1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo, Venezuela between 26–29 July.

1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	26–29 July
Host city	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Venue	Estadio José Pachencho Romero
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Medal summary

Main article: 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Don Quarrie   Jamaica	10.2 =CR	José Triana   Cuba	10.2	Carl Lawson   Jamaica	10.2
200 metres (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Don Quarrie   Jamaica	20.1w	Silvio Leonard   Cuba	20.3w	Pablo Bandomo   Cuba	20.4w
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena   Cuba	46.4 CR	Pedro Ferrer   Puerto Rico	46.6	Víctor Patínez   Venezuela	47.2
800 metres	Leandro Civil   Cuba	1:49.8	Luis Medina   Cuba	1:49.8	Leotulfo Jiménez   Venezuela	1:50.7
1500 metres	Antonio Colón   Puerto Rico	3:45.9 CR	Jesús Barrero   Colombia	3:47.2	Carlos Báez   Puerto Rico	3:47.6
5000 metres	Víctor Mora   Colombia	14:04.2 CR	Mario Pérez   Mexico	14:06.8	Rafael Palomares   Mexico	14:19.6
10,000 metres	Víctor Mora   Colombia	29:56.4 CR	Pedro Miranda   Mexico	29:56.6	Luis Haro   Mexico	29:58.2
Half marathon	Mario Cuevas   Mexico	1:05:07 CR	Martín Pabón   Colombia	1:05:56	Santiago Barón   Colombia	1:06:10
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.9 m/s)	Juan Morales   Cuba	13.7w	Guillermo Núñez   Cuba	13.8w	Enrique Rendón   Venezuela	14.4w
400 metres hurdles	Julio Ferrer   Puerto Rico	51.9 CR	Fabio Zúñiga   Colombia	52.0	Juan García   Cuba	53.1
3000 metres steeplechase	Antonio Villanueva   Mexico	8:49.4 CR	Rigoberto Mendoza   Cuba	8:52.6	Víctor Mora   Colombia	8:58.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Carl Lawson Richard Hardware Overton Spencer Don Quarrie	39.9	Cuba Silvio Leonard Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez José Triana	40.2	Trinidad and Tobago Christopher Brathwaite George Swanston Herman Marchand Bertram Lovell	41.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Trevor Campbell Richard Hardware Seymour Newman Kim Rowe	3:09.4	Cuba Eddy Gutiérrez Antonio Álvarez Leandro Civil Alberto Juantorena	3:10.1	Venezuela Raúl Dome Víctor Patíñez Erick Phillips José Toledo	3:10.4
High jump	Richard Spencer   Cuba	2.06 CR	Amado Olaguiber   Cuba	2.03	Pedro Yequez   Venezuela	2.03
Pole vault	Jorge Palacios   Cuba	4.85 CR	Roberto Moré   Cuba	4.85	Ciro Valdés   Colombia	4.60
Long jump	Milán Matos   Cuba	7.68 CR	Efraín Malberty   Cuba	7.34	Wilfredo Maisonave   Puerto Rico	7.28
Triple jump	Juvenal Pérez   Cuba	15.79	Gerry Swan   Bermuda	15.57	Edgar Moreno   Venezuela	15.56
Shot put	José Carreño   Venezuela	15.94	Benigno Hodelín   Cuba	15.78	Silván Hemming   Cuba	15.72
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson   Cuba	57.58 CR	Javier Moreno   Cuba	53.86	Ignacio Reinosa   Puerto Rico	49.12
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez   Cuba	62.50	William Silén   Puerto Rico	61.12	Pedro Garbey   Cuba	59.08
Javelin throw	Raúl Fernández   Cuba	74.90	Amado Morales   Puerto Rico	70.94	Héctor Vinent   Cuba	70.24
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal   Cuba	7315 CR	Rigoberto Salazar   Cuba	7035	Celso Aragón   Colombia	6841

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvia Chivás   Cuba	11.4 CR	Carmen Valdés   Cuba	11.6	Laura Pierre   Trinidad and Tobago	11.9
200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Silvia Chivás   Cuba	23.5w	Asunción Acosta   Cuba	23.9w	Ruth Williams   Jamaica	23.9w
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón   Cuba	53.5 =CR	Asunción Acosta   Cuba	53.7	Lorna Forde   Barbados	54.9
800 metres	Charlotte Bradley   Mexico	2:05.8 CR	Zeneida de la Cruz   Dominican Republic	2:06.9	Enriqueta Nava   Mexico	2:07.7
1500 metres	Enriqueta Nava   Mexico	4:26.3 CR	Charlotte Bradley   Mexico	4:35.1	Melquises Fonseca   Cuba	4:37.3
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde   Cuba	13.9	Andrea Bruce   Jamaica	14.4	Mercedes Román   Mexico	14.4
200 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde   Cuba	28.0w	Raquel Martínez   Cuba	29.1w	Alix Castillo   Venezuela	30.7w
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Marlene Elejalde Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chivás	45.9	Jamaica Andrea Bruce Yvonne White Regina Montague Poretay Scott	48.4	Netherlands Antilles Shareen Ruimveld Grace Lynch Maurina Maduro Edwina Leonara	48.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Aurelia Pentón Ela Cabrejas Asunción Acosta Carmen Trustée	3:42.1	Barbados Barbara Bishop Lorna Forde Heather Gooding Marcia Trotman	3:51.0	Mexico Mercedes Román Charlotte Bradley Enriqueta Nava Guadaloupe Vizcaya	3:56.9
High jump	Andrea Bruce   Jamaica	1.71	Marima Rodríguez   Cuba	1.69	Angela Carbonell   Cuba	1.67
Long jump	Marcia Garbey   Cuba	6.04	Ana Alexander   Cuba	6.02	Ana Maquilón   Colombia	5.46
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez   Cuba	14.28 CR	Celeste Kindelán   Cuba	14.02	Patricia Andrus   Venezuela	12.88
Discus throw	Carmen Romero   Cuba	52.46	María Cristina Betancourt   Cuba	47.92	Patricia Andrus   Venezuela	39.88
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez   Cuba	51.62	Milagros Bayard   Cuba	47.04	Gladys González   Venezuela	45.52
Pentathlon	Lucía Duquet   Cuba	3807	Mercedes Román   Mexico	3729	Angela Carbonell   Cuba	3629

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	23	22	8	53
2	Jamaica	5	2	2	9
3	Mexico	4	4	5	13
4	Colombia	2	3	5	10
5	Puerto Rico	2	3	3	8
6	Venezuela	1	0	10	11
7	Barbados	0	1	1	2
8	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
10	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
11	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		37	37	37	111

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics