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.

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	40.7	Venezuela	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	47.4	Trinidad and Tobago	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 nations)		33	33	33	99

External links

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