	2:07.46A	Helen Blake Jamaica	2:08.87A	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	2:09.13A
1500 metres	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	4:29.65A	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	4:42.06A	Thelma Zúñiga Costa Rica	4:45.78A
3000 metres	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	10:00.61A CR	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	10:13.73A	Susana Herrera Mexico	10:27.74A
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado Cuba	14.30A	Carmen Zamora Cuba	14.58A	Vilma París Puerto Rico	14.81A
High jump	Angela Carbonell Cuba	1.75A	Reina Mateu Cuba	1.65A	Monica Johnson Bermuda	1.60A
Long jump	Dora Thompson Cuba	6.14A CR	Shonel Ferguson Bahamas	5.95A	Nancy Núñez Cuba	5.91A
Shot put	Caridad Romero Cuba	13.94A	Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba	13.88A	Patricia Andrus Venezuela	12.60A
Discus throw	Caridad Romero Cuba	49.58A	Salvadora Vargas Cuba	48.92A	María Gómez Mexico	40.22A
Javelin throw	María Beltrán Cuba	53.86A CR	Guadalupe López Mexico	48.56A	Sonya Smith Bermuda	46.72A
Pentathlon	Elida Aveillé Cuba	3313A	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	3303A	Evelyn Abreu Venezuela	3289A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	45.51A	Puerto Rico	46.93A	Trinidad and Tobago	47.20A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:37.50A CR	Jamaica	3:42.38A	Puerto Rico	3:48.57A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

1	Cuba	27	17	7	50
2	Mexico	6	6	7	19
3	Jamaica	2	5	0	8
4	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	3	5
5	Colombia	1	1	0	2
6	Costa Rica	1	0	2	3
7	Venezuela	0	2	5	7
8	Puerto Rico	0	2	4	6
9	Bahamas	0	1	4	5
10	Bermuda	0	1	3	4
11	Guatemala	0	1	1	2
	Dominican Republic	0	1	1	2
13	Barbados	0	0	1	1

References

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