Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games

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1 Medal summary
- 1.1 Men's events
- 1.2 Women's events
2 Medal table
3 References

The Athletics competition in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún Cuba	10.3Aw	Herb McKenley Jamaica	10.4Aw	Lloyd LaBeach Panama	10.5Aw
200 metres	Herb McKenley Jamaica	20.9Aw	Rafael Fortún Cuba	21.2Aw	Lloyd LaBeach Panama	21.2Aw
400 metres	Herb McKenley Jamaica	47.8A	George Rhoden Jamaica	48.3A	Cirilo McSween Panama	49.3A
800 metres	George Rhoden Jamaica	1:59.4A	Frank Prince Panama	1:59.5A	Frank Rivera Puerto Rico	2:01.1A
1500 metres	Frank Prince Panama	4:13.0A	Ken Hyland Trinidad and Tobago	4:14.8A	Guillermo Rojas Guatemala	4:15.0A
5000 metres	Francisco Hernández Mexico	16:05.8A	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	16:10.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz Mexico	16:24.7A
10000 metres	Luis Velásquez Guatemala	34:33.6A	Isidoro Reséndiz Mexico	34:50.7A	Cruz Serrano Mexico	34:52.5A
Half marathon	Luis Velásquez Guatemala	1:14:44A	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	1:15:41A	Gustavo Ramírez Colombia	1:17:14A
110 metres hurdles	Julio Sabater Puerto Rico	14.9A	Samuel Anderson Cuba	15.2A	Vicente Tavárez Mexico	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	54.9A	Relín Sosa Puerto Rico	56.6A	Carlos Monges Mexico	57.3A
High jump	Gilberto Torres Puerto Rico	1.89A	Oswald Lyon Jamaica	1.89A	Benjamín Casado Puerto Rico	1.85A
Pole Vault	José Vincente Puerto Rico	4.10A	José Barbosa Puerto Rico	3.78A	José Fontanés Puerto Rico	3.63A
Long jump	Francisco Castro Puerto Rico	7.01A	Benjamín Casado Puerto Rico	6.95A	Claudio Cabreja Cuba	6.94A
Triple jump	Reinaldo Salamo Puerto Rico	14.20A	Francisco Castro Puerto Rico	14.10A	Benjamín Casado Puerto Rico	13.57A
Shot putt	Israel Capavete Puerto Rico	13.78A	Eduardo Adriana Netherlands Antilles	13.67A	Gerardo de Villiers Cuba	13.23A
Discus throw	Eduardo Parera Cuba	40.54A	Manuel Seoane Puerto Rico	38.88A	Juan Luyanda Puerto Rico	37.75A
Hammer throw	Jaime Annexy Puerto Rico	45.87A	Vicente Lagoyete Colombia	42.64A	Julio Bordás Cuba	42.08A
Javelin throw	Enrique Pizarro Puerto Rico	56.67A	Mario Salas Cuba	55.74A	Emilio Romero Puerto Rico	55.57A
Pentathlon	Amador Terán Mexico	2944A	Víctor Castañeda El Salvador	2779A	Enrique Salazar Guatemala	2560A
4 x 100 metres relay	Cuba	41.5A	Jamaica	41.6A	Panama	42.0A
4 x 400 metres relay	Panama	3:17.2A	Cuba	3:19.0A	Jamaica	3:19.0A

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Hyacinth Walters Jamaica	6.7A	Cynthia Thompson Jamaica	6.8A	Graviola Ewing Guatemala	6.9A
100 metres	Hyacinth Walters Jamaica	12.3A	Cynthia Thompson Jamaica	12.4A	Graviola Ewing Guatemala	12.5A
80 metres hurdles	Kathleen Searchwell Jamaica	12.1Aw	Vinton Beckett Jamaica	12.5Aw	Kathleen Russell Jamaica	12.6Aw
High jump	Ruth Beckett Jamaica	1.61A	Carmen Phipps Jamaica	1.59A	Lili Schluter Mexico	1.30A
Discus throw	Concepción Villanueva Mexico	33.96A	Alejandrina Herrera Cuba	31.78A	Ana Campos El Salvador	30.91A
Javelin throw	Judith Caballero Panama	36.20A	Berta Chiú Mexico	34.33A	Ana Campos El Salvador	33.40A
4 x 100 m relay	Jamaica	48.9A	Guatemala	52.0A	Mexico	52.2A

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica	8	8	2	18
2	Puerto Rico	8	5	6	19
3	Cuba	3	5	3	11
4	Mexico	3	2	6	11
5	Panama	3	1	4	8
6	Guatemala	2	3	4	9
7	Colombia	1	1	1	3
8	El Salvador	0	1	2	3
9	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
9	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1