Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
# Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Andrés Simón Cuba | 10.29 | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 10.38 | Ray Stewart Jamaica | 10.48 |
| 200 metres | Leandro Peñalver Cuba | 20.70 | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 20.79 | Leroy Reid Jamaica | 20.9 |
| 400 metres | Félix Stevens Cuba | 44.98 | Ian Morris Trinidad and Tobago | 45.02 | Elvis Forde Barbados | 45.65 |
| 800 metres | Oslen Barr Guyana | 1:49.42 | William Wuycke Venezuela | 1:49.45 | Ángel Osoria Cuba | 1:50.35 |
| 1500 metres | Jacinto Navarrete Colombia | 3:43.72 | Germán Beltrán Venezuela | 3:43.99 | Félix Mesa Cuba | 3:45.50 |
| 5000 metres | Mauricio González Mexico | 14:11.73 | Marcos Barreto Mexico | 14:12.73 | Juan Jesús Linares Cuba | 14:13.76 |
| 10,000 metres | Francisco Pacheco Mexico | 29:39.56 | José Alcalá Mexico | 30:05.35 | Eduardo Maldonado Puerto Rico | 30:29.39 |
| Marathon | Jesús Amariles Colombia | 02:23:00 | Radamés González Cuba | 02:25:54 | Dieudonné Lamothe Haiti | 02:32:11 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ángel Bueno Cuba | 13.86 | Juan Saborit Cuba | 13.91 | Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico | 14.10 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Winthrop Graham Jamaica | 50.03 | David Charlton Bahamas | 50.14 | Jesús Aguilasocho Mexico | 50.48 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Juan Ramón Conde Cuba | 8:42.38 | Juan Jesús Linares Cuba | 8:46.11 | Rafael Colmenares Venezuela | 8:52.83 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Sergio Querol Andrés Simón | 38.74 | Jamaica Gregory Meghoo Andrew Smith Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid | 38.96 | Dominican Republic José Méndez Gerardo Suero Fernando Reynoso Juan Núñez | 39.56 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Leandro Peñalver Agustín Pavó Jorge Valentín Félix Stevens | 3:02.41 | Trinidad and Tobago Ali St. Louis Ian Morris Michael Paul Carlyle Bernard | 3:04.57 | Barbados Henriko Atkins David Carter Ezra Catwell Elvis Forde | 3:06.88 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:26:25 | Martín Bermúdez Mexico | 1:27:23 | Héctor Moreno Colombia | 1:28:41 |
| 50 kilometre road walk | Martín Bermúdez Mexico | 4:04:47 | Félix Gómez Mexico | 4:07:20 | Mauricio Cortés Colombia | 4:26:27 |
| High jump | Francisco Centelles Cuba | 2.22 | Bárbaro Díaz Cuba Alfredo Mejía Dominican Republic | 2.20 | | |
| Pole vault | Rubén Camino Cuba | 5.20 | José Echevarría Cuba | 5.00 | Efram Meléndez Puerto Rico | 4.90 |
| Long jump | Jaime Jefferson Cuba | 8.34 | Elmer Williams Puerto Rico | 7.81 | Ubaldo Duany Cuba | 7.57 |
| Triple jump | Lázaro Betancourt Cuba | 16.83 | Frank Rutherford Bahamas | 16.67 | Norbert Elliott Bahamas | 16.40 |
| Shot put | Paul Ruiz Cuba | 19.01 | Marciso Boué Cuba | 18.59 | Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago | 16.99 |
| Discus throw | Luis Delís Cuba | 63.16 | Juan Martínez Cuba | 62.30 | Brad Cooper Bahamas | 61.40 |
| Hammer throw | Vicente Sánchez Cuba | 68.04 | Eladio Hernández Cuba | 64.08 | David Castrillón Colombia | 63.68 |
| Javelin throw | Ramón González Cuba | 77.32 | Juan de la Garza Mexico | 74.28 | Máximo Driggs Cuba | 74.06 |
| Decathlon | Ernesto Betancourt Cuba | 7333 | Jorge Caraballo Cuba | 7079 | Ron McPhee Bahamas | 6773 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas | 11.51 | Camille Coates Jamaica | 11.69 | Amparo Caicedo Colombia | 11.85 |
| 200 metres | Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas | 23.06 | Camille Coates Jamaica | 23.44 | Amparo Caicedo Colombia | 23.52 |
| 400 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba | 51.01 | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 52.46 | Cathy Rattray Jamaica | 52.67 |
| 800 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba | 1:59.00 | Angelita Lind Puerto Rico | 2:02.12 | Imelda González Mexico | 2:02.26 |
| 1500 metres | Angelita Lind Puerto Rico | 4:18.67 | Imelda González Mexico | 4:19.58 | Nery McKeen Cuba | 4:23.34 |
| 3000 metres | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 9:30.25 | Sergia Martínez Cuba | 9:36.84 | Santa Velázquez Mexico | 9:42.36 |
| 10,000 metres | Genoveva Domínguez Mexico | 36:24.39 | Maricela Hurtado Mexico | 36:29.12 | Maribel Durruty Cuba | 38:20.27 |
| Marathon | Naidi Nazario Puerto Rico | 2:55:44 | Maribel Durruty Cuba | 3:08:57 | Aida Torres Puerto Rico | 3:10:19 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Odalys Adams Cuba | 13.50 | Grisel Machado Cuba | 13.56 | Sandra Taváres Mexico | 13.86 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Flora Hyacinth U.S. Virgin Islands | 57.55 | Tania Fernández Cuba | 57.6 | Alma Vázquez Mexico | 59.05 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Idania Pino Luisa Ferrer Susana Armenteros María Zamora | 44.55 | Bahamas Carmel Major Pauline Davis Deborah Greene Shonel Ferguson | 45.49 | Mexico Guadalupe García Alma Vázquez Alejandra Flores Sandra Tavares | 45.58 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Ester Petitón Odalys Hernández Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot | 3:33.60 | Puerto Rico Virgen Fontánez Roxanne Oliver Mercedes Ríos Angelita Lind | 3:41.32 | Dominican Republic María Acevedo Ana Peña Virginia Cruz Glennis Reynoso | 3:47.84 |
| 10,000 metre track walk | María Colín Mexico | 50:43.62 | Graciela Mendoza Mexico | 51:56.62 | Margarita Morales Cuba | 55:00.93 |
| High jump | Silvia Costa Cuba | 1.96 | Cristina Fink Mexico | 1.81 | Laura Agront Puerto Rico | 1.79 |
| Long jump | Eloína Echevarría Cuba | 6.61 | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas | 6.43 | Flora Hyacinth U.S. Virgin Islands | 6.36 |
| Shot put | Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba | 17.22 | Rosa Fernández Cuba | 17.17 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 14.48 |
| Discus throw | Hilda Ramos Cuba | 63.44 | Maritza Martén Cuba | 63.24 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 50.68 |
| Javelin throw | María Caridad Colón Cuba | 67.00 | Ivonne Leal Cuba | 56.56 | María González Puerto Rico | 54.38 |
| Heptathlon | Caridad Balcindes Cuba | 5313 | Leyda Castro Dominican Republic | 5025 | Irina Ambulo Panama | 4997 (NR) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 27 | 16 | 8 | 51 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Bahamas (BAH) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Guyana (GUY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 43 | 44 | 42 | 129 |
