1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica between 14–17 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Don Quarrie Jamaica	10.2 CR	Lennox Miller Jamaica	10.2	Pablo Montes Cuba	10.8
200 metres	Don Quarrie Jamaica	20.6 CR	Guillermo González Puerto Rico	21.3	Pablo Montes Cuba	21.3
400 metres	Alfred Daley Jamaica	46.6 CR	Melesio Piña Mexico	47.4	Raúl Dome Venezuela	47.6
800 metres	Byron Dyce Jamaica	1:49.7 CR	Leandro Civil Cuba	1:49.7	Lennox Stewart Trinidad and Tobago	1:50.0
1500 metres	Byron Dyce Jamaica	3:46.8 CR	Antonio Colón Puerto Rico	3:47.5	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:48.2
5000 metres	Héctor Ortiz Puerto Rico	14:25.6 CR	Rodolfo Gómez Mexico	14:25.8	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	14:30.0
10000 metres	Valentín Robles Mexico	31:32.0	Victoriano López Guatemala	31:41.8	Héctor Ortiz Puerto Rico	31:53.0
Half marathon	Andrés Romero Mexico	1:10:24	John Mowatt Jamaica	1:12:46	Lucas Lara Cuba	1:12:50
3000 metres steeplechase	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	8:58.6 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba	8:58.8	José Cobo Cuba	9:11.6
110 metres hurdles	Juan Morales Cuba	13.8 CR	Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico	13.9	Godfrey Murray Jamaica	13.9
400 metres hurdles	Juan García Cuba	52.1 CR	Francisco Dumeng Puerto Rico	52.3	Fernando Montelongo Mexico	52.7
High jump	Pedro Yequez Venezuela	1.98	Lloyd Scott Jamaica	1.95	Miguel Durañona Cuba	1.95
Pole vault	Roberto Moré Cuba	4.80 CR	Juan Laza Cuba	4.40	Guillermo González Puerto Rico	4.30
Long jump	George Swanston Trinidad and Tobago	7.43	Wilfredo Maisonave Puerto Rico	7.38	Abelardo Pacheco Cuba	7.19
Triple jump	Pedro Pérez Cuba	15.94 CR	Juan Velázquez Cuba	15.42	Tim Barrett Bahamas	15.32
Shot put	Benigno Hodelín Cuba	15.76	Alfredo Leyva Cuba	15.33	Jorge Marrero Puerto Rico	14.96
Discus throw	Bárbaro Cañizares Cuba	55.50 CR	Javier Moreno Cuba	54.44	Leopold Blake Jamaica	46.04
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez Cuba	56.54	Jesús Fuentes Cuba	53.98	Pedro Granell Puerto Rico	53.54
Javelin throw	Juan Jarvis Cuba	77.20 CR	Amado Morales Puerto Rico	74.38	Justo Perelló Cuba	71.40
Decathlon	Orlando Pedroso Cuba	6779 CR	Jesús Mirabal Cuba	6692	Dunstan Campbell Grenada	6105
10000 m track walk	Lucas Lara Cuba	47:20.2 CR	Ismael Ávila Mexico	47:43.8	Raúl González Mexico	49:35.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	39.2 CR	Puerto Rico	40.7	Venezuela	40.7
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:09.0 CR	Cuba	3:10.1	Trinidad and Tobago	3:13.3

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Fulgencia Romay Cuba	11.6	Silvia Chivás Cuba	11.6	Rosie Allwood Jamaica	11.9
200 metres	Fulgencia Romay Cuba	23.6 CR	Silvia Chivás Cuba	23.9	Diva Bishop Panama	24.1
400 metres	Marilyn Neufville Jamaica	53.5 CR	Carmen Trustée Cuba	54.0	Yvonne Saunders Jamaica	54.3
800 metres	Carmen Trustée Cuba	2:14.6	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	2:15.1	Beverly Panton Jamaica	2:15.8
1500 metres	Lucía Quiroz Mexico	4:34.2 CR	Enriqueta Nava Mexico	4:37.5	Melquises Fonseca Cuba	4:38.5
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde Cuba	13.7 CR	Lourdes Jones Cuba	14.0	Carmen Smith-Brown Jamaica	14.1
200 metres hurdles	Lourdes Jones Cuba	28.0 CR	Raquel Martínez Cuba	28.2	Enriqueta Basilio Mexico	29.0
High jump	Audrey Reid Jamaica	1.73 CR	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	1.70	Marima Rodríguez Cuba	1.67
Long jump	Marina Samuells Cuba	5.93	Marcia Garbey Cuba	5.68	Yvonne Saunders Jamaica	5.65
Shot put	Carmen Romero Cuba	14.25 CR	Grecia Hamilton Cuba	14.04	Orlanda Lynch Suriname	10.20
Discus throw	Carmen Romero Cuba	55.24 CR	María Cristina Betancourt Cuba	49.38	Orlanda Lynch Suriname	34.02
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez Cuba	51.64 CR	Milagros Bayard Cuba	41.54	Celina Surga Venezuela	37.56
Pentathlon	Marlene Elejalde Cuba	4341 CR	Lucía Vaamonde Venezuela	4333	Marcia Garbey Cuba	4122
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	45.4	Jamaica	46.0	Venezuela	47.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:38.6 CR	Jamaica	3:41.0	Trinidad and Tobago	4:03.2

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	22	19	10	51
2	Jamaica	9	6	7	22
3	Mexico	3	4	4	11
4	Venezuela	2	1	5	8
5	Puerto Rico	1	7	4	12
6	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	4
7	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
8	Suriname	0	0	2	2
9	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Bahamas	0	0	1	1

External links

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