Athletics at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvio Leonard Cuba	10.49	José Triana Cuba	10.67	Pablo Montes Cuba	10.77
200 metres	Silvio Leonard Cuba	20.99	Pablo Bandomo Cuba	21.37	José Triana Cuba	21.54
400 metres	Alberto Juantorena Cuba	45.52	Seymour Newman Jamaica	46.34	Félix Mangual Puerto Rico	46.42
800 metres	Leandro Civil Cuba	1:48.43	Luis Medina Cuba	1:48.68	Héctor López Venezuela	1:48.99
1500 metres	Luis Medina Cuba	3:44.18	José González Venezuela	3:44.52	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:44.90
5000 metres	Víctor Mora Colombia	13:54.20	Jairo Correa Colombia	14:03.00	José Neri Mexico	14:04.00
10000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	30:39.4	Juan Pérez Costa Rica	30:41.0	Pedro Miranda Mexico	30:41.2
Marathon	Gilberto Serna Colombia	02:28:08	Agustín Reyes Puerto Rico	02:32:08	José Jesús Puerto Rico	02:32:54
3000 metre steeplechase	José Cobo Cuba	8:50.8	Antonio Villanueva Mexico	8:52.0	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	8:54.8
110 metres hurdles	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.80w	Guillermo Núñez Cuba	13.93w	Francisco Dumeng Puerto Rico	14.10w
400 metres hurdles	Fabio Zúñiga Colombia	50.61	Guillermo Núñez Cuba	50.87	Félix Mangual Puerto Rico	51.65
High jump	Richard Spencer Cuba	2.10	Amado Olaguiber Cuba	2.07	Gilberto Campbell Cuba	2.04
Pole vault	Roberto Moré Cuba	4.95	Juan Laza Cuba	4.75	Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico	4.55
Long jump	Wilfredo Maisonave Cuba	7.44	Milán Matos Cuba	7.43	Francisco Gómez Cuba	7.41
Triple jump	Pedro Pérez Cuba	17.01w	Armando Herrera Cuba	16.37w	Juvenal Pérez Cuba	15.91
Shot put	José Carreño Venezuela	16.20	Nicolás Hernández Cuba	16.09	Pedro Serrano Puerto Rico	15.85
Discus throw	Julián Morrinson Cuba	58.10	Javier Moreno Cuba	51.04	Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico	49.30
Hammer throw	Pedro Garbey Cuba	61.50	Víctor Suárez Cuba	59.16	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	57.58
Javelin throw	Raúl Fernández Cuba	75.30	Juan Jarvis Cuba	69.16	Salomón Robbins Mexico	67.10
Decathlon	Jesús Mirabal Cuba	7470	Rigoberto Salazar Cuba	7305	Orlando Pedroso Cuba	7060
20 kilometre road walk	Raúl González Mexico	1:35:23	Pedro Aroche Mexico	1:35:33	Ernesto Alfaro Colombia	1:38:53
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	39.62	Dominican Republic	40.35	Netherlands Antilles	41.79
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:06.36	Venezuela	3:07.23	Jamaica	3:07.52

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmen Valdés Cuba	11.55	Silvia Chivás Cuba	11.65	Lelieth Hodges Jamaica	11.75
200 metres	Carmen Valdés Cuba	23.76	Asunción Acosta Cuba	24.21	Diva Bishop Panama	24.39
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	52.27	Carmen Trustée Cuba	52.91	Asunción Acosta Cuba	53.92
800 metres	Charlotte Bradley Mexico	2:04.55	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	2:05.43	Enriqueta Nava Mexico	2:05.89
100 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde Cuba	14.53	Mercedes Román Mexico	14.69	Raquel Martínez Cuba	14.74
High jump	Lucía Duquet Cuba	1.74	Elisa Ávila Mexico	1.74	Maritza García Cuba	1.71
Long jump	Marcia Garbey Cuba	6.48	Ana Alexander Cuba	6.07	Dora Thompson Cuba	5.75
Shot put	María Elena Sarría Cuba	14.60	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	14.40	Caridad Romero Cuba	13.82
Discus throw	Carmen Romero Cuba	54.70	María Cristina Betancourt Cuba	52.20	Salvadora Vargas Cuba	41.92
Javelin throw	Tomasa Núñez Cuba	47.58	María Beltrán Cuba	47.46	Gladys González Venezuela	46.58
Pentathlon	Francisca Janssen Netherlands Antilles	4014	Angela Carbonell Cuba	3867	Mercedes Román Mexico	3827
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	44.90	Panama	47.42	Mexico	48.02

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	27	23	13	63
2	Colombia	4	1	1	6
3	Mexico	2	4	7	13
4	Venezuela	1	2	3	6
5	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	1	2
6	Puerto Rico	0	1	7	8
7	Jamaica	0	1	2	3
8	Panama	0	1	1	2
9	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
	Costa Rica	0	1	0	1

References

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