Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba.

Athletics at the XIV CAC Games
Host stadium
Dates	8–12 August 1982
Host city	Havana, Cuba
Venue	Estadio Pedro Marrero
Events	40
Records set	20 GR
← 1978 Medellín 1986 Santiago → 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games

It was the first time that men's 50 kilometres walk was held at the Games.

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.4 m/s)	Leandro Peñalver Cuba	10.16	Osvaldo Lara Cuba	10.26	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.33
200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Leandro Peñalver Cuba	20.42 GR	Osvaldo Lara Cuba	20.94	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	21.04
400 metres	Bert Cameron Jamaica	45.10	Agustín Pavó Cuba	45.87	Carlos Reyté Cuba	46.34
800 metres	Alberto Juantorena Cuba	1:45.15 GR	William Wuycke Venezuela	1:45.75	Bárbaro Serrano Cuba	1:46.66
1500 metres	Eduardo Castro Mexico	3:41.84 GR	Luis Medina Cuba	3:41.92	Ignacio Melesio Mexico	3:42.03
5000 metres	Eduardo Castro Mexico	14:11.05	Luis Medina Cuba	14:24.81	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	14:24.94
10,000 metres	Aldo Allen Cuba	30:13.12	Enrique Aquino Mexico	30:15.35	José Alcalá Mexico	30:28.04
Marathon	Jorge González Puerto Rico	02:26:40	Radamés González Cuba	02:28:12	Miguel Cruz Mexico	02:30:37
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.38 GR	Juan Saborit Cuba	13.91	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	13.95
400 metres hurdles	Frank Montiéh Cuba	50.64	Jorge Batista Cuba	50.98	Greg Rolle Bahamas	51.18
3000 metre steeplechase	José Cobo Cuba	8:49.52	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	8:52.50	Pedro Guibert Cuba	8:58.08
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Osvaldo Lara Alejandro Casañas Leandro Peñalver Juan Saborit	39.15	Jamaica Joseph Boyd Earle Laing Leroy Reid Floyd Brown	39.94	Dominican Republic Juan Contreras Wilfredo Almonte Juan Núñez Gerardo Suero	40.11
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Roberto Ramos Alberto Juantorena	3:03.59 GR	Jamaica Floyd Brown Mark Senior Bert Cameron Karl Smith	3:04.78	Trinidad and Tobago Michael Puckerin Joseph Coombs Ali St. Louis Andrew Bruce	3:08.20
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto Mexico	1:29:22	Raúl González Mexico	1:31:27	Alfredo Garrido Cuba	1:39:00
50 kilometre road walk	Félix Gómez Mexico	4:05:03 GR	Raúl González Mexico	4:10:34	David Castro Cuba	4:43:53
High jump	Francisco Centelles Cuba	2.25 GR	Steve Wray Bahamas	2.17	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.17
Pole vault	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.00 =GR	José Echevarría Cuba	5.00 =GR	Miguel Escoto Mexico	4.90
Long jump	Delroy Poyser Jamaica	7.90 GR	Wilfredo Almonte Dominican Republic	7.82	Steve Hanna Bahamas	7.80
Triple jump	Steve Hanna Bahamas	16.73	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	16.64	Jorge Reyna Cuba	16.61
Shot put	Luis Delís Cuba	18.88 GR	Radai Mendoza Puerto Rico	16.21	Paul Ruiz Cuba	16.14
Discus throw	Luis Delís Cuba	70.20 GR	Brad Cooper Bahamas	66.72	Juan Martínez Cuba	62.82
Hammer throw	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	67.10	Alfredo Luis Cuba	66.14	Andrés Polemil Dominican Republic	56.14
Javelin throw	Dionisio Quintana Cuba	82.40 GR	Amado Morales Puerto Rico	79.36	Antonio González Cuba	74.86
Decathlon	Liston Bochette Puerto Rico	7349	Guillermo Sánchez Mexico	7345	Carlos Palacios Cuba	7236

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.55	Janice Bernard Trinidad and Tobago	11.57	Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico	11.63
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.44	Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago	23.75	Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico	23.83
400 metres	June Griffith Guyana	51.89	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	52.32	Cathy Rattray Jamaica	52.39
800 metres	Nery McKeen Cuba	2:04.22	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	2:04.24	María Ribeaux Cuba	2:04.47
1500 metres	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	4:25.94	Sergia Martínez Cuba	4:26.69	Alicia Diffourt Cuba	4:27.96
3000 metres	Sergia Martínez Cuba	9:37.32 GR	Marisela Rivero Venezuela	9:38.40	María Cuesta Cuba	9:41.66
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Grisel Machado Cuba	13.18 GR	Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic	14.07	June Caddle Barbados	14.08
400 metres hurdles	Sandra Farmer Jamaica	58.15 GR	Mercedes Mesa Cuba	58.65	Stephanie Vega Puerto Rico	59.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Gillian Forde Maxime McMillan Angela Williams Janice Bernard	44.86	Jamaica Verónica Findlay Cathy Rattray Anthea Johnson Jacqueline Pusey	45.77	Cuba Luisa Ferrer Idania Pino Ester Petitón Grisel Machado	45.85
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Mercedes Alvarez Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Mesa Nery McKeen	3:35.22	Puerto Rico Nilsa París Stephanie Vega Margaret de Jesús Marie Lande Mathieu	3:36.52	Jamaica Jacqueline Pusey Cathy Rattray Sandra Farmer Anthea Johnson	3:37.86
High jump	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.90 GR	Angela Carbonell Cuba	1.81	Iraima Parra Venezuela	1.78
Long jump	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.53 GR	Shonel Ferguson Bahamas	6.47	Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico	6.47
Shot put	María Elena Sarría Cuba	19.36 GR	Rosa Fernández Cuba	17.54	Luz Bohórquez Venezuela	13.63
Discus throw	María Cristina Betancourt Cuba	63.76 GR	Carmen Romero Cuba	61.98	Yunaira Piña Venezuela	46.86
Javelin throw	María Caridad Colón Cuba	62.80	Mayra Vila Cuba	60.22	Marieta Riera Venezuela	51.50
Heptathlon	Elida Aveillé Cuba	5579 GR	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	5210	Leyda Castro Dominican Republic	5123

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	27	19	14	60
2	Mexico (MEX)	4	4	4	12
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	3	4	4	11
4	Jamaica (JAM)	3	3	2	8
5	Bahamas (BAH)	1	3	2	6
6	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	2	1	4
7	Guyana (GUY)	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	3	5	8
9	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	2	6	8
10	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		40	40	40	120

See also

• 1982 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.