1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
# 1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1969 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Juan Abrantes in Havana, Cuba between 17–19 August.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Hermes Ramírez Cuba | 10.4 CR | José Triana Cuba | 10.7 | Carl Edmund Panama | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | Hermes Ramírez Cuba | 21.0 CR | Pedro Fernández Cuba | 21.5 | Carl Edmund Panama | 21.8 |
| 400 metres | Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico | 47.0 CR | Garth Case Jamaica | 47.4 | Antonio Álvarez Cuba | 47.9 |
| 800 metres | Luis Dubouchet Cuba | 1:50.1 CR | Herminio Isaac Puerto Rico | 1:51.5 | Carlos Martínez Mexico | 1:53.2 |
| 1500 metres | Sergio González Mexico | 3:52.2 CR | Carlos Martínez Mexico | 3:53.2 | Lázaro Valdivieso Cuba | 3:54.8 |
| 5000 metres | Sergio González Mexico | 14:59.4 CR | Andrés Romero Mexico | 15:00.8 | Carlos Báez Puerto Rico | 15:37.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Sergio González Mexico | 31:13.3 | Andrés Romero Mexico | 31:21.5 | Felipe Chaviano Cuba | 32:46.4 |
| Half marathon | Pablo Garrido Mexico | 1:08:53 CR | Jacinto Sabinal Mexico | 1:11:35 | Patricio Larriñaga Cuba | 1:12:10 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Juan Morales Cuba | 14.4 CR | Pedro Fernández Cuba | 14.4 | Richard Davis Panama | 17.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Miguel Olivera Cuba | 53.9 | Juan García Cuba | 53.9 | Richard Davis Panama | 67.0 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Antonio Villanueva Mexico | 9:04.0 CR | Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba | 9:06.6 | Bulmaro Olguín Mexico | 9:08.5 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Leighton Priestley Garth Case Ashton Waite Victor Lyle | 42.2 | Panama Gilberto Ansell Alberto Bloomfield Jacinto Tejeda Baptiste | 43.4 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Antonio Álvarez Carlos Felipe Martínez Manuel Montalvo Rodobaldo Díaz | 3:13.1 CR | Jamaica Alfred Daley Delroy Morgan Leighton Priestley Garth Case | 3:15.8 | Panama Alberto Bloomfield Lara Jacinto Tejeda Gilberto Ansell | 3:20.5 |
| 20 km road walk | Pascual Ramírez Mexico | 1:39:57 CR | José Oliveros Mexico | 1:40:06 | Euclides Calzado Cuba | 1:41:05 |
| High jump | Miguel Durañona Cuba | 1.95 | Bernabé Luaces Cuba | 1.95 | Trevor Tennant Jamaica | 1.90 |
| Pole vault | Roberto Moré Cuba | 4.52 CR | Jorge Miranda Puerto Rico | 4.10 | Guillermo González Puerto Rico | 4.10 |
| Long jump | Ernesto Boy Cuba | 7.46 | David Cruz Puerto Rico | 7.33 | Victor Brooks Jamaica | 7.31 |
| Triple jump | José Hernández Cuba | 15.60 CR | Ricardo Carnejo Cuba | 15.56 | Iván Baldayo Venezuela | 15.44 |
| Shot put | Benigno Hodelín Cuba | 15.78 | Modesto Mederos Cuba | 15.68 | Jorge Marrero Puerto Rico | 14.78 |
| Discus throw | Bárbaro Cañizares Cuba | 54.70 CR | Javier Moreno Cuba | 50.84 | Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico | 48.92 |
| Hammer throw | Víctor Suárez Cuba | 56.10 | Jesús Fuentes Cuba | 53.60 | Pedro Granell Puerto Rico | 53.56 |
| Javelin throw | Salomón Robbins Mexico | 69.98 CR | Francisco Mena Cuba | 69.70 | Julio Loredo Cuba | 69.50 |
| Decathlon | Jesús Mirabal Cuba | 6492 CR | José Díaz Cuba | 6040 | | |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 11.6 | Fulgencia Romay Cuba | 11.8 | Margarita Martínez Panama | 12.8 |
| 200 metres | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 23.8 CR | Violeta Quesada Cuba | 23.8 | Margarita Martínez Panama | 25.8 |
| 400 metres | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 55.2 CR | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 55.3 | Lucía Quiroz Mexico | 58.5 |
| 800 metres | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 2:12.2 CR | Lucía Quiroz Mexico | 2:14.1 | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 2:14.9 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Lourdes Jones Cuba | 14.7 CR | Raquel Martínez Cuba | 14.7 | Beatriz Aparicio Panama | 16.5 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Miguelina Cobián Fulgencia Romay Cristina Hechavarria Marcia Garbey | 45.9 | Panama Rosalia Abadia Nivia Trejos Yolanda Knight Margarita Martínez | 50.3 | Jamaica Debbie Byfield-White Carol Cummings Colleen Livingstone Janet Stanford | 50.8 |
| High jump | Hilda Fabré Cuba | 1.55 CR | Silvia Tapia Mexico | 1.55 | Lucía Duquet Cuba | 1.55 |
| Long jump | Marina Samuells Cuba | 6.08 CR | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 6.07 | Carol Cummings Jamaica | 5.52 |
| Shot put | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 14.02 CR | Grecia Hamilton Cuba | 13.95 | Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico | 13.00 |
| Discus throw | Carmen Romero Cuba | 51.41 CR | María Cristina Betancourt Cuba | 47.78 | Eileen Hibbert Jamaica | 38.52 |
| Javelin throw | Milagros Bayard Cuba | 45.28 | Tomasa Núñez Cuba | 42.72 | Ana López Panama | 35.84 |
| Pentathlon | Daisy Hechevarría Cuba | 3974 | Josefa Reyes Cuba | 3640 | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 26 | 21 | 8 | 55 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 35 | 35 | 32 | 102 |
