1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships
Central American and Caribbean Championships
The Central American and Caribbean Championships is an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation . Only athletes representing a member nation of the confederation may compete. Created in 1967, the event has been held every...

in Athletics were held in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Charles Joseph Charles Joseph (athlete) Charles Joseph is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.He attended the Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.-Achievements:-External links:*... Trinidad and Tobago	10.7	Pablo Franco Puerto Rico	10.7	Félix Mata Venezuela	10.7
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s.... Jamaica	21.5	Pablo Franco Puerto Rico	21.8	Raymond Heerenveen Netherlands Antilles
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Mike Sands The Bahamas	46.6	Félix Mangual Puerto Rico	47.6	Alfred Daley Jamaica	47.7
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Byron Dyce Jamaica	1:58.1	José Velásquez Venezuela	1:59.3	Garth Manwarring Trinidad and Tobago	1:59.3
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:45.9 =CR	Antonio Colón Puerto Rico	3:48.4	Byron Dyce Jamaica	3:49.4
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Luis Hernández Luis Hernández (athlete) Luis Hernández is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He claimed the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the Men's 10,000 metres, and represented his native country the following year at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada.-References:* He also is one of the best... Mexico	15:04.7	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	15:04.8	Carlos Martínez Mexico	15:19.0
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Orozco is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s... Mexico	30:05.9	Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Pérez is a retired male marathon runner from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1975.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	30:07.1	Rafael Palomares Mexico	30:18.3
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...	Carlos Hernández Mexico	1:07:52	Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Pérez is a retired male marathon runner from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1975.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	1:08:03	Andrés Romero Mexico	1:08:41
3000 metres steeplechase	Demetrio Cabanillos Mexico	9:28.4	Octavio Guadarrama Mexico	9:33.2	Carlos Báez Puerto Rico	9:35.0
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Iván Mangual Puerto Rico	50.9 CR	José Santiago Puerto Rico	51.8	Enrique Aguirre Mexico	52.5
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Cristóbal de León Dominican Republic	2.05	Clark Godwin Bermuda	2.05	Rudy Levarity The Bahamas	2.01
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Augusto Perdomo Cuba	4.70	Juan Laza Cuba	4.55	Elberto Pratt Mexico	4.40
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	George Swanston Trinidad and Tobago	7.48	Henry Jackson Jamaica	7.24	Dennis Trott Bermuda	7.20
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Juan Velázquez Cuba	16.11 CR	Juvenal Pérez Cuba	15.66	Michael Sharpe Michael Sharpe Michael Douglas Sharpe, JP , is an Australian businessman. He is a Joint Managing Director of Sharpe Bros Pty Ltd, along with brothers Richard and Hayden Sharpe... Bermuda	15.62
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Pedro Serrano Puerto Rico	15.68	Jesús Ramos Venezuela	15.55	José Santa Cruz Cuba	14.82
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Javier Moreno Cuba	53.24	José Santa Cruz Cuba	52.48	Pedro Serrano Puerto Rico	47.24
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Víctor Suárez Cuba	62.36	William Silén Puerto Rico	58.20	Marcos Borregales Venezuela	56.36
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Reinaldo Patterson Reinaldo Patterson Reinaldo Patterson is a retired javelin thrower from Cuba, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	69.84	Antonio González Cuba	68.46	Salomón Robins Mexico	68.24
20 km road walk 20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race...	Enrique Vera Mexico	1:48:34	Domingo Colín Mexico	1:54:30	Rigoberto Medina Cuba	1:57:00
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Jamaica	40.6	Trinidad and Tobago	40.7	Venezuela	41.3

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Debbie Jones Bermuda	11.9	Eia Cabreja Cuba	12.1	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	12.1
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Lorna Forde Barbados	24.3	Jackie Pusey Jamaica	24.4	Rosie Allwood Jamaica	24.6
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Helen Blake Jamaica	54.8	Lorna Forde Barbados	55.1	Ruth Williams Jamaica	55.7
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Helen Blake Jamaica	2:17.5	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	2:18.1	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	2:19.0
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	4:34.1	Mercedes Álvarez Cuba	4:44.7	Evasol Vallejo Mexico	4:46.5
200 metres hurdles Hurdling Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...	Marcela Chivás Cuba	28.2	Mercedes Román Mexico	30.0	Linda Woodside The Bahamas	30.3
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	1.83 CR	Lucía Duquet Cuba	1.65	María Scrubb Cuba	1.65
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	6.10 CR	Dora Thompson Cuba	5.88	Shonel Ferguson Shonel Ferguson Shonel Ferguson is a former track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competed in the women's sprint and long jump events during her career. She is a three-time Olympian . Ferguson was inducted into the Bahamas Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1993.-External links:*... The Bahamas	5.69
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Caridad Romero Cuba	14.74 CR	Rosa Fernández Cuba	14.33	Orlanda Lynch Suriname	12.91
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Caridad Romero Cuba	45.56	Salvadora Vargas Cuba	44.00	Patricia Andrus Venezuela	39.38
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Ana María González Cuba	45.90	Clementina Díaz Cuba	42.78	Diana Rodríguez Puerto Rico	41.84
Pentathlon Women's pentathlon The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon. It had a different set of events than the ancient Olympic pentathlon...	María Ángeles Cato Mexico	3796	Maritza García Cuba	3628	Mercedes Román Mexico	3619
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Jamaica	45.7	Bermuda	47.4	Trinidad and Tobago	47.4

Medal table

1	Cuba	9	14	4	27
2	Mexico	8	4	8	20
3	Jamaica	8	2	5	15
4	Puerto Rico	2	6	3	11
5	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	2	5
6	Bermuda	1	2	2	5
7	Barbados	1	1	0	2
8	The Bahamas	1	0	3	4
9	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela	0	3	4	7
11	Suriname	0	0	1	1
11	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.