1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

Host City Barranquilla
Country COL
Held 5 – 25 March 1946
Competitors 289
Countries 13

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 3 2
Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 3 2
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 3 2
Rings Men — Medal 3 2
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Men — Medal 18 3
Club Swinging Men — Medal 3 2
Rope Climbing Men — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 1
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Half Marathon Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Pentathlon Men — Medal 3 3
50 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
80 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
5 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual Men — Medal 3 2
Pair Men — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free pistol 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Rapid fire pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 2
Skeet Men — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Trampoline Individual Men — Medal 2 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men — Medal 33 3
Volleyball Women — Medal 34 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 24 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts) Men 12 December 1946 Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 13 December 1946 Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts) Men 14 December 1946 Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts) Men 15 December 1946 Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts) Men 16 December 1946 Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Freestyle -56 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -61 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -66 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -72 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -79 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -87 kg Men — Medal 2 2
Freestyle -+87 kg Men — Medal 2 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Cuba CUB 22 20 21 63
2 Mexico MEX 18 15 20 53
3 Panama PAN 11 9 6 26
4 Jamaica JAM 5 10 6 21
5 Puerto Rico PUR 5 8 7 20
6 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 4 2 4 10
7 Colombia COL 3 5 2 10
8 Guatemala GUA 2 2 3 7
9 Netherlands Antilles AHO 2 0 0 2
10 El Salvador ESA 1 3 3 7
11 Costa Rica CRC 1 0 0 1
= Dominican Republic DOM 1 0 0 1
13 Venezuela VEN 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Fernando Lecuona CUB Rafael Lecuona CUB Ángel Aguiar CUB
Floor Exercise, Men Roberto Villacián CUB Fernando Lecuona CUB Nicanor Villarreal MEX
Vault, Men Rafael Lecuona CUB Nicanor Villarreal MEX Ángel Aguiar CUB
Parallel Bars, Men Fernando Lecuona CUB Antonio Rodríguez MEX Raimundo Rey CUB
Horizontal Bar, Men Ismael Mosqueira MEX Efrén Pineda MEX Rafael Lecuona CUB
Rings, Men Ángel Aguiar CUB Antonio Rodríguez MEX Fernando Lecuona CUB
Pommelled Horse, Men Rafael Lecuona CUB Fernando Lecuona CUB Ismael Mosqueira MEX
Team All-Around, Men Cuba CUB Mexico MEX Colombia COL
Club Swinging, Men Francisco José Álvarez MEX Guillermo Concha COL Jaime Jiménez COL
Rope Climbing, Men Baldomero Rubiera CUB Alejandro Díaz CUB Ángel Aguiar CUB
100 m, Men Rafael Fortún CUB Herb McKenley JAM McDonald Bailey TTO
200 m, Men Rafael Fortún CUB Lloyd LaBeach PAN Herb McKenley JAM
400 m, Men Arthur Wint JAM Herb McKenley JAM George Rhoden JAM
800 m, Men Arthur Wint JAM Wilfred Tull TTO Ken Hyland TTO
1,500 m, Men Wilfred Tull TTO Ken Hyland TTO Arthur Dujon JAM
5,000 m, Men Manny Ramjohn TTO Jesús Borgonio MEX Doroteo Flores GUA
10,000 m, Men Doroteo Flores GUA Agustín Romero MEX Cipriano Gómez MEX
Half Marathon, Men Doroteo Flores GUA Luis Velásquez GUA Rafael Flores ESA
110 m Hurdles, Men Eligio Barbería CUB Téofilo Colón PUR Julio Sabater PUR
400 m Hurdles, Men Eligio Barbería CUB Relín Sosa PUR Remigio Castro CUB
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Panama PAN Cuba CUB Trinidad and Tobago TTO
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Jamaica JAM Cuba CUB Panama PAN
High Jump, Men Miguel Clovis PAN Gilberto Torres PUR Francisco Castro PUR
