1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host City	Guadalajara
Country	MEX
Held	15 – 17 June 1979
Competitors	126
Countries	11

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	CUB	17	9	11	37
2	Jamaica	JAM	9	5	0	14
3	Mexico	MEX	8	5	7	20
4	Puerto Rico	PUR	2	6	6	14
5	Dominican Republic	DOM	1	5	5	11
6	Guatemala	GUA	1	0	0	1
=	Panama	PAN	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela	VEN	0	7	6	13
9	Bahamas	BAH	0	2	0	2
10	Costa Rica	CRC	0	0	3	3
11	British Virgin Islands	IVB	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Guy Abrahams	PAN	Gerardo Suero	DOM	Esteban Briceño	VEN
200 m, Men	Floyd Brown	JAM	Rafael López	DOM	Tomás González Jesús Cabrera	CUB PUR
400 m, Men	Colin Bradford	JAM	Michael Barnes	JAM	Dean Greenaway	IVB
800 m, Men	Owen Hamilton	JAM	Eduardo Castro	MEX	Víctor Ramos	PUR
1,500 m, Men	Ignacio Melecio	MEX	Osmán Escobar	VEN	Modesto Comprés	DOM
5,000 m, Men	José Gómez	MEX	Jaime Vélez	PUR	Lucirio Garrido	VEN
10,000 m, Men	Virgilio Herrera	GUA	Luis Haro	MEX	Celso Garro	CRC
30 km, Men	Mario Cuevas	MEX	Radamés González	CUB	Andrés Romero	MEX
110 m Hurdles, Men	Rafael Echavarría	MEX	Jorge Palacios	CUB	Mariano Reyes	DOM
400 m Hurdles, Men	Julio Ferrer	PUR	Carlos Yambot	PUR	Rafael Echavarría	MEX
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Demetrio Cabanillos	MEX	Lucirio Garrido	VEN	Octavio Guadarrama	MEX
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Dominican Republic	DOM	Jamaica	JAM	Puerto Rico	PUR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Jamaica	JAM	Venezuela	VEN	Dominican Republic	DOM
20 km Walk, Men	Félix Gómez	MEX	Ernesto Canto	MEX	Rigoberto Medina	CUB
High Jump, Men	Jorge Alfaro	CUB	Cristóbal De León	DOM	Rodolfo Madrigal	CRC
Pole Vault, Men	Rubén Camino	CUB	Edgardo Rivera	PUR
Long Jump, Men	Rey Quiñones	PUR	Oswaldo Torres	VEN	Ubaldo Duany	CUB
Triple Jump, Men	Ricardo Goitizolo	CUB	José Salazar	VEN	Edgar Moreno	VEN
Shot Put, Men	Nicolás Hernández	CUB	Brad Cooper	BAH	Humberto Calvario	CUB
Discus Throw, Men	José Santa Cruz	CUB	Brad Cooper	BAH	Luis Palacios	VEN
Hammer Throw, Men	Alfredo Guillot	CUB	Ángel Cabrera	CUB	Luis Martínez	PUR
Javelin Throw, Men	Reinaldo Patterson	CUB	Amado Morales	PUR	Dionisio Quintana	CUB
Decathlon, Men	Carlos Palacios	CUB	Juan Ríos	VEN	Pedro Herrera	CUB
100 m, Women	Lelieth Hodges	JAM	Rosie Allwood	JAM	Darcy Bryant	CRC
200 m, Women	Merlene Ottey	JAM	Elsa Antúnez	VEN	Divina Estrella	DOM
400 m, Women	Debbie Byfield	JAM	Carol Cummings	JAM	Nancy Calveart	CUB
800 m, Women	María Ribeaux	CUB	Eloína Kerr	CUB	Ana María Orendaín	MEX
1,500 m, Women	Melquises Fonseca	CUB	Sergia Martínez	CUB	Angelita Lind	PUR
3,000 m, Women	Melquises Fonseca	CUB	Rosa Domínguez	MEX	Irma Hernández	MEX
100 m Hurdles, Women	Lorlee Giscombe	JAM	Marisela Peralta	DOM	Maritza De la Guardia	CUB
400 m Hurdles, Women	Marcela Chibás	CUB	Stephanie Vega	PUR	Divina Estrella	DOM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Jamaica	JAM	Dominican Republic	DOM	Puerto Rico	PUR
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Cuba	CUB	Jamaica	JAM	Venezuela	VEN
High Jump, Women	Silvia Costa	CUB	Elisa Ávila	MEX	Reina Mateu	CUB
Long Jump, Women	Emilia Lenk	MEX	Madeline de Jesús	PUR	Odalys Herrera	CUB
Shot Put, Women	Rosario Fernández	CUB	Marcelina Rodríguez	CUB	Patricia Andrus	VEN
Discus Throw, Women	Salvadora Vargas	CUB	Maritza Martén	CUB	Laura Aguiñaga	MEX
Javelin Throw, Women	Ana María González	CUB	Mayra Vila	CUB	Martha Blanco	MEX
Pentathlon, Women	María de los Ángeles Cato	MEX	Elida Aveillé	CUB	Ansis Salazar	CUB