Athletics at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games

Athletics at the XVI CAC Games
Host stadium
Dates	28 November – 2 December
Host city	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Events	43
Participation	294 athletes from 28 nations
Records set	13 GR
← 1986 Santiago 1993 Ponce → 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico, between 28 November and 2 December.

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +5.3 m/s)	Joel Isasi Cuba	10.17Aw	Jorge Aguilera Cuba	10.29Aw	Wayne Watson Jamaica	10.45Aw
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Roberto Hernández Cuba	20.72A	Edgardo Guilbe Puerto Rico	20.79A	Junior Cornette Guyana	21.22A
400 metres	Roberto Hernández Cuba	44.84A	Alvin Daniel Trinidad and Tobago	45.58A	Howard Burnett Jamaica	45.86A
800 metres	Luis Toledo Mexico	1:49.61A	Dale Jones Antigua and Barbuda	1:51.18A	Armando Rodríguez Mexico	1:51.35A
1500 metres	Arturo Barrios Mexico	3:45.73A	Mauricio Hernández Mexico	3:45.84A	José López Venezuela	3:50.08A
5000 metres	Arturo Barrios Mexico	13:49.89A GR	Marcos Barreto Mexico	14:04.21A	Herder Vásquez Colombia	14:18.48A
10,000 metres	Dionicio Cerón Mexico	29:46.09A	Isaac García Mexico	30:05.63A	Herder Vásquez Colombia	30:28.89A
Marathon	Jorge González Puerto Rico	2:18:55A GR	César Mercado Puerto Rico	2:19:40A	Oscar Mejías Venezuela	2:21:40A
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Emilio Valle Cuba	13.64A	Alexis Sánchez Cuba	13.94A	Elvis Cedeño Venezuela	14.18A
400 metres hurdles	Domingo Cordero Puerto Rico	49.61A GR	Antonio Smith Venezuela	51.32A	Llimy Rivas Colombia	52.87A
3000 metre steeplechase	Germán Silva Mexico	9:01.26A	Adalberto Vélez Mexico	9:01.60A	Ángel Rodríguez Cuba	9:14.60A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Andrés Simón Leandro Peñalver Félix Stevens Joel Isasi	39.09A	Puerto Rico Félix Molina Domingo Cordero Edgardo Guilbe Elmer Williams	39.81A	Venezuela Elvis Cedeño Eliexer Pulgar Henry Aguiar Edgar Chourio	40.65A
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Terrence McCrae Evon Clarke Howard Burnett Devon Morris	3:05.22A	Barbados Terry Harewood Stephen Roberts Ronald Thorne Seibert Straughan	3:05.48A	Cuba Leandro Peñalver Emilio Valle Héctor Herrera Lázaro Martínez	3:06.17A
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto Mexico	1:23:52A GR	Carlos Mercenario Mexico	1:24:03A	Héctor Moreno Colombia	1:24:54A
50 kilometre road walk	Héctor Moreno Colombia	4:06:04A	Edel Oliva Cuba	4:10:19A	Orlando Díaz Colombia	4:15:45A
High jump	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.34A GR	Marino Drake Cuba	2.32A	Carlos Arzuaga Puerto Rico	2.17A
Pole vault	Ángel García Cuba	5.40A GR	Miguel Berrío Cuba	5.26A	Konstantín Zagustín Venezuela	5.10A
Long jump	Juan Felipe Ortíz Cuba	8.17A	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	8.06A	Darío Ruíz Mexico	7.95A
Triple jump	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	16.66A	Juan Miguel López Cuba	16.50A	Sergio Saavedra Venezuela	16.18A
Shot put	Paul Ruiz Cuba	18.93A	Marciso Boué Cuba	18.26A	Samuel Crespo Puerto Rico	16.60A
Discus throw	Roberto Moya Cuba	64.64A	Gabriel Pedroso Cuba	59.44A	James Dedier Trinidad and Tobago	53.40A
Hammer throw	Eladio Hernández Cuba	70.74A GR	Guillermo Guzmán Mexico	68.18A	René Díaz Cuba	66.62A
Javelin throw	Ramón González Cuba	78.86A GR	Juan de la Garza Mexico	76.60A	Kirt Thompson Trinidad and Tobago	75.38A
Decathlon	Miguel Valle Cuba	7448A	Ernesto Betancourt Cuba	7278A	Antonio Greene Bahamas	7118A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +3.2 m/s)	Liliana Allen Cuba	11.33Aw	Heather Samuel Antigua and Barbuda	11.73Aw	Alejandra Quiñónes Colombia	11.86Aw
200 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Liliana Allen Cuba	23.27A	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	23.75A	Heather Samuel Antigua and Barbuda	24.33A
