1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Sixto Escobar in San Juan, Puerto Rico between 27–29 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joel Isasi Cuba	10.33	Andrés Simón Cuba	10.34	Andrew Smith Jamaica	10.47
200 metres	Edgardo Guilbe Puerto Rico	20.53 CR	Clive Wright Jamaica	20.55	Patrick O'Connor Jamaica	20.95
400 metres	Roberto Hernández Cuba	44.84 CR	Lázaro Martínez Cuba	45.56	Seibert Straughn Barbados	45.63
800 metres	Jorge Rosales Cuba	1:50.24	Luis Toledo Mexico	1:50.29	Jorge Irizarry Puerto Rico	1:51.33
1500 metres	Linton McKenzie Jamaica	3:41.27 CR	José López Venezuela	3:41.56	José Isaac Cuba	3:42.30
5000 metres	Armando Quintanilla Mexico	14:10.00	Ignacio Fragoso Mexico	14:28.50	José Morales Guatemala	14:35.00
10,000 metres	Salvador Parra Mexico	29:29.73 CR	Alberto Cuba Cuba	29:36.48	Oscar González Venezuela	29:48.00
Half marathon	Salvador García Mexico	1:07:56	César Mercado Puerto Rico	1:08:38	Horacio Cabrera Mexico	1:08:41
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde Cuba	8:48.13	Adalberto Vélez Mexico	8:48.19	José Martínez Venezuela	8:51.81
110 metres hurdles	Emilio Valle Cuba	13.48 CR	Andrew Parker Jamaica	13.89	Elvis Cedeño Venezuela	14.09
400 metres hurdles	Domingo Cordero Puerto Rico	50.22	Juan Gutiérrez Mexico	50.80	Wilfredo Ferrer Venezuela	50.95
High jump	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.44 CR	Troy Kemp Bahamas	2.26	Antonio Burgos Puerto Rico	2.24
Pole vault	Ángel García Cuba	4.95	Miguel Escoto Mexico	4.85	Konstantín Zagustín Venezuela	4.60
Long jump	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	7.96	Luis Bueno Cuba	7.92	Elmer Williams Puerto Rico	7.78
Triple jump	Jorge Reyna Cuba	17.12 CR	Juan Miguel López Cuba	16.54	Steve Hanna Bahamas	16.07
Shot put	Jorge Montenegro Cuba	17.49	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	17.25	Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago	16.39
Discus throw	Roberto Moya Cuba	62.12	Gabriel Pedroso Cuba	56.86	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	51.00
Hammer throw	René Díaz Cuba	62.90	Guillermo Guzmán Mexico	59.56	Eddy Concepción Cuba	57.00
Javelin throw	Ramón González Cuba	78.64 CR	Héctor Duharte Cuba	74.74	Luis Carrasco Venezuela	66.32
Decathlon	Antonio Greene Bahamas	7421 NR	Antonio Greene Bahamas	7421	José Velázquez Venezuela	7083
20 km road walk	Martín Bermúdez Mexico	1:28:11 CR	Ernesto Canto Mexico	1:29:02	Daniel Vargas Cuba	1:30:42
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	39.51	Cuba	39.89	Puerto Rico	40.7
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:04.90	Jamaica	3:05.57	Puerto Rico	3:12.70

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Pauline Davis Bahamas	11.25	Liliana Allen Cuba	11.32	Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago	11.51
200 metres	Grace Jackson Jamaica	22.36 CR	Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago	23.01	Liliana Allen Cuba	23.27
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	50.63 CR	Angela Joseph Trinidad and Tobago	52.40	Grace Jackson Jamaica	53.00
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	2:02.24 CR	Donna-Mae Bean Bermuda	2:12.10	Sonia Escalera Puerto Rico	2:12.60
1500 metres	Milagro Rodríguez Cuba	4:24.37	Olga Ávalos Mexico	4:27.40	Lorie Ann Adams Guyana	4:38.90
3000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz Mexico	9:34.00 CR	Milagro Rodríguez Cuba	9:36.30	Olga Ávalos Mexico	9:39.20
10000 metres	Araceli Salas Mexico	35:15.90	Maribel Durruty Cuba	35:27.70	Santa Velázquez Mexico	35:43.50
100 metres hurdles	Odalys Adams Cuba	13.01 CR	Aliuska López Cuba	13.33	Michelle Freeman Jamaica	13.64
400 metres hurdles	Elsa Jiménez Cuba	58.03	Monique Millar Bahamas	60.81	Alejandra Quintanar Mexico	61.25
High jump	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.85	Ioamnet Quintero Cuba	1.80	Mayra Medina Puerto Rico	1.70
Long jump	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.59	Euphemia Huggins Trinidad and Tobago	6.47	Daphne Saunders Bahamas	6.41
Shot put	Herminia Fernández Cuba	16.07	Idalmis Leyva Cuba	14.17	Virginia Salomón Venezuela	14.12
Discus throw	Idalmis Leyva Cuba	58.76	Olga Gómez Cuba	55.16	Denise Taylor Bahamas	39.90
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve Bahamas	62.42	Dulce García Cuba	61.18	Herminia Bouza Cuba	57.82
Heptathlon	Yolaida Pompa Cuba	5224	Dornel Butler Bahamas	5053	Lucila Carmona Mexico	4388
10000 m track walk	Graciela Mendoza Mexico	48:19.28 CR	Maricela Chávez Mexico	51:53.87
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	45.12	Bahamas	46.50	Puerto Rico	49.46
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:34.46	Bahamas	3:39.46	Puerto Rico	3:53.10

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

1	Cuba	26	16	5	47
2	Mexico	7	9	5	21
3	Bahamas	3	6	3	12
4	Jamaica	3	3	4	10
5	Puerto Rico	2	2	10	14
6	Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	2	5
7	Venezuela	0	1	8	9
8	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
9	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Barbados	0	0	1	1

See also

• 1989 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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