Athletics at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games

The Athletics competition in the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games
1926 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 1st Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 30 to November 2, 1926. It featured 269 athletes from three countries , competing in nine sports: athletics, basketball, baseball, diving, fencing, shooting, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.-Medal...

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Mexico City

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Mexico

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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...	Mariano Aguilar Mexico	11.1A	Francisco Ramírez Mexico		Mario González Cuba
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...	Mario Gómez Mexico	22.2A	Armando "Pepe" Barrientos Armando Barrientos Armando Barrientos is a Cuban fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.-References:... Cuba		Francisco Arango Cuba
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...	Luciano Iturbe Mexico	49.9A	Luis Estévez Cuba		José Moraila Mexico
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...	Luciano Iturbe Mexico	2:01.4A	Modesto Careaga Mexico		Darío Álvarez Cuba
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...	Modesto Careaga Mexico	4:22.6A	Francisco Terrazas Mexico		José Eslava Mexico
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...	Eduardo Quintanar Mexico	17:16.6A	Juan Cortés Mexico		José Eslava Mexico
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...	Eduardo Quintanar Mexico	36:02.4A	M.M. Hernández Mexico		José Nevares Mexico
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...	Tomás Zafiro Mexico	36:05A	Juventino Guzmán Mexico		Madardo Sánchez Mexico
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Armando Díaz Armando Diaz Armando Diaz, 1st Duca della Vittoria was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy.Born in Naples, Diaz began his military career as a student at the Military Academy of Turin, where he became an artillery officer. He was a colonel commanding the 93rd infantry during the Italo-Turkish War, and... Mexico	16.4A	José Sorzano Cuba		Dionisio Fuentefría Cuba
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...	Armando Díaz Armando Diaz Armando Diaz, 1st Duca della Vittoria was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy.Born in Naples, Diaz began his military career as a student at the Military Academy of Turin, where he became an artillery officer. He was a colonel commanding the 93rd infantry during the Italo-Turkish War, and... Mexico	57.8A	José María Suárez Cuba		Ernesto Estévez Cuba
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....	Alfonso Stoopen Mexico	1.77A	Francisco Costas Mexico	1.75A	Juan Alonso Cuba	1.75A
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...	José Sanjurjo Cuba	3.43A	Fernando Álvarez Fernando Alvarez Fernando Enrique Alvarez is an Argentine macroeconomist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. in Economics at Universidad Nacional de La Plata in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1994... Cuba	3.43A	Juan Figueroa Mexico	3.38A
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...	Alfonso de Gortari Mexico	6.70A	José Torriente Cuba	6.53A	Carlos Carranza Mexico	6.46A
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...	Sergio Macías Cuba	13.29A	Manuel Montes Cuba	13.13A	Armando Díaz Armando Diaz Armando Diaz, 1st Duca della Vittoria was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy.Born in Naples, Diaz began his military career as a student at the Military Academy of Turin, where he became an artillery officer. He was a colonel commanding the 93rd infantry during the Italo-Turkish War, and... Mexico	13.09A
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 Rodríguez Cuba	11.65A	Jesús Aguirre Mexico	11.30A	Ricardo Villar Cuba	11.30A
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...	Manuel Guzmán Mexico	35.79A	Miguel Gutiérrez Miguel Gutiérrez Miguel Gutiérrez is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Atlas.-External links:*... Cuba	35.46A	Jesús Aguirre Mexico	34.43A
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...	Troadio Hernández Cuba	36.07A	Abel Salazar Mexico	35.73A	Jesús Aguirre Mexico	35.43A
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...	Luis Lewis Cuba	52.15A	Luis Estévez Cuba	48.34A	Gustavo Gallardo Mexico	45.18A
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...	Mexico	43.6A	Cuba		Guatemala
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Mexico	3:25.6A	Cuba		Guatemala

Medal table

1	Mexico	15	9	11	35
2	Cuba	5	11	7	23
3	Guatemala	0	0	2	2

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