1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

Host City	Santo Domingo
Country	DOM
Held	10 – 12 July 1981
Competitors	117
Countries	13

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	CUB	22	18	12	52
2	Jamaica	JAM	8	4	0	12
3	Mexico	MEX	4	4	2	10
4	Bahamas	BAH	2	2	6	10
5	Puerto Rico	PUR	1	4	5	10
6	Colombia	COL	1	1	5	7
=	Dominican Republic	DOM	1	1	5	7
8	Bermuda	BER	0	2	1	3
9	Panama	PAN	0	1	1	2
10	Barbados	BAR	0	1	0	1
=	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0	1	0	1
12	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	0	0	1	1
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Colin Bradford	JAM	Silvio Leonard	CUB	Juan Núñez	DOM
200 m, Men	Juan Núñez	DOM	Don Quarrie	JAM	Héctor Daley	PAN
400 m, Men	Bert Cameron	JAM	Héctor Daley	PAN	Alfred Browne	ANT
800 m, Men	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	Bárbaro Serrano	CUB	Francisco Meléndez	PUR
1,500 m, Men	Eduardo Castro	MEX	Ignacio Melecio	MEX	Luis Medina	CUB
5,000 m, Men	Eduardo Castro	MEX	Silvio Salazar	COL	Jacinto Navarrete	COL
10,000 m, Men	Silvio Salazar	COL	Aldo Allen	CUB	Héctor Díaz	PUR
Marathon, Men	Radamés González	CUB	Jorge González	PUR	Manuel García	MEX
110 m Hurdles, Men	Alejandro Casañas	CUB	Karl Smith	JAM	Modesto Castillo	DOM
400 m Hurdles, Men	Jorge Batista	CUB	Frank Montiéh	CUB	Greg Rolle	BAH
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Daniel Londa	MEX	Francisco Silva	MEX	José Cobo	CUB
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Jamaica	JAM	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	Cuba	CUB
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Jamaica	JAM	Barbados	BAR	Cuba	CUB
20 km Walk, Men	Félix Gómez	MEX	Raúl González	MEX	José Querubín Moreno	COL
High Jump, Men	Juan Francisco Centelles	CUB	Nick Saunders	BER	Jorge Alfaro	CUB
Pole Vault, Men	Rubén Camino	CUB	Aurelio Falls	CUB	Edgardo Rivera	PUR
Long Jump, Men	Ubaldo Duany	CUB	David Giralt, Sr.	CUB	Salomón Rowe	GUA
Triple Jump, Men	Steve Hanna	BAH	Alejandro Herrera	CUB	Ernesto Torres	PUR
Shot Put, Men	Luis Delís	CUB	Radai Mendoza	PUR	Paul Ruiz	CUB
Discus Throw, Men	Luis Delís	CUB	Brad Cooper	BAH	Raúl Calderón	CUB
Hammer Throw, Men	Alfredo Guillot	CUB	Gerardo Díaz	MEX	Ángel Cabrera	CUB
Javelin Throw, Men	Reinaldo Patterson	CUB	Dionisio Quintana	CUB	Juan de la Garza	MEX
Decathlon, Men	Rigoberto Salazar	CUB	Pedro Herrera	CUB	Sidney Cartwright	BAH
100 m, Women	Lelieth Hodges	JAM	Marie Mathieu	PUR	Luisa Ferrer	CUB
200 m, Women	Jackie Pusey	JAM	Luisa Ferrer	CUB	Eucaris Caicedo	COL
400 m, Women	Jackie Pusey	JAM	Mercedes Álvarez	CUB	Eucaris Caicedo	COL
800 m, Women	Angelita Lind	PUR	Nery McKeen	CUB	Whelma Colebrooke	BAH
1,500 m, Women	Sergia Martínez	CUB	Angelita Lind	PUR	Eloína Kerr	CUB
3,000 m, Women	Sergia Martínez	CUB	Donna-Mae Bean	BER	Débora Medina	COL
100 m Hurdles, Women	Grisel Machado	CUB	Elida Aveillé	CUB	Marisela Peralta	DOM
400 m Hurdles, Women	Mercedes Mesa	CUB	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	JAM	Felicia Candelario	DOM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Jamaica	JAM	Cuba	CUB	Bahamas	BAH
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Cuba	CUB	Jamaica	JAM	Dominican Republic	DOM
High Jump, Women	Silvia Costa	CUB	Sharon Rose	BAH	Ángela Carbonell	CUB
Long Jump, Women	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	Eloína Echevarría	CUB	Madeline de Jesús	PUR
Shot Put, Women	María Elena Sarría	CUB	Rosario Fernández	CUB	Laverne Eve	BAH
Discus Throw, Women	María Betancourt	CUB	Carmen Romero	CUB	Laverne Eve	BAH
Javelin Throw, Women	María Beltrán	CUB	Mayra Vila	CUB	Sonia Smith	BER
Heptathlon, Women	Elida Aveillé	CUB	Marisela Peralta	DOM	Victoria Despaigne	CUB