1957 British West Indies Championships

The 1957 British West Indies Championships was the first edition of the track and field competition between British colony nations in the Caribbean. Held in Kingston, Jamaica, it was supported by retired Olympic sprint medallist Herb McKenley.[1] A total of eighteen events were contested, all of them by men – women's events were not added until two years later.[2]

Two athletes completed individual doubles: Jamaica's Ernle Haisley won the high jump and pole vault, while George de Peana of British Guiana had a long-distance running double. Also among the medallists was Lester Bird of Antigua who would later go on to be the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (succeeding his father, Vere Bird).[3]

Medal summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Hendrickson Harewood (TRI)10.4  Joe Goddard (TRI)10.6  Tom Robinson (BAH)10.6
200 metres  Clifton Bertrand (TRI)21.2  Joe Goddard (TRI)21.3  Hendrickson Harewood (TRI)21.3
400 metres  Mal Spence (JAM)47.3  Mel Spence (JAM)47.6  George Kerr (JAM)47.7
800 metres  George Kerr (JAM)1:50.5  Mel Spence (JAM)1:51.1  Knolly Barnes (TRI)1:51.2
1500 metres  McDonald Philbert (TRI)4:05.5  Hugh Hyland (TRI)4:06.7  Ken Hyland (TRI)4:06.9
5000 metres  George de Peana (BGU)15:42.0  Levi Modeste (JAM)15:49.6  Mervyn Wanliss (JAM)15:52.8
10,000 metres  George de Peana (BGU)31:19.5  Joseph Roberts (TRI)31:34.2  Mervyn Wanliss (JAM)32:35.0
110 m hurdles  Louis Knight (JAM)14.6  Keith Gardner (JAM)14.7  Bill Phillips (JAM)14.9
400 m hurdles  Leroy Keane (JAM)55.3  Charles Boney (TRI)55.6  Horace Hart (TRI)
 Bill Phillips (JAM)		57.8
4×100 m relay  Jamaica (JAM)41.9  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)42.2  Bahamas (BAH)44.2
4×400 m relay  Jamaica (JAM)3:14.0  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)3:17.0  Bahamas (BAH)3:35.2
High jump  Ernle Haisley (JAM)2.04 m  Roy Burgess (BHO)1.93 m  Learie Scipio (TRI)1.88 m
Pole vault  Ernle Haisley (JAM)3.35 m  Bill Phillips (JAM)3.27 m  Roy Burgess (BHO)3.12 m
Long jump  Paul Foreman (JAM)7.36 m  Learie Scipio (TRI)7.24 m  Lester Bird (ATG)7.20 m
Triple jump  Monteith (JAM)14.08 m  Leroy Williams (TRI)13.99 m  Paul Foreman (JAM)13.83 m
Shot put  Conrad Derrick (TRI)12.65 m  Milton Bernard (JAM)12.20 m  Calvin Downie (JAM)11.19 m
Discus throw  Calvin Downie (JAM)38.57 m  Leroy Williams (TRI)37.33 m  William Hall (JAM)36.03 m
Javelin throw  Hugh Garrick (TRI)49.89 m  Carlton Clarke (TRI)49.40 m  C. Isaacs (JAM)46.14 m
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References
  1. Bahamas Track Men Seek Team Berths. The Miami News (1957-07-21). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  2. British West Indies Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  3. Former Prime Minister Lester Bird to be confered [sic] the Honour of National Hero of Antigua and Barbuda. Caribarena (2014-11-01). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
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