1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
Dates	17–19 August
Host city	Xalapa, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona
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The inaugural 1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico between 5–7 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Hermes Ramírez Cuba	10.5A	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	10.6A	Félix Eugellés Cuba	10.8A
200 metres	Hermes Ramírez Cuba	21.6A	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	21.6A	Miguel González Mexico	21.7A
400 metres	Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico	47.1A	Rodobaldo Díaz Cuba	47.6A	Manuel Montalvo Cuba	48.1A
800 metres	Frederico Vera Mexico	1:51.3A	Julio Morales Puerto Rico	1:51.8A	Roberto Silva Mexico	1:52.0A
1500 metres	Ricardo Palomares Mexico	3:59.2A	José Neri Mexico	3:59.3A	José Antonetti Puerto Rico	4:04.7A
5000 metres	Concepción Salinas Mexico	15:02.6A	Flavio Buendía Mexico	15:27.2A	Julio Quevedo Guatemala	16:02.0A
10,000 metres	Juan Martínez Mexico	30:33.6A	Efraín Carmona Mexico	31:11.0A	José Gonzales Cuba	34:17.4A
Half marathon	Juan Martínez Mexico	1:11:02A	Félix Carmona Mexico	1:12:08A	José Gonzales Cuba	1:16:25A
110 metres hurdles	Juan Morales Cuba	14.6A	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	14.7A	David Cruz Puerto Rico	16.4A
400 metres hurdles	Salvador Medina Mexico	52.3A	Miguel Olivera Cuba	52.4A	Césare Sánchez Mexico	52.6A
3000 metres steeplechase	Carlos Vargas Mexico	9:19.2A	Flavio Buendía Mexico	9:19.4A	Manuel Pérez Puerto Rico	10:33.6A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Lázaro Betancourt Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez Félix Eugellés	40.3A
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico Cesare Alejandro Sánchez Frederico Vera Roberto Silva Salvador Medina	3:16.0A	Puerto Rico	3:18.3A	Cuba	3:21.2A
20 km road walk	José Pedraza Mexico	1:46:31A	Pablo Colín Mexico	1:50:41A	Euclides Calzado Cuba	1:50:55A
High jump	Teodoro Palacios Guatemala	2.05A	David Cruz Puerto Rico	1.80A
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.50A	Roberto Fernández Cuba	4.40A	José Seth Guatemala	3.80A
Long jump	Abelardo Pacheco Cuba	7.49A	David Cruz Puerto Rico	7.46A	José Hernández Cuba	7.44A
Triple jump	José Hernández Cuba	15.54A	Guillermo Hoffner Mexico	15.12A	David Douglas Guatemala	13.47A
Shot put	Fidel Estrada Cuba	16.42A	Benigno Hodelín Cuba	15.75A	Carlos Yapur Mexico	15.14A
Discus throw	Bárbaro Cañizares Cuba	52.96A	Javier Moreno Cuba	49.95A	Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico	49.91A
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells Cuba	66.06A	Julián Núñez Arana Mexico	49.67A	Pedro Granell Puerto Rico	48.39A
Javelin throw	Francisco Mena Cuba	69.60A	Edmundo Medina Mexico	68.11A	Jorge García Puerto Rico	68.10A
Pentathlon	Francisco Mena Cuba	3440A	Donald Vélez Nicaragua	2847A	Sergio Hernández Mexico	2779A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Cristina Echevarría Cuba	11.5A	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	11.6A	Mercedes Román Mexico	12.4A
200 metres	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	23.9A	Violeta Quesada Cuba	24.4A	Gladys Azcuaga Mexico	26.0A
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	57.4A	Gladys Azcuaga Mexico	59.5A	Lourdes García Mexico	61.4A
800 metres	Aurelia Pentón Cuba	2:24.1A	María Díaz Mexico	2:24.3A	Ines Mondragón Mexico	2:26.8A
80 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde Cuba	11.6A	Daisy Hechevarría Cuba	11.7A	Enriqueta Basilio Mexico	12.1A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Marcia Garbey Daisy Hechevarría Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián	45.1A	Mexico Enriqueta Basilio Mercedes Román Gladys Azcuaga María Haquet	49.6A	Guatemala Rosa Armas Luz Arellano Ana María Piedrasanta Regina Alquijay	52.5A
High jump	Marcia Garbey Cuba	1.53A	Silvia Tapia Mexico	1.45A
Long jump	Irene Martínez Cuba	5.65A	Marcia Garbey Cuba	5.62A	Mercedes Román Mexico	5.39A
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	13.59A	Grecia Hamilton Cuba	13.02A	Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico	12.28A
Discus throw	Caridad Aguero Cuba	45.86A	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	42.65A	Lili Schluter Mexico	38.25A
Javelin throw	María Moreno Cuba	49.94A	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	41.66A	Martha Bravo Mexico	38.26A
Pentathlon	Marlene Elejalde Cuba	4186A	Mercedes Román Mexico	4031A	Daisy Hechevarría Cuba	4009A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	23	13	8	44
2	Mexico (MEX)	9	14	14	37
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	6	6	14
4	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	4	5
5	Nicaragua (NIC)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		35	34	32	101

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics