1983 CARIFTA Games

The 12th CARIFTA Games was held in Fort-de-France, Martinique on April 2–4, 1983.

XII CARIFTA Games
Dates	April 2–4
Host city	Fort-de-France, Martinique
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	52
Participation	more than 108 athletes from at least 13 nations
← 1982 Kingston 1984 Nassau →

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1983 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 108 medalists (63 junior (under-20) and 45 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (3), Bahamas (26), Barbados (9), Bermuda (5), Cayman Islands (1), Grenada (4), Guadeloupe (10), Jamaica (25), Martinique (11), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (10), US Virgin Islands (1).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Laverne Eve from the Bahamas.^[2] As in 1982, she won 3 gold medals (shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw) in the junior (U-20) category.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),^[3] Girls under 20 (Junior),^[4] Boys under 17 (Youth),^[5] and Girls under 17 (Youth).^[6] The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Boys under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (2.8 m/s)	Max Morinière (MTQ)	10.36w	Ray Stewart (JAM)	10.40w	Richemont Faro (GLP)	10.64w
200 metres	Ray Stewart (JAM)	21.13	Joey Wells (BAH)	21.27	Steve Morgan (JAM)	21.31
400 metres	Carlyle Bernard (TRI)	47.66	Richard Louis (BAR)	47.73	John Bernard (TRI)	49.54
800 metres	Dennis Hines (JAM)	1:54.89	Dale Jones (ATG)	1:55.74	Everett Simpson (JAM)	1:55.78
1500 metres	Kevin Pearson (BER)	3:57.56	Dale Jones (ATG)	4:01.34	Everett Simpson (JAM)	4:01.35
5000 metres	Kevin Pearson (BER)	15:09.22	Paul Bryan (JAM)	15:27.03	Michael Jules (BAR)	16:07.29
110 metres hurdles	Andrew Parker (JAM)	14.4	Lennox Graham (JAM)	14.8	Sean Fox (BAH)	15.0
400 metres hurdles	Everett Barham (JAM)	54.06	Lennox Graham (JAM)	54.60	Sean Fox (BAH)	56.14
High jump	Philippe Dogué (MTQ)	2.17	Dennis Richards (BAH)	2.11	Troy Glasgow (BER)	2.05
Pole vault	Brent Vanderpool (BAH)	3.90	Richard Parker (BAH)	3.81	Brooke Onley (BER)	3.05
Long jump	Joey Wells (BAH)	7.80	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	7.42	Eugene Licorish (GRN)	7.15
Triple jump	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	16.02	Teddy Roland (GLP)	15.38	Keith Carey (BAH)	15.02
Shot put	Georges Robin (GLP)	15.39	Sammy Brennan (BAH)	12.81	Eros Watts (JAM)	12.67
Discus throw	Egbert Mullings (BAH)	44.96	Steve Coy (TRI)	42.56	Joe Woodside (BAH)	41.84
Javelin throw	Joseph Antoine (TRI)	64.96	Philippe Dogué (MTQ)	62.92	Brooke Onley (BER)	62.18
4 × 100 metres relay	Martinique	41.11	Bahamas	41.18	Jamaica	41.28
4 × 400 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago	3:14.72	Jamaica	3:15.38	Barbados	3:15.74

Girls under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (-2.5 m/s)	Marie-France Loval (GLP)	11.68	Pauline Davis (BAH)	11.69	Claudette Rano (MTQ)	11.85
200 metres	Pauline Davis (BAH)	23.57	Christine Carda (MTQ)	24.02	Ethlyn Tate (JAM)	24.15
400 metres	Veronica Williams (JAM)	55.45	Jocelyn Joseph (ATG)	56.49	Dawn Douglas (TRI)	57.84
800 metres	Marie-Anna Filomin (GLP)	2:10.65	Sharon Powell (JAM)	2:13.97	Jocelyn Joseph (ATG)	2:16.93
1500 metres	Marie-Anna Filomin (GLP)	4:43.26	Sharon Powell (JAM)	4:46.48	Daphne Fearon (JAM)	4:47.42
3000 metres	Ellie Edwards (JAM)	10:18.18	Laverne Bryan (ATG)	10:22.50	Daphne Fearon (JAM)	10:22.54
100 metres hurdles	Monique Millar (BAH)	14.85	Kay McConney (BAR)	15.23	Verna Hibbert (JAM)	15.27
High jump	Guy-Félixienne Marin (GLP)	1.68	Mina Adele (MTQ)	1.68	Donna Smith (BAH)	1.65
Long jump	Jacinta Bartholomew (GRN)	5.88	Euphemia Huggins (TRI)	5.86	Janine Tabar (GLP)	5.48
Shot put	Laverne Eve (BAH)	14.39	Jan Antoine (BAH)	11.78	Marie Lostra (MTQ)	11.26
Discus throw	Laverne Eve (BAH)	42.90	Jan Antoine (BAH)	36.40	Mary Francis (JAM)	34.84
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve (BAH)	47.32	Portia Wallace (BAH)	40.20	Rennet Celestine (TRI)	39.66
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	46.00	Bahamas	46.31	Martinique	47.03
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:47.8	Antigua and Barbuda	3:54.8	Bahamas	4:01.3

