1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

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Host venue in Caracas.

The 1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, Venezuela between 24–26 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.22	Luis Morales Puerto Rico	10.37	John Mair Jamaica	10.39
200 metres	Clive Wright Jamaica	20.64	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	20.79	John Mair Jamaica	20.99
400 metres	Elvis Forde Barbados	45.63	Jesús Malavé Venezuela	45.68	Ian Morris Trinidad and Tobago	45.90
800 metres	William Wuycke Venezuela	1:49.10	Raúl Mesa Cuba	1:49.80	Dennis Hines Jamaica	1:50.30
1500 metres	Raúl Mesa Cuba	3:46.17	José Isaac Cuba	3:46.82	Linton McKenzie Jamaica	3:46.87
5000 metres	Pablo Cerón Mexico	14:06.20	Pedro Ortiz Colombia	14:09.58	Carlos Quiñones Puerto Rico	14:13.53
10000 metres	Rafael Zepeda Mexico	29:46.62 CR	Silvio Salazar Colombia	30:38.69	José Carmona Venezuela	30:38.74
Half marathon	Alfredo Bolívar Mexico	1:13:26	Óscar González Venezuela	1:13:42	Jahir Mosquera Colombia	1:13:59
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde Cuba	8:42.38	Diosdaro Martos Cuba	9:03.90	José Bolivar Venezuela	9:19.46
110 metres hurdles	Jacinto Álvarez Cuba	13.83	Ángel Bueno Cuba	14.01	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	14.06
400 metres hurdles	Winthrop Graham Jamaica	49.58 CR	Francisco Moret Cuba	50.45	Emmanuel Smith Venezuela	50.94
High jump	Clarence Saunders Bermuda	2.26	Francisco Centelles Cuba	2.20	Bárbaro Díaz Cuba	2.20
Pole vault	Miguel Saldarriaga Colombia	5.05	Brent Vanderpool Bahamas	4.75	Liston Boschette Puerto Rico	4.75
Long jump	Ray Quiñones Puerto Rico	8.01	Ubaldo Duany Cuba	8.00	Miguel Valle Cuba	7.92
Triple jump	Héctor Marquetti Cuba	16.91	Norbert Elliott Bahamas	16.40	Steve Hanna Bahamas	16.32
Shot put	Marciso Boué Cuba	18.15	Pedro Contreras Cuba	17.30	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	16.46
Discus throw	Roberto Moya Cuba	60.10	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	48.00	Luis Palacios Venezuela	46.78
Hammer throw	Vicente Sánchez Cuba	69.86 CR	Eladio Hernández Cuba	64.44	Edmundo Castillo Venezuela	56.50
Javelin throw (Current design)	Luis Lucumí Colombia	72.46 CR	Orlando Hernández Cuba	71.20	Héctor Duharte Cuba	70.84
Decathlon	Miguel Valle Cuba	7586 CR	Ernesto Betancourt Cuba	7534	Rubén Herrada Venezuela	6734
20 km road walk	Carlos Ramones Venezuela	1:34:34	Francisco Vargas Colombia	1:34:34	Nicolás Soto Puerto Rico	1:41:14
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	39.45	Panama	40.48	Dominican Republic	40.65
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:03.54	Venezuela	3:05.15	Cuba	3:07.17

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Amparo Caicedo Colombia	11.75	Alejandra Flores Mexico	12.01	Rosa García Mexico	12.26
200 metres	Ester Petitón Cuba	23.67	Amparo Caicedo Colombia	24.07	Yolande Straughn Barbados	24.17
400 metres	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	51.70	Cathy Rattray Jamaica	51.83	Ester Petitón Cuba	53.99
800 metres	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	2:04.87	Cathy Rattray Jamaica	2:05.85	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	2:07.67
1500 metres	Milagro Rodríguez Cuba	4:29.34	Angelita Lind Puerto Rico	4:29.51	Fabiola Rueda Colombia	4:34.89
3000 metres	Milagro Rodríguez Cuba	9:58.86	Yolanda González Mexico	9:59.05	Fabiola Rueda Colombia	9:59.13
10000 metres	Isabel Juárez Mexico	35:06.20 CR	Fanny Romero Colombia	36:09.40	Emperatriz Wilson Cuba	37:07.20
100 metres hurdles	Sandra Taváres Mexico	13.49 CR	María Torreblanca Cuba	13.63	Mary Hawkins Panama	13.82
400 metres hurdles	Belkis Chávez Cuba	58.82	Carmen Rodríguez Venezuela	64.24	Rosa Urbina Venezuela	64.64
High jump	Mazel Thomas Jamaica	1.81	María del Carmen García Cuba	1.81	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	1.78
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo Cuba	6.31	Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico	6.11	Mazel Thomas Jamaica	5.98
Shot put	Lissete Martínez Cuba	17.22	Jenny Quintero Venezuela	13.94	Marlene Lewis Jamaica	13.61
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría Cuba	54.94	Rita Álvarez Cuba	54.10	María Isabel Urrutia Colombia	52.60
Javelin throw	Herminia Bouza Cuba	62.78	Marieta Riera Venezuela	55.14	Mariela Riera Venezuela	50.34
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne Cuba	5514 CR	Laiza Carrillo Cuba	5130	Daisy Ocasio Puerto Rico	4879
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia	45.29	Mexico	46.25	Cuba	47.01
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:27.23 CR	Barbados	3:40.35	Puerto Rico	3:41.82

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	18	15	8	41
2	Colombia	5	5	5	15
3	Mexico	5	3	1	9
4	Jamaica	5	2	6	13
5	Venezuela	2	6	8	16
6	Puerto Rico	2	4	6	12
7	Dominican Republic	1	1	2	4
8	Barbados	1	1	1	3
9	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
10	Bahamas	0	2	1	3
11	Panama	0	1	1	2
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1

See also

• 1987 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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