1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host venue in Ponce.

The 1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico between 6–10 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Charles Joseph Trinidad and Tobago	10.7	Pablo Franco Puerto Rico	10.7	Félix Mata Venezuela	10.7
200 metres	Don Quarrie Jamaica	21.5	Pablo Franco Puerto Rico	21.8	Raymond Heerenveen Netherlands Antilles
400 metres	Mike Sands Bahamas	46.6	Félix Mangual Puerto Rico	47.6	Alfred Daley Jamaica	47.7
800 metres	Byron Dyce Jamaica	1:58.1	José Velásquez Venezuela	1:59.3	Garth Manwarring Trinidad and Tobago	1:59.3
1500 metres	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:45.9 =CR	Antonio Colón Puerto Rico	3:48.4	Byron Dyce Jamaica	3:49.4
5000 metres	Luis Hernández Mexico	15:04.7	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	15:04.8	Carlos Martínez Mexico	15:19.0
10,000 metres	Rodolfo Gómez Mexico	30:05.9	Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba	30:07.1	Rafael Palomares Mexico	30:18.3
Half marathon	Carlos Hernández Mexico	1:07:52	Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba	1:08:03	Andrés Romero Mexico	1:08:41
400 metres hurdles	Iván Mangual Puerto Rico	50.9 CR	José Santiago Puerto Rico	51.8	Enrique Aguirre Mexico	52.5
3000 metres steeplechase	Demetrio Cabanillos Mexico	9:28.4	Octavio Guadarrama Mexico	9:33.2	Carlos Báez Puerto Rico	9:35.0
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Alfred Daley Michael Fray Don Quarrie Colin Bradford	40.6	Trinidad and Tobago	40.7	Venezuela	41.3
20 km road walk	Enrique Vera Mexico	1:48:34	Domingo Colín Mexico	1:54:30	Rigoberto Medina Cuba	1:57:00
High jump	Cristóbal de León Dominican Republic	2.05	Clark Godwin Bermuda	2.05	Rudy Levarity Bahamas	2.01
Pole vault	Augusto Perdomo Cuba	4.70	Juan Laza Cuba	4.55	Elberto Pratt Mexico	4.40
Long jump	George Swanston Trinidad and Tobago	7.48	Henry Jackson Jamaica	7.24	Dennis Trott Bermuda	7.20
Triple jump	Juan Velázquez Cuba	16.11 CR	Juvenal Pérez Cuba	15.66	Michael Sharpe Bermuda	15.62
Shot put	Pedro Serrano Puerto Rico	15.68	Jesús Ramos Venezuela	15.55	José Santa Cruz Cuba	14.82
Discus throw	Javier Moreno Cuba	53.24	José Santa Cruz Cuba	52.48	Pedro Serrano Puerto Rico	47.24
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez Cuba	62.36	William Silén Puerto Rico	58.20	Marcos Borregales Venezuela	56.36
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson Cuba	69.84	Antonio González Cuba	68.46	Salomón Robins Mexico	68.24

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Debbie Jones Bermuda	11.9	Eia Cabreja Cuba	12.1	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	12.1
200 metres	Lorna Forde Barbados	24.3	Jackie Pusey Jamaica	24.4	Rosie Allwood Jamaica	24.6
400 metres	Helen Blake Jamaica	54.8	Lorna Forde Barbados	55.1	Ruth Williams Jamaica	55.7
800 metres	Helen Blake Jamaica	2:17.5	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	2:18.1	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	2:19.0
1500 metres	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	4:34.1	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	4:44.7	Evasol Vallejo Mexico	4:46.5
200 metres hurdles	Marcela Chivás Cuba	28.2	Mercedes Román Mexico	30.0	Linda Woodside Bahamas	30.3
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Rosie Allwood Carol Cummings Jackie Pusey	45.7	Bermuda	47.4	Trinidad and Tobago	47.4
High jump	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	1.83 CR	Lucía Duquet Cuba	1.65	María Scrubb Cuba	1.65
Long jump	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	6.10 CR	Dora Thompson Cuba	5.88	Shonel Ferguson Bahamas	5.69
Shot put	Caridad Romero Cuba	14.74 CR	Rosa Fernández Cuba	14.33	Orlanda Lynch Suriname	12.91
Discus throw	Caridad Romero Cuba	45.56	Salvadora Vargas Cuba	44.00	Patricia Andrus Venezuela	39.38
Javelin throw	Ana María González Cuba	45.90	Clementina Díaz Cuba	42.78	Diana Rodríguez Puerto Rico	41.84
Pentathlon	María Ángeles Cato Mexico	3796	Maritza García Cuba	3628	Mercedes Román Mexico	3619

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	9	14	4	27
2	Mexico (MEX)	8	4	8	20
3	Jamaica (JAM)	8	2	5	15
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	6	3	11
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	1	2	5
6	Bermuda (BER)	1	2	2	5
7	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	0	2
8	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	3	4
9	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela (VEN)	0	3	4	7
11	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
	Suriname (NGY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		33	33	33	99

External links

• Men Results - GBR Athletics
• Women Results - GBR Athletics