Pole Vault, Men José Vicente PUR Joe Barbosa PUR Jesús Centeno MEX
Long Jump, Men Lloyd LaBeach PAN Lance Thompson JAM Francisco Castro PUR
Triple Jump, Men Francisco Castro PUR Harold Lawson JAM Raúl López CUB
Shot Put, Men Bèto Adriana AHO Carlos Cervantes CUB Luis Betancourt CUB
Discus Throw, Men Manuel Seoane PUR Mauricio Rodríguez VEN Carlos Pérez MEX
Hammer Throw, Men Francisco González MEX Luis Betancourt CUB Lorenzo Barquín CUB
Javelin Throw, Men Mario Salas CUB Enrique Pizarro PUR Nicolás Romero PUR
Pentathlon, Men Néstor Marchany PUR Amador Terán MEX Víctor Castañeda ESA
50 m, Women Dolores Worrell PAN Cynthia Thompson JAM Hyacinth Walters JAM
100 m, Women Cynthia Thompson JAM Emilia Foster PAN Dolores Worrell PAN
80 m Hurdles, Women Josefina Lewis PAN Mavis Evelyn JAM Kathleen Russell JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Panama PAN Jamaica JAM Cuba CUB
High Jump, Women Carmen Phipps JAM Vinton Beckett JAM Silvia Ford PAN
Discus Throw, Women Judith Caballero PAN Esther Reyes MEX Gloria Álvarez CUB
Javelin Throw, Women Judith Caballero PAN Ángela Iglesias CUB Alicia Reyes PUR
3 m Springboard, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX José Castillo CUB Mario Sardiñas CUB
10 m Platform, Men Joaquín Capilla MEX Gustavo Somohano MEX José Castillo CUB
3 m Springboard, Women Lucía García CUB María C. Torres CUB Rosa Gutiérrez MEX
5 m Springboard, Women Rosa Gutiérrez MEX María C. Torres CUB Lucía García CUB
Individual, Men Enrique Samper COL Alberto Gamboa COL Armando Rivero MEX
Pair, Men Carlos Belmont / Armando Rivero MEX Alberto Gamboa / Enrique Samper COL Hilario Polo / Domingo Sánchez GUA
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men George Johnson PUR Antonio Iglesias GUA Russell Cook PUR
Free pistol 50 m, Men Alberto Montes CRC Pedro Avilés MEX Carlos Juárez MEX
Rapid fire pistol 25 m, Men Carlos Rodríguez MEX Carlos Rodríguez-Feo CUB Carlos Juárez MEX
Skeet, Men Serafín Quesada CUB Frank Steinhart CUB Adolfo Pagán PUR
100 m Freestyle, Men Alberto Isaac MEX Edgardo Suárez CUB Guillermo Corona MEX
400 m Freestyle, Men Luis González COL Julio Martínez ESA Clemente Mejía MEX
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Luis González COL Julio Martínez ESA Ramón Bravo MEX
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Mexico MEX El Salvador ESA Cuba CUB
100 m Backstroke, Men Clemente Mejía MEX Damián Pizá MEX Arturo Sordo CUB
200 m Breaststroke, Men Apolonio Castillo MEX Fernando Nájera MEX Juan Cruz GUA
100 m Freestyle, Women Magda Bruggemann MEX Rosa Arévalo PAN Lourdes Ponce MEX
400 m Freestyle, Women Graciela Villa ESA Rosa Arévalo PAN Consuelo Sánchez CUB
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Mexico MEX Panama PAN Cuba CUB
100 m Backstroke, Women Magda Bruggemann MEX Gladys Agüero CUB Elsa Laimont MEX
200 m Breaststroke, Women Helga Diederichsen MEX Cristal Ernest MEX Blanca Martínez ESA
Trampoline Individual, Men Nicanor Villarreal MEX Julio Valderrama COL
Volleyball, Men Cuba CUB Puerto Rico PUR Mexico MEX
Volleyball, Women Dominican Republic DOM Puerto Rico PUR Mexico MEX
Water Polo, Men Netherlands Antilles AHO Colombia COL Mexico MEX
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men Rodney Wilkes TTO César Solano PAN Serafín Terán CUB
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Carl De Souza TTO George Espeut JAM Fernando Louro CUB
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men Orlando Garrido CUB Winston Wallace JAM Harold Farrow TTO
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men Óscar Álvarez CUB Rosendo Mangual PUR William Dunn PAN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men Alfonso Parera CUB Germán Reece PAN Oswald Charley JAM
Freestyle -56 kg, Men Augusto Alvarado PAN Alfredo León CUB Arturo Olivera MEX
Freestyle -61 kg, Men Raúl Guerra CUB Nicolás Montesinos MEX Víctor Castrellón PAN
Freestyle -66 kg, Men Jesús Rodríguez CUB Rodolfo Jiménez PAN José Luis Pérez MEX
Freestyle -72 kg, Men Eduardo Assam MEX Jorge García CUB Lionel Evans PAN
Freestyle -79 kg, Men José Albiñana CUB José Granucci PAN Alfredo Baeza MEX
Freestyle -87 kg, Men Roy Richards PAN Manuel Santamaría CUB
Freestyle -+87 kg, Men Luis Friedman PAN Rafael Cambó CUB