Athletics at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún  Cuba	10.58A	Les Laing  Jamaica	10.66A	Raúl Mazorra  Cuba	10.80A
200 metres	Les Laing  Jamaica	21.66A	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	21.84A	Martin Francis  Panama	21.90A
400 metres	Angel García  Cuba	48.02A	George Rhoden  Jamaica	48.19A	Ovidio de Jesús  Puerto Rico	48.27A
800 metres	Frank Prince  Panama	1:54.47A	George Rhoden  Jamaica	1:55.00A	Eric Waldrom  Panama	1:57.74A
1500 metres	Frank Prince  Panama	4:16.65A	Heliodoro Martínez  Mexico	4:16.81A	Filemón Camacho  Venezuela	4:17.71A
5000 metres	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	15:57.30A	Eligio Galicia  Mexico	16:04.52A	Francisco Hernández  Mexico	16:07.04A
10000 metres	Cruz Serrano  Mexico	32:59.63A	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	33:52.80A	Francisco Hernández  Mexico	34:00.19A
Half marathon	Doroteo Flores  Guatemala	1:15:20A	Gustavo Ramírez  Colombia	1:19:00A	Guillermo Rojas  Guatemala	1:19:01A
3000 metre steeplechase	Eligio Galicia  Mexico	10:22.38A	Víctorio Solares  Guatemala	10:51.49A	José Grenados  Mexico	11:00.80A
110 metres hurdles	Samuel Anderson  Cuba	14.3A	Keith Gardner  Jamaica	14.5A	Teófilo Davis Bell  Venezuela	15.2A
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	53.35A	Juan Leiva  Venezuela	53.98A	Amadeo Francis  Puerto Rico	54.28A
High jump	Roberto López  Cuba	1.87A	Gaspar Vigo  Puerto Rico	1.87A	Manuel Gómez  Venezuela	1.85A
Pole Vault	José Barbosa  Puerto Rico	4.05A	Jorge Aguilera  Mexico	3.90A	Brígido Iriarte  Venezuela	3.90A
Long jump	Claudio Cabreja  Cuba	7.46A	Víctor Hernández  Cuba	7.16A	Keith Gardner  Jamaica	7.02A
Triple jump	Víctor Hernández  Cuba	14.86A	Claudio Cabreja  Cuba	14.51A	Gilberto Rondón  Puerto Rico	14.18A
Shot put	Ramón Rosario  Puerto Rico	14.46A	Eduardo Adriana  Netherlands Antilles	14.45A	Rafael Trompiz  Venezuela	14.38A
Discus throw	Mauricio Rodríguez  Venezuela	40.14A	Alfonso Cruz  Mexico	39.00A	Heriberto Alonso  Cuba	38.87A
Hammer throw	Luis Betancourt  Cuba	46.96A	Jaime Annexy  Puerto Rico	46.82A	Enrique Lagoyete  Colombia	45.19A
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Oliver  Puerto Rico	67.71A	Carlos Fajer  Mexico	61.79A	Guillermo Pasalacqua  Puerto Rico	54.97A
Pentathlon	Brígido Iriarte  Venezuela	2748A	Héctor Román  Puerto Rico	2597A	Reinaldo Oliver  Puerto Rico	2494A
4 x 100 m relay	Jamaica	41.06A	Cuba	41.56A	Mexico	42.04A
4 x 400 m relay	Panama	3:12.25A	Puerto Rico	3:17.70A	Cuba	3:17.83A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carlota Gooden  Panama	12.32A	Hyacinth Walters  Jamaica	12.34A	Julia Díaz  Cuba	12.52A
80 metres hurdles	Amalia Yubi  Mexico	12.3A	Kathleen Russell  Jamaica	12.5A	Gloria Tait  Panama	13.0A
High jump	Kathleen Russell  Jamaica	1.50A	Kathleen Robotham  Jamaica	1.47A	Sheila Leyva  Venezuela	1.42A
Discus throw	Alejandrina Herrera  Cuba	37.18A	Lili Schluter  Mexico	36.04A	Concepción Villanueva  Mexico	35.51A
Javelin throw	Ana Campos  Panama	38.82A	Berta Chiú  Mexico	38.43A	Amalia Yubi  Mexico	37.45A
4 x 100 m relay	Panama	47.49A	Jamaica	48.34A	Cuba	48.81A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	8	3	5	16
2	Panama	6	0	3	9
3	Jamaica	3	8	1	12
4	Mexico	3	7	6	16
5	Puerto Rico	3	4	5	12
6	Guatemala	2	2	1	5
7	Venezuela	2	1	6	9
8	Colombia	1	2	1	4
9	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1

References

• Central American and Caribbean Games (Men) - GBR Athletics
• Central American and Caribbean Games (Women) - GBR Athletics