1979 Carifta Games

Host City Kingston
Country JAM
Held 20 – 22 April 1979
Competitors 25
Countries 7

U17

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 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Jamaica JAM 7 8 2 17
2 Bermuda BER 3 0 0 3
3 Bahamas BAH 2 1 5 8
4 Antigua and Barbuda ANT 0 2 0 2
5 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 2 3
6 Barbados BAR 0 0 2 2
7 Grenada GRN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Jon Jones JAM Kenneth Thompson JAM Ruthven Prithwie TTO
200 m, Men Jon Jones JAM Kenneth Thompson JAM Phil Lewis BAH
400 m, Men Fenton Hugg JAM Phil Lewis BAH Richard Louis BAR
800 m, Men Fenton Hugg JAM Richard Taylor JAM K Stubbs BAR
Long Jump, Men Jon Jones JAM Lester Benjamin ANT John Pugh BAH
Triple Jump, Men Jon Jones JAM Lester Benjamin ANT Leonard Frazer JAM
Shot Put, Men Earl Hamilton BAH F Daley JAM Wilfred Furbert GRN
100 m, Women Candy Ford BER Winsome Darby JAM Joane Gardner TTO
200 m, Women Candy Ford BER Joane Gardner TTO Winsome Darby JAM
400 m, Women Monique Millar BAH Sharon Powell JAM A Knight BAH
800 m, Women Sharon Powell JAM Angela Boothe JAM J Lespere BAH
Long Jump, Women Suzanne Durham BER H Smith JAM Debbie Greene BAH