Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Enrique Figuerola Cuba	10.2	Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago	10.3	Carl Plaskett U.S. Virgin Islands	10.5
200 metres	Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago	20.8/20.70?	Carl Plaskett U.S. Virgin Islands	21.4/21.21?	Enrique Figuerola Cuba	21.5/21.24?
400 metres	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	46.7/46.77?	Rupert Hoilette Jamaica	46.9/47.03?	Rodobaldo Díaz Cuba	47.0/47.10?
800 metres	Neville Myton Jamaica	1:50.2	Lennox Yearwood Trinidad and Tobago	1:51.7	Benedict Cayenne Trinidad and Tobago	1:54.3
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	3:50.3	Orlando Martínez Puerto Rico	3:52.4	José Neri Mexico	3:52.4
5000 metres	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	14:42.6	José Neri Mexico	14:56.4	Valentín Robles Mexico	15:33.2
10000 metres	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	31:34.0	Valentín Robles Mexico	32:11.0	Juan Martínez Mexico	32:13.0
Half marathon	Valentín Robles Mexico	01:13:47	Pedro Cárdenas Colombia	01:14:24	Antonio Ibarra Mexico	01:17:01
3000 metre steeplechase	Flavio Buendía Mexico	9:32.6	Rolf Duwe Venezuela	9:37.8	Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba	9:38.4
110 metres hurdles	Hernando Arrechea Colombia	14.2w	Ray Harvey Jamaica	14.4w	Juan Morales Cuba	14.5w
400 metres hurdles	Heriberto Cruz Puerto Rico	52.4	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	52.5	Arístides Pineda Venezuela	53.5
High jump	Teodoro Palacios Guatemala	2.03	Anton Norris Barbados	1.98	Luis Planchart Venezuela	1.93
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.54	Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico	4.30	Luis Quintero Colombia	4.15
Long jump	Wellesley Clayton Jamaica	7.64	Abelardo Pacheco Cuba	7.55	Byron Lewis Jamaica	7.51
Triple jump	Tim Barrett Bahamas	15.76	José Hernández Cuba	15.72	Trevor Thomas Jamaica	15.42
Shot put	Fidel Estrada Cuba	15.36	Roy Hollingsworth Trinidad and Tobago	15.36	Benigno Hodelín Cuba	15.34
Discus throw	Roy Hollingsworth Trinidad and Tobago	52.10	Javier Moreno Cuba	48.71	Dagoberto González Colombia	48.16
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells Cuba	68.11	Adolfo Martín Cuba	56.59	Marcelino Borrero Colombia	52.38
Javelin throw	Justo Perelló Cuba	74.74	Francisco Mena Cuba	69.57	Jesús Rodríguez Venezuela	68.59
Pentathlon	Jorge García Puerto Rico	3153	Francisco Mena Cuba	3467	Ramón Iriarte Venezuela	3389
10000 metre track walk	José Pedraza Mexico	51:32.4	Euclides Calzado Cuba	51:43.4	David Jiménez Cuba	52:17.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	40.5	Trinidad and Tobago	40.6	Cuba	40.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:08.8	Trinidad and Tobago	3:09.4	Puerto Rico	3:10.3

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	11.7/11.69?	Cristina Hechevarría Cuba	11.9/11.79?	Carmen Smith Jamaica	11.9/11.86?
200 metres	Una Morris Jamaica	24.2	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	24.8	Vilma Charlton Jamaica	24.9
80 metres hurdles	Carmen Smith Jamaica	11.1	Doreldeen Pagan Jamaica	11.6	Daisy Hechevarría Cuba	11.6
High jump	Patsy Callender Barbados	1.65	Hilda Fabré Cuba	1.60	Julia Pérez Cuba	1.55
Long jump	Irene Martínez Cuba	5.87	Beverley Welsh Jamaica	5.72	Marcia Garbey Cuba	5.47
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	12.72	Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico	12.23	Francisca Roberts Venezuela	12.02
Discus throw	Caridad Aguero Cuba	43.37	Joan Gordon Jamaica	39.84	Carmen Romero Cuba	39.07
Javelin throw	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	39.34	Blanca Umaña Colombia	37.39	María Moreno Cuba	36.47
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	46.2	Cuba	46.5	Barbados	49.5

Medal table

1	Cuba	9	11	12	32
2	Jamaica	7	5	4	16
3	Colombia	4	2	3	9
4	Puerto Rico	4	2	1	7
5	Mexico	3	3	4	10
6	Trinidad and Tobago	2	5	1	8
7	Barbados	1	1	1	3
8	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
	Bahamas	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela	0	2	5	7
11	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	1	2

References

• GBR Athletics