1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

Host City	Panamá
Country	PAN
Held	5 – 24 February 1938
Competitors	297
Countries	7

Events

• Athletics
• Boxing
• Diving
• Golf
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	CUB	21	14	16	51
2	Panama	PAN	18	16	16	50
3	Puerto Rico	PUR	16	11	11	38
4	Mexico	MEX	11	20	10	41
5	Jamaica	JAM	7	4	6	17
6	El Salvador	ESA	0	5	6	11
7	Venezuela	VEN	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Jennings Blackett	PAN	Jacinto Ortiz	CUB	Eulalio Villodas	PUR
200 m, Men	Jacinto Ortiz	CUB	Eulalio Villodas	PUR	Arthur Jones	JAM
400 m, Men	Arturo Baker	PAN	Adolfo Curiel	MEX	Gilberto Castruita	MEX
800 m, Men	Arthur Wint	JAM	Alfredo Mariscal	MEX	Pedro Zúñiga	MEX
1,500 m, Men	Guy Grant	JAM	Alfredo Cortés	MEX	Miguel Corona	MEX
5,000 m, Men	Guy Grant	JAM	Jesús Borgonio	MEX	Mariano Ramírez	MEX
10,000 m, Men	Agustín Romero	MEX	Guadalupe Martínez	MEX	José Próspero	ESA
Half Marathon, Men	José Thompson	PAN	Estanislao Galicia	MEX	Hilario Hernández	MEX
110 m Hurdles, Men	Horacio Quiñones	PUR	Téofilo Colón	PUR	Roberto Sánchez	MEX
400 m Hurdles, Men	Evelio Espínola	CUB	Salvador Torrós	PUR	Arthur Wint	JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Puerto Rico	PUR	Panama	PAN	Cuba	CUB
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Panama	PAN	Mexico	MEX	Cuba	CUB
High Jump, Men	Juan Luyanda	PUR	Arturo Baker	PAN	Juan Palmer	PUR
Pole Vault, Men	Rigoberto Pérez	MEX	José Sabater	PUR	Manuel Boyer	PUR
Long Jump, Men	Juan Luyanda	PUR	Juan Palmer	PUR	Salvador Torrós	PUR
Triple Jump, Men	Juan Palmer	PUR	Juan Luyanda	PUR	Orlando Bello	CUB
Shot Put, Men	Antulio Pietri	PUR	Fernando Torres	PUR	Ian Murphy	PUR
Discus Throw, Men	Ian Murphy	PUR	Heriberto Alonso	CUB	Miguel Gutiérrez	CUB
Hammer Throw, Men	Bernabé Sánchez	CUB	Francisco González	MEX	Ignacio Vázquez	CUB
Javelin Throw, Men	Antonio Figueroa	PUR	Mario Salas	CUB	Wilfredo Benítez	MEX
Pentathlon, Men	Salvador Torrós	PUR	Manuel Suárez	CUB	Juan Luyanda	PUR
100 m, Women	Nola Thorne	PAN	Nilda Villaverde	PAN	Adela Montilla	PAN
80 m Hurdles, Women	Nola Thorne	PAN	Aura Morales	PAN	Nilda Villaverde	PAN
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Panama	PAN	Cuba	CUB	Jamaica	JAM
High Jump, Women	Lilia Wilson	PAN	Beryl Delgado	JAM	Isabel Sullivan	PAN
Discus Throw, Women	Rebekah Colberg	PUR	Esperanza Morales	MEX	Irma Cornejo	ESA
Javelin Throw, Women	Rebekah Colberg	PUR	Marina Soto	MEX	Florinda Viamontes	CUB
-50.8 kg, Men	José Torres	PUR	José Herrera	MEX	Frederick Thompson	JAM
-53.5 kg, Men	Fidel Ortiz	MEX	Leocadio Torres	PAN	Albert Johnson	JAM
-57.2 kg, Men	Enrique Cardoso	MEX	Antón Tartak	PUR	Raúl Becker	PAN
-61.2 kg, Men	José Basora	PUR	Cyril Cameron	JAM	Raúl Gaona	MEX
-66.7 kg, Men	Alfredo Stewart	PAN	Lorenzo Arzaluz	MEX	Víctor Mejías	VEN
-72.6 kg, Men	Ignacio Márquez	MEX	Chester Jones	PAN	Lancerot Walker	JAM
-79,4 kg, Men	Theodoro Wint	JAM	Edgar Edgill	PAN	Eleuterio Rivera	PUR
+79.4 kg, Men	Jack Ryan	PAN	José Fonseca	MEX
3 m Springboard, Men	José Castillo	CUB	Antonio Mariscal	MEX	Mario Sardiñas	CUB
10 m Platform, Men	Antonio Mariscal	MEX	Juan Tuñón	PAN	Jaime Morales	PAN
3 m Springboard, Women	Margaret Chapman	CUB
5 m Springboard, Women	Margaret Chapman	CUB
Individual, Men	Walter Cope	PUR	Edmundo Salas	MEX	John McMurray	PAN
Pair, Men	John McMurray / Jack Fidanque	PAN	Walter Cope / Robert Holm	PUR	Edmundo Salas / Carlos Belmont	MEX
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men	Gustavo Huet	MEX	Pericles Seris	CUB	Francisco Párraga	ESA
Military rifle three positions 300 m, Men	Antonio García	MEX	Álvaro García	MEX	Juan C Méndez	CUB
Military rifle three positions team 300 m, Men	Mexico	MEX	Puerto Rico	PUR	Cuba	CUB
Free pistol 50 m, Men	Carlos Rodríguez-Feo	CUB	Gustavo Salinas	MEX	Gustavo Alfonso	CUB
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men	Ernesto Herrero	CUB	Carlos Acosta	MEX	Gustavo Salinas	MEX
Skeet, Men	Serafín Quesada	CUB	Arturo Ojeda	CUB	Héctor Valdés	PAN
100 m Freestyle, Men	Francisco Escobar	CUB	Didio Souza	PAN	Aníbal Illueca	PAN
400 m Freestyle, Men	Alberto Raurell	CUB	Danilo Souza	PAN	Santiago Robledo	ESA
1,500 m Freestyle, Men	Alberto Raurell	CUB	Santiago Robledo	ESA	Máximo Pérez	PAN
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men	Panama	PAN	Cuba	CUB	El Salvador	ESA
100 m Backstroke, Men	Isidro Cordovez	CUB	Ricardo Chávez	ESA	Ambrosio Castillo	PAN
200 m Breaststroke, Men	Óscar Martínez	CUB	Ramón Castillo	ESA	Rafael Suárez	CUB
100 m Freestyle, Women	Olga Luque	CUB	Margaret Chapman	CUB	Ruth Gil	CUB
400 m Freestyle, Women	Ruth Gil	CUB	Rosa Antich	CUB	Margaret Chapman	CUB
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women	Cuba	CUB	Panama	PAN
100 m Backstroke, Women	Edilia Gil	CUB	Olga Luque	CUB	Melba García	CUB
200 m Breaststroke, Women	Olga Luque	CUB	Melba García	CUB	Mercedes Alvarado	PAN
Volleyball, Men	Puerto Rico	PUR	Mexico	MEX	Cuba	CUB
Volleyball, Women	Mexico	MEX	Puerto Rico	PUR	Panama	PAN
Water Polo, Men	Jamaica	JAM	Panama	PAN	Puerto Rico	PUR
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Luis Ligget	PUR	Charles Goldsmith	JAM	Hermán Nadal	PUR
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Chester Field	PAN	George Espeut	JAM	Quintín Rivera	PUR
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Edgard Williams	JAM	Encarnación Chacón	PAN	Clanis Chettingham	PAN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Ramón Hermidas	PAN	Leopoldo De León	PAN	Antulio Pietri	PUR
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Oswald Charley	JAM	Luis García	PAN	Eduardo Dunn	PAN
Freestyle -58 kg, Men	Mario Ruíz	CUB	Antonio Hidalgo	ESA	Carlos Alvarado	PAN
Freestyle -63 kg, Men	George Jones	PAN	Jesús Rodríguez	CUB	Óscar Hernández	ESA
Freestyle -69 kg, Men	Harry Smith	PAN	Fernando Castellanos	ESA
Freestyle -76 kg, Men	Mario Tovar	MEX	Ricardo Paraños	CUB	Sammy Ford	PAN
Freestyle -85 kg, Men	Roy McLean	PAN	Alfredo Baeza	MEX	Manuel Sarría	CUB
Freestyle -90 kg, Men	Rafael Bárcenas	CUB	José Granucci	PAN
Freestyle -130 kg, Men	Gladstone Stone	PAN