1998 CARIFTA Games explained

The 27th CARIFTA Games was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 11–13, 1998.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 308 athletes (176 junior (under-20) and 132 youth (under-17)) from about 20 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (10), Bahamas (34), Barbados (41), Bermuda (7), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (9), Dominica (4), French Guiana (3), Grenada (11), Guadeloupe (19), Guyana (7), Jamaica (59), Martinique (24), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (5), Saint Kitts and Nevis (4), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6), Trinidad and Tobago (52), Turks and Caicos Islands (4).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Janill Williams fromAntigua and Barbuda. She was born on September 21, 1985. At the age of 11 years, she already won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres competition last year in the junior (U-20) category at the 1997 CARIFTA Games being the youngest athlete to win a medal at the games. This year at the age of 12 years, she won 2 gold medals, again the 3000 metres in the junior (U-20) category, and the 1500 metres in the youth (U-17) category.

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		10.46		10.52		10.66
200 metres (0.0 m/s)		21.04		21.24		21.36
400 metres		46.92		46.58		47.38
800 metres		1:50.58		1:51.81		1:51.83
1500 metres		3:58.88		4:00.81		4:01.25
5000 metres		15:41.49		15:48.65		15:55.51
110 metres hurdles (-3.0 m/s)		14.53		14.85		15.07
400 metres hurdles		51.58		51.77		54.04
High jump		2.09		2.06		2.03
Pole vault		4.32		3.45		2.75
Long jump		7.52		7.50		7.42
Triple jump		15.94		15.28		15.01
Shot put		14.55		14.19		13.39
Discus throw		46.74		43.45		42.35
Javelin throw		59.41		58.29		57.62
Heptathlon		4678		4670		4381
4 × 100 metres relay		40.03		40.43		41.35
4 × 400 metres relay		3:11.49		3:13.40		3:20.85

Girls under 20 (Junior)

100 metres		11.37		11.62		11.63
200 metres (2.4 m/s)		23.16w		23.32w		23.74w
400 metres		52.57		52.83		53.93
800 metres		2:06.83		2:11.33		2:11.53
1500 metres		4:39.48		4:41.06		4:45.71
3000 metres		10:09.05		10:20.13		10:24.54
100 metres hurdles (-3.5 m/s)		14.47		14.52		14.53
400 metres hurdles		59.38		59.90		63.06
High jump		1.76		1.76		1.70
Long jump		6.27		6.11		6.08
Triple jump		13.04		12.86		12.79
Shot put		13.17		12.73		12.20
Discus throw		45.41		44.56		39.51
Javelin throw		45.27		44.96		44.62
Pentathlon		3381		2990		2959
4 × 100 metres relay		44.97		46.16		46.52
4 × 400 metres relay		3:33.19		3:38.01		3:40.23

Boys under 17 (Youth)

100 metres (-0.7 m/s)		10.76		10.79		10.85
200 metres (0.0 m/s)		21.69		21.71		21.74
400 metres		48.35		48.44		49.02
800 metres		1:58.14		1:58.28		1:58.32
1500 metres		4:09.56		4:11.43		4:12.15
100 metres hurdles (4.5 m/s)		13.39w		13.77w		14.08w
400 metres hurdles		52.97		55.29		55.68
High jump		2.00		2.00		1.95
Long jump		7.31		7.03		7.03
Triple jump		14.53		13.77		13.73
Shot put		14.66		14.08		14.03
Discus throw		43.43		42.36		41.18
Javelin throw		51.75		51.12		49.98
4 × 100 metres relay		41.58		41.79		42.51

Girls under 17 (Youth)

100 metres		11.96		12.03		12.04
200 metres		23.91		24.11		24.21
400 metres		53.79		53.81		54.80
800 metres		2:15.31		2:15.97		2:16.29
1500 metres		4:34.80		4:36.22		4:43.58
100 metres hurdles (0.9 m/s)		13.63		13.89		14.15
300 metres hurdles		41.33		41.86		43.20
High jump		1.75		1.75		1.63
Long jump		5.81		5.61		5.59
Shot put		11.84		11.79		11.70
Discus throw		37.95		35.81		32.31
Javelin throw		36.92		36.60		35.09
4 × 100 metres relay		46.55		47.27		47.88

External links

• World Junior Athletics History