Athletics at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, Panama. It was the first time women's events were included.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Jennings Blackett
 Panama
10.4 Jacinto Ortiz
 Cuba
10.4e Eulalio Villodas
 Puerto Rico
10.6e
200 metres Jacinto Ortiz
 Cuba
21.7 Eulalio Villodas
 Puerto Rico
21.8e Arthur Jones
 Jamaica
22.0e
400 metres Arturo Baker
 Panama
49.7 Adolfo Curiel
 Mexico
Gilberto Castruita
 Mexico
800 metres Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
1:56.3 Alfredo Mariscal
 Mexico
1:56.6e Pedro Zúñiga
 Mexico
1:56.7e
1500 metres Guy Grant
 Jamaica
4:13.6 Alfredo Cortés
 Mexico
4:13.8e Miguel Corona
 Mexico
5000 metres Guy Grant
 Jamaica
17:55.1 Jesús Borgonio
 Mexico
Maríano Ramírez
 Mexico
10,000 metres Agustín Romero
 Mexico
34:15.1 Guadalupe Martínez
 Mexico
José López
 El Salvador
Marathon José Thompson
 Panama
03:01:04 Estanislao Galicia
 Mexico
Hilario Hernández
 Mexico
110 metres hurdles Horacio Quiñones
 Puerto Rico
14.8 Teófilo Colón
 Puerto Rico
14.9e Roberto Sánchez
 Mexico
15.2e
400 metres hurdles Evelio Espinosa
 Cuba
55.8 Salvador Torrós
 Puerto Rico
55.9e Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
4 x 100 m relay  Puerto Rico
Eulalio Villodas
Eugenio Guerra
Rubén Malavé
Gaspar Vázquez
42.2  Panama
Teófilo Thomas
Gilberto Campbell
Jennings Blackett
Carlos Belisario
42.7e  Cuba
Jacinto Ortiz
José Acosta
Norberto Verrier
Hilario Sotolongo
42.8e
4 x 400 m relay  Panama
Harold Scott
Stanley Edgardo
Wesley Chevans
Arturo Baker
3:21.5  Mexico
Adolfo Curiel
Alfredo Mariscal
Gilberto Castruita
Enrique Sánchez
3:23.0e  Cuba
Armando Baluja
Gerardo Casanova
Luis Vázquez
Evelio Espínola
3:24.5e
High jump Juan Luyanda
 Puerto Rico
1.89 Arturo Baker
 Panama
1.87 Juan Rafael Palmer
 Puerto Rico
1.83
Pole vault Rigoberto Pérez
 Mexico
3.74 José Sabater
 Puerto Rico
3.65 Manuel Boyer
 Puerto Rico
3.65
Long jump Juan Luyanda
 Puerto Rico
6.75 Juan Rafael Palmer
 Puerto Rico
6.69 Salvador Torrós
 Puerto Rico
6.55
Triple jump Juan Rafael Palmer
 Puerto Rico
13.86 Juan Luyanda
 Puerto Rico
13.76 Orlando Bello
 Cuba
13.75
Shot put Antulio Pietri
 Puerto Rico
13.50 Fernando Torres
 Puerto Rico
13.30 Ian Murphy
 Puerto Rico
13.08
Discus throw Ian Murphy
 Puerto Rico
42.42 Heriberto Alonso
 Cuba
40.73 Miguel Gutiérrez
 Cuba
40.47
Hammer throw Bernabé Sánchez
 Cuba
39.85 Francisco González
 Mexico
38.18 Ignacio Vázquez
 Cuba
37.45
Javelin throw Antonio Figueroa
 Puerto Rico
64.11 Mario Salas
 Cuba
58.76 Wilfredo Benítez
 Mexico
56.43
Pentathlon Salvador Torrós
 Puerto Rico
3459 Manuel Suárez
 Cuba
3158 Juan Luyanda
 Puerto Rico
3097

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Nola Thorne
 Panama
12.6 Nilda Villaverde
 Panama
12.6e Adela Montilla
 Panama
12.7e
80 metres hurdles Nola Thorne
 Panama
13.3 Aura Morales
 Panama
13.6e Nilda Villaverde
 Panama
4 x 100 m relay  Panama
Natalia Taivez
Nola Thorne
Adela Montilla
Nilda Villaverde
51.3  Cuba
Marta Velasco
Carmen Ortega
Zenaida Castro
Olga Agüero
 Jamaica
Gertrude Messam
Rhona Saunders
Beryl Delgado
Icis Clarke
High jump Lilia Wilson
 Panama
1.41 Beryl Delgado
 Jamaica
1.39 Isabel Sullivan
 Panama
1.32
Discus throw Rebecca Coldberg
 Puerto Rico
27.81 Esperanza Morales
 Mexico
24.89 Irma Cornejo
 El Salvador
23.89
Javelin throw Rebecca Coldberg
 Puerto Rico
30.25 Marina Soto
 Mexico
29.30 Florinda Viamontes
 Cuba
28.16

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Puerto Rico (PUR)117624
2 Panama (PAN)84315
3 Cuba (CUB)35614
4 Jamaica (JAM)3137
5 Mexico (MEX)210719
6 El Salvador (ESA)0022
Totals (6 nations)27272781

References

    • Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
    • "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
    • "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.
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