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Michael Newbold (BAH)	11.07	David Velázquez (MTQ)	11.14	Mark Johnson (BAH)	11.15
200 metres	Mark Johnson (BAH)	21.93	Michael Newbold (BAH)	21.93	Michael Worrell (BAR)	22.39
400 metres	Michael Worrell (BAR)	49.17	Leslie Walker (JAM)	49.80	Bruce Nolan (SKN)	51.00
800 metres	Kevin Smith (BER)	1:59.80	Otis Hoyte (BAR)	2:01.16	Paul Edwards (JAM)	2:01.79
1500 metres	Kevin Smith (BER)	4:07.91	Paul Edwards (JAM)	4:16.61	Fulbert Théophile (GLP)	4:17.11
High jump	Rohan Phillips-Saunders (VIN)	1.86	Troy Kemp (BAH)	1.86	Daryl Walwyn (BER)	1.80
Long jump	Mark Johnson (BAH)	6.82	Delano Archer (BAH)	6.78	Pascal Maran (MTQ)	6.34
Triple jump	Lawrence Wendell (BAH)	14.21	Dudson Higgins (BAH)	14.12	Dwight Mitchell (JAM)	13.99
Shot put	Eddy Duguet (GLP)	13.22	Johnny Page (MTQ)	12.92	Adam Llewelyn (CAY)	12.88
Discus throw	Adam Llewelyn (CAY)	39.30	Zethroy Campbell (JAM)	34.92	Eddy Duguet (GLP)	34.80
Javelin throw	Kenwyn Williams (GRN)	45.30*	Troy Kemp (BAH)	44.64*	Johnny Page (MTQ)	44.38*

* One source states: Javelin only 600g rather than 700g.^[5]

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gillian Forde (TRI)	11.8	Laurel Johnson (JAM)	12.2	Yolande Straughn (BAR)	12.2
200 metres (3.9 m/s)	Gillian Forde (TRI)	24.26w	Keva Mackey (BAH)	24.57w	Laurel Johnson (JAM)	24.65w
400 metres	Donna Pryce (JAM)	56.49	Iyiechia Petrus (ISV)	57.32	Yolande Straughn (BAR)	57.46
800 metres	Bernardette John (TRI)	2:13.89	Iyiechia Petrus (ISV)	2:15.12	Andrea Henderson (JAM)	2:20.24?
1500 metres	Marcia Smith (JAM)	4:50.13	Sheraldine Dalrymple (BAR)	4:50.17	Charmaine Hood (GRN)	4:50.88
High jump	Dolores Daquin (MTQ)	1.71	Mazel Thomas (JAM)	1.68	Jean-Marie Martine (MTQ)	1.68
Long jump	Mazel Thomas (JAM)	5.50	Catherine Richards (BAR)	5.42	Cheryl Munroe (BAH)	5.39
Shot put	France-Aimée Coquin (GLP)	11.63	Millicent McCartney (BAH)	10.37	Helena Harry (VIN)	10.17
Discus throw	Millicent McCartney (BAH)	34.66	France-Aimée Coquin (GLP)	31.60	Juliana King (BAR)	26.28
Javelin throw	Allison Bernard (TRI)	29.86	Eurise Farquharson (BAH)	28.18	Millicent McCartney (BAH)	19.54

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Martinique)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bahamas (BAH)	14	19	9	42
2	Jamaica (JAM)	11	12	14	37
3	Guadeloupe (GLP)	7	2	4	13
4	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	7	2	3	12
5	Martinique (MTQ)*	4	5	6	15
6	Bermuda (BER)	4	0	4	8
7	Grenada (GRN)	2	0	2	4
8	Barbados (BAR)	1	5	6	12
9	Cayman Islands (CAY)	1	0	1	2
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	1	0	1	2
11	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	5	1	6
12	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	0	2	0	2
13	Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (SCN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		52	52	52	156