1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico between 6–10 August.

1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	6–10 August
Host city	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Venue	Estadio Francisco Montaner
← Maracaibo 1973 Xalapa 1977 →

Host venue in Ponce.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Charles Joseph   Trinidad and Tobago	10.7	Pablo Franco   Puerto Rico	10.7	Félix Mata   Venezuela	10.7
200 metres	Don Quarrie   Jamaica	21.5	Pablo Franco   Puerto Rico	21.8	Raymond Heerenveen   Netherlands Antilles
400 metres	Mike Sands   Bahamas	46.6	Félix Mangual   Puerto Rico	47.6	Alfred Daley   Jamaica	47.7
800 metres	Byron Dyce   Jamaica	1:58.1	José Velásquez   Venezuela	1:59.3	Garth Manwarring   Trinidad and Tobago	1:59.3
1500 metres	Carlos Martínez   Mexico	3:45.9 =CR	Antonio Colón   Puerto Rico	3:48.4	Byron Dyce   Jamaica	3:49.4
5000 metres	Luis Hernández   Mexico	15:04.7	Lucirio Garrido   Venezuela	15:04.8	Carlos Martínez   Mexico	15:19.0
10,000 metres	Rodolfo Gómez   Mexico	30:05.9	Rigoberto Mendoza   Cuba	30:07.1	Rafael Palomares   Mexico	30:18.3
Half marathon	Carlos Hernández   Mexico	1:07:52	Rigoberto Mendoza   Cuba	1:08:03	Andrés Romero   Mexico	1:08:41
400 metres hurdles	Iván Mangual   Puerto Rico	50.9 CR	José Santiago   Puerto Rico	51.8	Enrique Aguirre   Mexico	52.5
3000 metres steeplechase	Demetrio Cabanillos   Mexico	9:28.4	Octavio Guadarrama   Mexico	9:33.2	Carlos Báez   Puerto Rico	9:35.0
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Alfred Daley Michael Fray Don Quarrie Colin Bradford	40.6	Trinidad and Tobago Frank Adams Christopher Brathwaite Charles Joseph Rudy Reid	40.7	Venezuela Félix Mata José Chacín Esteban Manuel Briceno Víctor Escobar	41.3
20 km road walk	Enrique Vera   Mexico	1:48:34	Domingo Colín   Mexico	1:54:30	Rigoberto Medina   Cuba	1:57:00
High jump	Cristóbal de León   Dominican Republic	2.05	Clark Godwin   Bermuda	2.05	Rudy Levarity   Bahamas	2.01
Pole vault	Augusto Perdomo   Cuba	4.70	Juan Laza   Cuba	4.55	Elberto Pratt   Mexico	4.40
Long jump	George Swanston   Trinidad and Tobago	7.48	Henry Jackson   Jamaica	7.24	Dennis Trott   Bermuda	7.20
Triple jump	Juan Velázquez   Cuba	16.11 CR	Juvenal Pérez   Cuba	15.66	Michael Sharpe   Bermuda	15.62
Shot put	Pedro Serrano   Puerto Rico	15.68	Jesús Ramos   Venezuela	15.55	José Santa Cruz   Cuba	14.82
Discus throw	Javier Moreno   Cuba	53.24	José Santa Cruz   Cuba	52.48	Pedro Serrano   Puerto Rico	47.24
Hammer throw	Víctor Suárez   Cuba	62.36	William Silén   Puerto Rico	58.20	Marcos Borregales   Venezuela	56.36
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson   Cuba	69.84	Antonio González   Cuba	68.46	Salomón Robins   Mexico	68.24

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Debbie Jones   Bermuda	11.9	Eia Cabreja   Cuba	12.1	Lelieth Hodges   Jamaica	12.1
200 metres	Lorna Forde   Barbados	24.3	Jackie Pusey   Jamaica	24.4	Rosie Allwood   Jamaica	24.6
400 metres	Helen Blake   Jamaica	54.8	Lorna Forde   Barbados	55.1	Ruth Williams   Jamaica	55.7
800 metres	Helen Blake   Jamaica	2:17.5	Charlotte Bradley   Mexico	2:18.1	Mercedes Álvarez   Cuba	2:19.0
1500 metres	Charlotte Bradley   Mexico	4:34.1	Mercedes Álvarez   Cuba	4:44.7	Evasol Vallejo   Mexico	4:46.5
200 metres hurdles	Marcela Chivás   Cuba	28.2	Mercedes Román   Mexico	30.0	Linda Woodside   Bahamas	30.3
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Rosie Allwood Carol Cummings Jackie Pusey	45.7	Bermuda Debbie Jones Andrea Trott Branwen Smith Donna Burgess	47.4	Trinidad and Tobago Janice Bernard Esther Hope Angela McLean Jennifer Augustine	47.4
High jump	Andrea Bruce   Jamaica	1.83 CR	Lucía Duquet   Cuba	1.65	María Scrubb   Cuba	1.65
Long jump	Andrea Bruce   Jamaica	6.10 CR	Dora Thompson   Cuba	5.88	Shonel Ferguson   Bahamas	5.69
Shot put	Caridad Romero   Cuba	14.74 CR	Rosa Fernández   Cuba	14.33	Orlanda Lynch   Suriname	12.91
Discus throw	Caridad Romero   Cuba	45.56	Salvadora Vargas   Cuba	44.00	Patricia Andrus   Venezuela	39.38
Javelin throw	Ana María González   Cuba	45.90	Clementina Díaz   Cuba	42.78	Diana Rodríguez   Puerto Rico	41.84
Pentathlon	María Ángeles Cato   Mexico	3796	Maritza García   Cuba	3628	Mercedes Román   Mexico	3619

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	9	14	4	27
2	Mexico (MEX)	8	4	8	20
3	Jamaica (JAM)	8	2	5	15
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	6	3	11
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	1	2	5
6	Bermuda (BER)	1	2	2	5
7	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	0	2
8	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	3	4
9	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
10	Venezuela (VEN)	0	3	4	7
11	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
	Suriname (NGY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		33	33	33	99

External links

• Men Results - GBR Athletics
• Women Results - GBR Athletics