Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Tom Robinson Bahamas	10.41	Rafael Romero Venezuela	10.47	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	10.49
200 metres	Rafael Romero Venezuela	21.0	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	21.3	Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago	21.4
400 metres	George Kerr Jamaica	45.9	Hortensio Fucil Venezuela	47.3	Malcolm Spence Jamaica	47.4
800 metres	George Kerr Jamaica	1:51.0	Melville Spence Jamaica	1:53.0	José Neira Colombia	1:54.8
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía Colombia	3:51.4	Ralph Gomes Guiana	3:52.5	José Neira Colombia	3:52.6
5000 metres	Eligio Galicia Mexico	14:46.6	Marciano Castillo Mexico	15:06.2	Felipe Prado Mexico	15:11.0
10,000 metres	Eligio Galicia Mexico	30:55.2	Asencio Escalona Mexico	31:40.8	Marciano Castillo Mexico	31:44.4
Half marathon	Hernán Barreneche Colombia	01:11:49	Fidel Negrete Mexico	01:12:27	Víctor Peralta Mexico	01:13:21
110 metres hurdles	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	14.2	Heriberto Cruz Puerto Rico	14.5	Lancelot Bobb Venezuela	14.7
400 metres hurdles	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	51.6	Juan Montes Puerto Rico	53.0	Jorge Cumberbatch Cuba	53.2
3000 metre steeplechase	Erasmo Prado Mexico	9:19.8	Elías Mendoza Mexico	9:23.6	Pedro Mariani Puerto Rico	9:31.4
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Arquímides Herrera Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Horacio Esteves	40.0	Trinidad and Tobago Cipriani Phillips Vincent Ackoon Wilton Jackson Edwin Roberts	40.7	Jamaica Pablo McNeil Patrick Robinson Lindley Headley Dennis Johnson	40.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Melville Spence Gilwyn Williams Malcolm Spence George Kerr	3:11.6	Trinidad and Tobago Roderick Manswell Juan Betancourt Wilton Jackson Edwin Roberts	3:12.5	Puerto Rico Germán Guenard José Villalonga Gilberto Faberlle Ovidio de Jesús	3:15.8
High jump	Teodoro Palacios Guatemala	2.00	Anton Norris Barbados	1.98	Ernle Haisley Jamaica	1.94
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.72	Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico	4.26	Luis Quintero Colombia	3.81
Long jump	Juan Muñoz Venezuela	7.68	Wellesley Clayton Jamaica	7.60	Abelardo Pacheco Cuba	7.16
Triple jump	Mahoney Samuels Jamaica	15.52	Ramón López Cuba	15.33	Perry Christie Bahamas	14.98
Shot put	Lambertus Rebel Netherlands Antilles	14.64	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	14.46	Ramón Rosario Puerto Rico	13.96
Discus throw	Dagoberto González Colombia	48.66	Lambertus Rebel Netherlands Antilles	47.44	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	46.97
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells Cuba	54.15	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	52.85	Marcelino Borrero Colombia	50.35
Javelin throw	Jesús Rodríguez Venezuela	66.66	Wilfredo Salgado Puerto Rico	64.24	Arnoldo Pallarés Cuba	61.83
Pentathlon	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	3212	Roberto Caravaca Venezuela	2946	Jorge García Puerto Rico	2912

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	12.08	Marcela Daniel Panama	12.12	Sybil Donmartin Trinidad and Tobago	12.20
80m hurdles	Bertha Díaz Cuba	11.1	Lorraine Dunn Panama	11.7	Carmen Smith Jamaica	11.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Dorothy Yates Carmen Williams Carmen Smith Ouida Walker	47.0	Cuba Berta Díaz Nereida Borges Miguelina Cobián Fulgencia Romay	47.3	Panama Lorraine Dunn Marcela Daniel Delceita Oakley Dinor Batista	47.7
High jump	Brenda Archer Guiana	1.53	Marta Font Cuba	1.51	Beverley Welsh Jamaica	1.51
Long jump	Bertha Díaz Cuba	5.50	Dorothy Yates Jamaica	5.38	Gisela Vidal Venezuela	5.35
Discus throw	Caridad Aguero Cuba	43.75	Alejandrina Herrera Cuba	38.70	Ivonne Rojano Mexico	38.69
Javelin throw	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	40.32	Beverly Eloisa Oglivie Panama	40.19	Berta Chiú Mexico	35.63

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	7	4	3	14
2	Venezuela (VEN)	6	6	4	16
3	Jamaica	5	3	5	13
4	Mexico (MEX)	3	4	5	12
5	Colombia	3	0	4	7
6	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	4	4	9
7	Guiana	1	1	0	2
	Netherlands Antilles	1	1	0	2
9	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2
10	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
11	Panama	0	3	1	4
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
13	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		29	29	29	87

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.