1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

The 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba between 22–24 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Juan Núñez	10.16 CR NR	Tomás González	10.37	Florencio Aguilar	10.48
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Juan Núñez	20.65 NR	Tomás González	20.96	Fabian Whymns	21.19
400 metres	Lázaro Martínez	45.91	Agustín Pavó	46.74	Edison Reyes	46.95
800 metres	Bárbaro Serrano	1:47.67	Oslen Barr	1:48.25	Hilario Barnet	1:48.89
1500 metres	Ignacio Melecio	3:46.66	Jorge Poll	3:46.71	Félix Mesa	3:47.59
5000 metres	Gerardo Alcalá	14:11.91	Germán Peña	14:22.45	Eduardo Navas	14:24.42
10,000 metres	Gerardo Alcalá	31:05.86	Navel Parra	31:10.99	Eddy Ríos	31:16.50
Marathon	Víctor Mora	2:58:51	Héctor Rodríguez	2:59:35	Juan Brito	3:01:31
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas	13.61w	Modesto Castillo	13.79w	Ángel Bueno	13.93w
400 metres hurdles	David Charlton	50.07 CR	Greg Rolle	50.87	Victor Gómez	51.24
3000 metres steeplechase	César Santiago	8:48.80	Rafael Colmenares	8:49.90	José Cobo	8:55.70
4 × 100 metres relay	Tomás González Ángel Bueno Israel Alfonso Loreto Valdes	39.81	Austin Albury Joey Wells Fabian Whymns Ricardo Gray	40.34	Hipolito Brown Ángel Andrade Alberto Paolo Lugo Franco Francis	40.64
4 × 400 metres relay	Lázaro Martínez Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Roberto Ramos	3:05.12	David Charlton Allan Ingraham Greg Rolle Ricardo Gray	3:07.06	Erick Phillips Aaron Phillips Ramon Edison Reyes ?	3:08.56
20 km road walk	David Castro	1:29:44	Querubín Moreno	1:29:54	Marcelino Colín	1:33:49
High jump	Jorge Alfaro	2.25 =CR	Clarence Saunders	2.19	Javier Sotomayor	2.17
Pole vault	Edgardo Rivera	5.20 CR	Brian Morrissette	5.10	Rubén Camino	5.00
Long jump	Juan Felipe Ortíz	8.04 CR	Joey Wells	8.04	Jaime Jefferson	8.03
Triple jump	Jorge Reyna	16.95 CR	Lázaro Balcindes	16.58	Ernesto Torres	15.91
Shot put	Paul Ruiz	17.76	William Romero	16.29	Marciso Boué	15.90
Discus throw	Bradley Cooper	63.26	Juan Martínez	63.12	Raúl Calderón	57.00
Hammer throw	Genovevo Morejón	67.60 CR	Vicente Sánchez	64.24	Luis Martínez	56.90
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson	79.76	Martín Álvarez	76.74	Juan de la Garza	75.22
Decathlon	Pedro Herrera	7358 CR	Guillermo Sánchez	7224	Douglas Rosado	6974
50 km road walk	Arturo Bravo	4:21:01 CR	Rolando Hernández	4:46:36	Félix Pérez	4:53:18

Women's events

100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Luisa Ferrer	11.52	Pauline Davis	11.60	Susana Armenteros	11.66
200 metres	Luisa Ferrer	23.38w	Pauline Davis	23.65w	Nilsa París	23.70w
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot	52.89	Mercedes Álvarez	53.47	Oralee Fowler	54.57
800 metres	Nery McKeen	2:04.26 CR	María Ribeaux	2:06.84	Adriana Marchena	2:09.20
1500 metres	Eloína Kerr	4:21.06 CR	Janice Carlo	4:25.09	Adriana Marchena	4:26.57
3000 metres	Sergia Martínez	9:36.75 CR	Fabiola Rueda	9:40.10	María Cuesta	9:58.61
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado	13.64 CR	Julieta Rosseaux	14.19	Angie Marie Regis	14.23
400 metres hurdles	Alma Vázquez	59.57	Felicia Candelario	60.06	Vilma París	60.84
4 × 100 metres relay	Pauline Davis Shonel Ferguson Oralee Fowler Joanne Major	45.26	Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús	46.69
4 × 400 metres relay	Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Álvarez Nery McKeen Mercedes Mesa	3:34.97 CR	Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús	3:39.36		3:54.37
High jump	Victoria Despaigne	1.78	Amalia Montes	1.75	Eunice Greene	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson	6.65 CR	Madeline de Jesús	6.49	Adelina Polledo	6.23
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez	17.00	Laverne Eve	14.75	Lissete Martínez	14.67
Discus throw	Carmen Romero	58.58	Hilda Ramos	57.80	Yunaira Piña	46.04
Javelin throw	Iris de Grasse	59.74 CR	María Beltrán	56.40	Mariela Riera	53.84
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne	5469 CR	Leyda Castro	5178	Genoveva Montano	4870

See also

• 1983 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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