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	51.70A	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	52.57A	Nancy McLeón Cuba	55.29A
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	2:04.85A	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	2:04.97A	Jennifer Fisher Bermuda	2:09.52A
1500 metres	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	4:26.28A	María Luisa Servín Mexico	4:29.03A	Jennifer Fisher Bermuda	4:57.25A
3000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz Mexico	9:30.09A GR	María Luisa Servín Mexico	9:38.08A	Vilma Peña Costa Rica	10:37.00A
10,000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz Mexico	35:27.68A GR	Santa Velázquez Mexico	35:53.36A	Vilma Peña Costa Rica	37:32.53A
Marathon	Floría Moreno Mexico	2:47:38A GR	Marisol Vargas Mexico	2:50:25A	Maribel Durruty Cuba	2:50:41A
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Aliuska López Cuba	12.94A	Odalys Adams Cuba	13.26A	Sandra Taváres Mexico	13.68A
400 metres hurdles	Elsa Jiménez Cuba	57.59A	Maribelsy Peña Colombia	59.06A	Tania Fernández Cuba	59.55A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Odalys Adams Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen	44.54A	Colombia Alejandra Quiñónes Norfalia Carabalí Ximena Restrepo Maribelcy Peña	45.29A	Mexico Sandra Taváres Alma Vázquez Guadalupe García Gabriela Romero	45.75A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Nancy McLeon Elsa Jiménez Julia Duporty Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:36.27A	Mexico Erendira Villagómez Alejandra Quintanar Rosa García Areli Ovalle	3:44.59A	Puerto Rico Arealis Acosta Daisy Ocasio Sonia Escalera Walesica Ramos	3:50.08A
10,000 metre track walk	Graciela Mendoza Mexico	49:09.45A GR	Maricela Chávez Mexico	50:49.55A	Liliana Bermeo Colombia	51:33.27A
High jump	María del Carmen García Cuba	1.87A	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.82A	Cristina Fink Mexico	1.79A
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo Cuba	6.58A	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.40Aw	Euphemia Huggins Trinidad and Tobago	6.39A
Shot put	Belsis Laza Cuba	17.73A	Herminia Fernández Cuba	16.36A	María Isabel Urrutia Colombia	16.09A
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría Cuba	58.62A	Olga Gómez Cuba	56.06A	María Isabel Urrutia Colombia	53.84A
Javelin throw	Herminia Bouza Cuba	57.74A	María Caridad Colón Cuba	55.86A	Marieta Riera Venezuela	51.86A
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia	5647A GR	Magalys García Cuba	5528A	Laiza Carrillo Cuba	5519A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	27	17	7	51
2	Mexico	10	13	5	28
3	Colombia	2	4	9	15
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	3	3	8
5	Suriname	1	1	0	2
6	Jamaica	1	0	2	3
7	Netherlands Antilles	0	2	1	3
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	7	8
9	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	3	4
10	Barbados	0	1	0	1
11	Bermuda	0	0	2	2
	Costa Rica	0	0	2	2
13	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		43	43	43	129

Participation

• Antigua and Barbuda (3)
• Aruba (1)
• Bahamas (7)
• Barbados (2)
• Belize (2)
• Bermuda (2)
• British Virgin Islands (1)
• Cayman Islands (2)
• Colombia (20)
• Costa Rica (2)
• Cuba (60)
• Dominican Republic (3)
• Grenada (7)
• Guatemala (11)
• Guyana (2)
• Haiti (5)
• Jamaica (21)
• Mexico (30)
• Netherlands Antilles (4)
• Nicaragua (4)
• Panama (2)
• Puerto Rico (44)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
• Saint Lucia (4)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
• El Salvador (4)
• Suriname (2)
• Trinidad and Tobago (11)
• United States Virgin Islands (14)
• Venezuela (7)

See also

• 1990 in athletics (track and field)

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.