Athletics at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rafael Fortún Cuba	10.4	Herb McKenley Jamaica	10.7	McDonald Bailey Trinidad and Tobago
200 metres	Rafael Fortún Cuba	21.6	Lloyd LaBeach Panama	21.7	Herb McKenley Jamaica	21.7
400 metres	Arthur Wint Jamaica	48.0	Herb McKenley Jamaica	48.5	George Rhoden Jamaica	49.3
800 metres	Arthur Wint Jamaica	1:54.8	Wilfred Tull Trinidad and Tobago	1:56.4	Ken Hyland Trinidad and Tobago	1:57.6
1500 metres	Wilfred Tull Trinidad and Tobago	4:07.8	Ken Hyland Trinidad and Tobago	4:09.6	Arthur Dujon Jamaica	4:12.4
5000 metres	Mannie Ramjohn Trinidad and Tobago	15:54.8	Jesús Borgonio Mexico	15:55.0	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	15:56.0
10,000 metres	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	33:55.0	Agustín Romero Mexico	34:54.8	Cipriano Gómez Mexico	34:58.2
Half marathon	Doroteo Flores Guatemala	01:14:33	Luis Velásquez Guatemala	01:14:39	Rafael Flores El Salvador	01:15:38
110 metres hurdles	Eligio Barbería Cuba	14.8	Teófilo Colón Puerto Rico	15.5	Julio Sabater Puerto Rico
400 metres hurdles	Eligio Barbería Cuba	55.3	Relín Sosa Puerto Rico	56.4	Remigio Castro Cuba	56.5
4 x 100 m relay	Panama Clifford Loney Arturo Thomas Clayton Clarke Lloyd LaBeach	43.0	Cuba Rafael Fortún Jesús Farrés Pedro Castillo Eligio Barbería	43.1	Trinidad and Tobago George Lewis Nathaniel Preddie Albert McLean McDonald Bailey	43.5
4 x 400 m relay	Jamaica Herb McKenley Clinton Woodstock George Rhoden Arthur Wint	3:18.0	Cuba Juan A. Sáez José L. Gómez Carlos Bombalier Ángel García	3:21.4	Panama Eric Ferguson David Benskin Reginaldo Matthews Cirilo McSween	3:23.2
High jump	Miguel Clovis Panama	1.85	Gilberto Torres Puerto Rico	1.85	Francisco Castro Puerto Rico	1.85
Pole Vault	José Vincente Puerto Rico	3.98	José Barbosa Puerto Rico	3.84	Jesús Centeno Mexico	3.77
Long jump	Lloyd LaBeach Panama	6.96	Lance Thompson Jamaica	6.95	Francisco Castro Puerto Rico	6.92
Triple jump	Francisco Castro Puerto Rico	14.14	Harold Lawson Jamaica	14.14	Raúl López Cuba	13.74
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana Netherlands Antilles	13.35	Carlos Cervantes Cuba	13.28	Luis Betancourt Cuba	13.03
Discus throw	Manuel Seoane Puerto Rico	39.94	Mauricio Rodríguez Venezuela	39.86	Carlos Pérez Mexico	38.69
Hammer throw	Francisco González Mexico	41.87	Luis Betancourt Cuba	39.71	Lorenzo Barquín Cuba	39.70
Javelin throw	Mario Salas Cuba	55.00	Enrique Pizarro Puerto Rico	54.18	Nicolás Romero Puerto Rico	52.75
Pentathlon	Néstor Marchany Puerto Rico	3374	Amador Terán Mexico	3294	Víctor Castañeda El Salvador	3131

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Dolores Worrell Panama	6.4	Cynthia Thompson Jamaica	6.5	Hyacinth Walters Jamaica	6.8
100 metres	Cynthia Thompson Jamaica	12.1	Emilia Foster Panama	12.7	Dolores Worrell Panama	12.7
80 metres hurdles	Josefine Lewis Panama	12.5	Mavis Evelyn Jamaica	12.7	Kathleen Russell Jamaica	12.7
4 x 100 m relay	Panama Dolores Worrell Mildred Bannister Esther Stewart Emilia Foster	49.1	Jamaica Cynthia Thompson Cynthia Llewellyn Hyacinth Walters Icis Clarke	50.1	Cuba Regla Cáceres Georgina Iglesias Esperanza McKenzie Bertha Delgado	53.0
High jump	Carmen Phipps Jamaica	1.54	Vinton Beckett Jamaica	1.52	Silvia Ford Panama	1.44
Discus throw	Judith Caballero Panama	30.17	Esther Reyes Mexico	29.73	Gloria Álvarez Cuba	29.72
Javelin throw	Judith Caballero Panama	38.04	Ángela Iglesias Cuba	36.75	Alicia Reyes Puerto Rico	33.99

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Panama (PAN)	8	2	3	13
2	Jamaica (JAM)	5	8	5	18
3	Cuba (CUB)	5	5	6	16
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	4	5	5	14
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	2	3	7
6	Guatemala (GUA)	2	1	1	4
7	Mexico (MEX)	1	4	3	8
8	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	0	1
9	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	El Salvador (ESA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		28	28	28	84

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.