1979 CARIFTA Games explained

The 8th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 20–22, 1979.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 183 athletes (131 junior (under-20) and 52 youth (under-17)) from about 14 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (36), Bermuda (23), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (3), Grenada (3), Guadeloupe (4), Guyana (10), Jamaica (44), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (10), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (2), Trinidad and Tobago (20).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded to JonJones from Jamaica. He won 4 gold medals (100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump) in the youth (U-17) category, and therefore was described as the most outstanding athletes of the 39 stagings of the games.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth).Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

100 metres		10.72		10.79		10.91
200 metres		21.49		21.67		21.74
400 metres		48.02		48.54		48.59
800 metres		1:53.34		1:53.87		1:54.3
1500 metres		3:57.24		3:58.79		4:04.7
3000 metres		8:54.6		8:57.3		9:00.7
110 metres hurdles		14.71		14.75		14.88
400 metres hurdles		54.21		56.2		57.1
High jump		2.08		2.03		1.98
Pole vault		3.66		3.50		3.20
Long jump		7.36		7.06		7.03
Triple jump		15.01		14.89		14.88
Shot put		15.10		14.87		14.41
Discus throw		48.20		48.06		45.12
Javelin throw		56.76		55.72		53.92
4 × 100 metres relay	Clyde McGregor Chris Thelwell George Walcott Albert Lawrence	41.41		41.60		41.99
4 × 400 metres relay		3:13.0		3:14.6		3:17.5

Girls under 20 (Junior)

100 metres		11.77		11.87		11.92
200 metres		23.98		24.05		24.36
400 metres		53.58		54.88		54.9
800 metres		2:14.3		2:15.6		2:16.0
1500 metres		4:43.6		4:46.5		4:51.4
100 metres hurdles		14.77		14.83		15.32
High jump		1.625		1.625		1.625
Long jump		5.68		5.60		5.28
Shot put		12.95		12.61		11.29
Discus throw		37.94		34.32		33.60
Javelin throw		53.98		41.98		38.96
4 × 100 metres relay		45.79		46.47		46.88
4 × 400 metres relay		3:41.79		3:44.82		3:57.7

Boys under 17 (Youth)

100 metres		10.97		11.03		11.34
200 metres		22.15		22.17		22.83
400 metres		50.08		50.51		51.25
800 metres		1:57.77		1:58.15		1:58.43
Long jump		7.02		6.93		6.80
Triple jump		14.77		14.38		14.08
Shot put		14.65		14.40		9.60

Girls under 17 (Youth)

100 metres		11.87		12.03		12.15
200 metres		24.24		25.01		25.08
400 metres		56.4		57.7		58.0
800 metres		2:14.4		2:17.6		2:19.8
Long jump		5.43		5.42		5.28

External links

• World Junior Athletics History