1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host City Xalapa
Country MEX
Held 5 – 7 August 1977
Competitors 116
Countries 13

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Half Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Pentathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Cuba CUB 27 17 7 51
2 Mexico MEX 6 6 7 19
3 Jamaica JAM 2 5 0 7
4 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 1 3 5
5 Colombia COL 1 1 0 2
6 Costa Rica CRC 1 0 2 3
7 Venezuela VEN 0 2 5 7
8 Puerto Rico PUR 0 2 4 6
9 Bahamas BAH 0 1 4 5
10 Bermuda BER 0 1 3 4
11 Dominican Republic DOM 0 1 1 2
= Guatemala GUA 0 1 1 2
13 Barbados BAR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Hasely Crawford TTO Silvio Leonard CUB Osvaldo Lara CUB
200 m, Men Silvio Leonard CUB Osvaldo Lara CUB Rudy Levarity BAH
400 m, Men Seymour Newman JAM Alberto Juantorena CUB Charles Joseph TTO
800 m, Men Seymour Newman JAM Jorge Ortiz PUR Eduardo Castro MEX
1,500 m, Men Luis Medina CUB Eduardo Castro MEX Osmán Escobar VEN
5,000 m, Men Rodolfo Gómez MEX Domingo Tibaduiza COL Victoriano López GUA
10,000 m, Men Domingo Tibaduiza COL Rodolfo Gómez MEX Rafael Pérez CRC
Half Marathon, Men Rafael Pérez CRC Mario Cuevas MEX Aldo Allen CUB
110 m Hurdles, Men Alejandro Casañas CUB Dionisio Vera CUB José Cartas MEX
400 m Hurdles, Men Dámaso Alfonso CUB Frank Montiéh CUB Enrique Aguirre MEX
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Carlos Rodolfo Martínez MEX José Cobo CUB Lucirio Garrido VEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Cuba CUB Trinidad and Tobago TTO Venezuela VEN
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Cuba CUB Venezuela VEN Puerto Rico PUR
20 km Walk, Men Daniel Bautista MEX Enrique Vera MEX Rigoberto Medina CUB
High Jump, Men Richard Spencer CUB Clark Godwin BER Cristóbal De León DOM
Pole Vault, Men Roberto Moré CUB Elberto Pratt MEX Luis Mascorro MEX
Long Jump, Men David Giralt, Sr. CUB Salomón Rowe GUA Steve Hanna BAH
Triple Jump, Men Carmelo Martínez CUB Alejandro Herrera CUB Peter Pratt BAH
Shot Put, Men Julián Mejías CUB Pablo Lamothe CUB Hubert Maingot TTO
Discus Throw, Men Julián Morrinson CUB Luis Delís CUB Brad Cooper BAH
Hammer Throw, Men Ángel Cabrera CUB Armando Orozco CUB Alfonso Rodríguez MEX
Javelin Throw, Men Juan Jarvis CUB Reinaldo Patterson CUB Robert Moulder BER
Decathlon, Men Rigoberto Salazar CUB Ramón Montezuma VEN Doel Bonilla PUR
100 m, Women Silvia Chivás CUB Lelieth Hodges JAM Isabel Taylor CUB
200 m, Women Silvia Chivás CUB Jackie Pusey JAM Freida Nicholls-Davy BAR
400 m, Women Beatriz Castillo CUB Helen Blake JAM Aurelia Pentón CUB
800 m, Women Charlotte Bradley MEX Helen Blake JAM Aurelia Pentón CUB
1,500 m, Women Charlotte Bradley MEX Melquises Fonseca CUB Thelma Zúñiga Álvarez CRC
3,000 m, Women Charlotte Bradley MEX Melquises Fonseca CUB Susana Herrera MEX
100 m Hurdles, Women Grisel Machado CUB Carmen Zamora CUB Vilma París PUR
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Cuba CUB Puerto Rico PUR Trinidad and Tobago TTO
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Cuba CUB Jamaica JAM Puerto Rico PUR
High Jump, Women Ángela Carbonell CUB Reina Mateu CUB Monica Johnson BER
Long Jump, Women Dora Kindelan CUB Shonel Ferguson BAH Nancy Núñez CUB
Shot Put, Women Caridad Romero CUB Marcelina Rodríguez CUB Patricia Andrus VEN
Discus Throw, Women Caridad Romero CUB Salvadora Vargas CUB María de la Luz Gómez MEX
Javelin Throw, Women María Beltrán CUB Guadalupe López MEX Sonia Smith BER
Pentathlon, Women Elida Aveillé CUB Marisela Peralta DOM Evelyn Abreu VEN