1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Juan Abrantes in Havana, Cuba between 17–19 August.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Hermes Ramírez Cuba	10.4 CR	José Triana Cuba	10.7	Carl Edmund Panama	10.8
200 metres	Hermes Ramírez Cuba	21.0 CR	Pedro Fernández Cuba	21.5	Carl Edmund Panama	21.8
400 metres	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	47.0 CR	Garth Case Jamaica	47.4	Antonio Álvarez Cuba	47.9
800 metres	Luis Dubouchet Cuba	1:50.1 CR	Herminio Isaac Puerto Rico	1:51.5	Carlos Martínez Mexico	1:53.2
1500 metres	Sergio González Mexico	3:52.2 CR	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:53.2	Lázaro Valdivieso Cuba	3:54.8
5000 metres	Sergio González Mexico	14:59.4 CR	Andrés Romero Mexico	15:00.8	Carlos Báez Puerto Rico	15:37.0
10,000 metres	Sergio González Mexico	31:13.3	Andrés Romero Mexico	31:21.5	Felipe Chaviano Cuba	32:46.4
Half marathon	Pablo Garrido Mexico	1:08:53 CR	Jacinto Sabinal Mexico	1:11:35	Patricio Larriñaga Cuba	1:12:10
110 metres hurdles	Juan Morales Cuba	14.4 CR	Pedro Fernández Cuba	14.4	Richard Davis Panama	17.0
400 metres hurdles	Miguel Olivera Cuba	53.9	Juan García Cuba	53.9	Richard Davis Panama	67.0
3000 metres steeplechase	Antonio Villanueva Mexico	9:04.0 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba	9:06.6	Bulmaro Olguín Mexico	9:08.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	42.2	Panama	43.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:13.1 CR	Jamaica Alfred Daley Delroy Morgan Leighton Priestley Garth Case	3:15.8	Panama	3:20.5
20 km road walk	Pascual Ramírez Mexico	1:39:57 CR	José Oliveros Mexico	1:40:06	Euclides Calzado Cuba	1:41:05
High jump	Miguel Durañona Cuba	1.95	Bernabé Luaces Cuba	1.95	Trevor Tennant Jamaica	1.90
Pole vault	Roberto Moré Cuba	4.52 CR	Jorge Miranda Puerto Rico	4.10	Guillermo González Puerto Rico	4.10
Long jump	Ernesto Boy Cuba	7.46	David Cruz Puerto Rico	7.33	Victor Brooks Jamaica	7.31
Triple jump	José Hernández Cuba	15.60 CR	Ricardo Carnejo Cuba	15.56	Iván Baldayo Venezuela	15.44
Shot put	Benigno Hodelín Cuba	15.78	Modesto Mederos Cuba	15.68	Jorge Marrero Puerto Rico	14.78
Discus throw	Bárbaro Cañizares Cuba	54.70 CR	Javier Moreno Cuba	50.84	Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico	48.92
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez Cuba	56.10	Jesús Fuentes Cuba	53.60	Pedro Granell Puerto Rico	53.56
Javelin throw	Salomón Robbins Mexico	69.98 CR	Francisco Mena Cuba	69.70	Julio Loredo Cuba	69.50
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal Cuba	6492 CR	José Díaz Cuba	6040

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	11.6	Fulgencia Romay Cuba	11.8	Margarita Martínez Panama	12.8
200 metres	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	23.8 CR	Violeta Quesada Cuba	23.8	Margarita Martínez Panama	25.8
400 metres	Carmen Trustée Cuba	55.2 CR	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	55.3	Lucía Quiroz Mexico	58.5
800 metres	Carmen Trustée Cuba	2:12.2 CR	Lucía Quiroz Mexico	2:14.1	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	2:14.9
100 metres hurdles	Lourdes Jones Cuba	14.7 CR	Raquel Martínez Cuba	14.7	Beatriz Aparicio Panama	16.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Miguelina Cobián Fulgencia Romay Cristina Hechavarria Marcia Garbey	45.9	Panama	50.3	Jamaica	50.8
High jump	Hilda Fabré Cuba	1.55 CR	Silvia Tapia Mexico	1.55	Lucía Duquet Cuba	1.55
Long jump	Marina Samuells Cuba	6.08 CR	Marcia Garbey Cuba	6.07	Carol Cummings Jamaica	5.52
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	14.02 CR	Grecia Hamilton Cuba	13.95	Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico	13.00
Discus throw	Carmen Romero Cuba	51.41 CR	María Cristina Betancourt Cuba	47.78	Eileen Hibbert Jamaica	38.52
Javelin throw	Milagros Bayard Cuba	45.28	Tomasa Núñez Cuba	42.72	Ana López Panama	35.84
Pentathlon	Daisy Hechevarría Cuba	3974	Josefa Reyes Cuba	3640

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	26	21	8	55
2	Mexico (MEX)	7	7	4	18
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	3	5	9
4	Jamaica (JAM)	1	2	5	8
5	Panama (PAN)	0	2	9	11
6	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		35	35	32	102

External links

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