Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition in the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela.^[1] It was the first edition to feature women's hammer throw and pole vault.

Athletics at the XVIII CAC Games
Host stadium (shown in 2007)
Dates	15–22 August 1998
Host city	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Venue	Estadio José Pachencho Romero
Events	43
Participation	436 athletes from 31 nations
← 1993 Ponce 2002 San Salvador → 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Obadele Thompson  Barbados	10.20	Dwight Ferguson  Bahamas	10.43	Luis Pérez  Cuba	10.44
200 metres	Juan Pedro Toledo  Mexico	20.46	Misael Ortíz  Cuba	20.75	Iván García  Cuba	20.81
400 metres	Troy McIntosh  Bahamas	44.84	Roxbert Martin  Jamaica	45.11	Alejandro Cárdenas  Mexico	45.22
800 metres	Norberto Téllez  Cuba	1:49.71	Ereisis Torres  Cuba	1:51.39	Mark Olivo  Venezuela	1:51.68
1500 metres	Héctor Torres  Mexico	3:46.06	Emigdio Delgado  Venezuela	3:47.71	Pablo Olmedo  Mexico	3:48.19
5000 metres	Pablo Olmedo  Mexico	14:01.85	Freddy González  Venezuela	14:04.77	Germán Beltrán  Venezuela	14:05.15
10,000 metres	Germán Beltrán  Venezuela	29:49.06	Julio César Valle  Mexico	29:53.40	Gabino Apolonio  Mexico	30:11.29
Marathon	Juan Camacho  Mexico	2:25:25	William Ramírez  Colombia	2:25:33	Rubén Maza  Venezuela	2:27:46
110 metres hurdles	Anier García  Cuba	13.27	Steve Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	13.56	Erik Batte  Cuba	13.84
400 metres hurdles	Dinsdale Morgan  Jamaica	48.87	Emilio Valle  Cuba	49.66	Kemel Thompson  Jamaica	49.67
3000 metre steeplechase	Salvador Miranda  Mexico	8:41.70	Néstor Nieves  Venezuela	8:43.34	Daniel Torres  Mexico	8:46.44
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Alfredo García Misael Ortiz Iván García Luis Pérez	38.79	Jamaica Garth Robinson Patrick Jarrett Leon Gordon Clarkson Reid	39.04	Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander Steve Brown Peter Fredericks Julian Raeburn	39.54
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Omar Mena Jorge Crusellas Edel Hevia Norberto Téllez	3:03.18	Jamaica Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Gregory Hines Davian Clarke	3:03.26	Bahamas Avard Moncur Carl Oliver Chris Brown Dennis Darling	3:04.16
20 kilometre road walk	Daniel García  Mexico	1:23:32	Bernardo Segura  Mexico	1:24:31	Julio Martínez  Guatemala	1:25:31
50 kilometre road walk	Ignacio Zamudio  Mexico	3:58:15	Hugo López  Guatemala	4:06:55	Jorge Luis Pino  Cuba	4:07:52
High jump	Javier Sotomayor  Cuba	2.37	Gilmar Mayo  Colombia	2.30	Julio Luciano  Dominican Republic	2.21
Pole vault	Edgar Díaz  Puerto Rico	5.30	Ricardo Diez  Venezuela	5.30	Jorge Tienda  Mexico	5.10
Long jump	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.45	James Beckford  Jamaica	8.16	Joan Lino Martínez  Cuba	8.09
Triple jump	Yoelbi Quesada  Cuba	17.18	Aliecer Urrutia  Cuba	16.53	Iván Salcedo  Mexico	16.10
Shot put	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	19.42	Yosvany Obregón  Cuba	18.30	Orlando Ibarra  Colombia	17.52
Discus throw	Alexis Elizalde  Cuba	65.00	Frank Casañas  Cuba	59.38	Alfredo Romero  Puerto Rico	50.83
Hammer throw	Alberto Sánchez  Cuba	74.25	Yosvany Suárez  Cuba	69.35	Guillermo Guzmán  Mexico	63.78
Javelin throw	Emeterio González  Cuba	80.92	Isbel Luaces  Cuba	78.96	Edwin Cuesta  Venezuela	75.41
Decathlon	Raúl Duany  Cuba	8118	Eugenio Balanqué  Cuba	8090	Diógenes Estévez  Venezuela	7237

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas	11.14	Beverly McDonald  Jamaica	11.36	Tayna Lawrence  Jamaica	11.53
200 metres	Beverly McDonald  Jamaica	22.30w	Juliet Campbell  Jamaica	22.63w	Felipa Palacios  Colombia	23.07w
400 metres	Sandie Richards  Jamaica	51.27	Ana Guevara  Mexico	51.32	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	51.52
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde  Suriname	2:00.24	Ana Guevara  Mexico	2:01.12 (NR)	Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica	2:01.46
1500 metres	Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica	4:27.03	Nora Rocha  Mexico	4:27.74	Yanelis Lara  Cuba	4:29.43
5000 metres	Nora Rocha  Mexico	16:43.48	Adriana Fernández  Mexico	16:44.60	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	16:51.89
10,000 metres	Adriana Fernández  Mexico	34:04.16	Lucía Mendiola  Mexico	35:27.63	Yailén García  Cuba	36:12.72
Marathon	Emma Cabrera  Mexico	2:57:49	Marisol Vargas  Mexico	2:58:34	Kriscia García  El Salvador	3:00:21
100 metres hurdles	Dionne Rose  Jamaica	12.64	Gillian Russell  Jamaica	12.66	Dainelky Pérez  Cuba	13.23
400 metres hurdles	Deon Hemmings  Jamaica	54.30	Andrea Blackett  Barbados	54.61	Debbie-Ann Parris  Jamaica	55.15
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Idalia Hechavarría Dainelky Pérez Mercedes Carnesolta Virgen Benavides	43.89	Colombia Norfalia Carabalí Felipa Palacios Patricia Rodríguez Mirtha Brock	44.39	Jamaica Tulia Robinson Tanya Lawrence Donette Brown Brigitte Foster	44.89
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Yudalis Díaz Lency Montelier Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty	3:29.65	Jamaica Charmaine Howel Keisha Downer Debbie-Ann Parris Tracey Barnes	3:30.03	Barbados Joanne Durant Andrea Blackett Sherline Williams Melissa Straker	3:31.91
10,000 metre track walk	Graciela Mendoza  Mexico	46:30.16	Rosario Sánchez  Mexico	47:12.74	Oslaidis Cruz  Cuba	47:14.85
High jump	Juana Arrendel  Dominican Republic	1.90	Natasha Gibson  Trinidad and Tobago	1.82	Niurka Lussón  Cuba	1.79
Pole vault	Alejandra Meza  Mexico	3.70	Mariana McCarthy  Cuba	3.50	Agueda Jerez  Guatemala	2.90
Long jump	Flora Hyacinth  U.S. Virgin Islands	6.57	Jackie Edwards  Bahamas	6.50	Lacena Golding  Jamaica	6.49
Triple jump	Yamilé Aldama  Cuba	14.34	Suzette Lee  Jamaica	13.77	Olga Cepero  Cuba	13.74
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumbá  Cuba	18.89	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	14.25	Mari Mercedes  Dominican Republic	13.99
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría  Cuba	58.14	Hilda Ramos  Cuba	55.42	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	50.44
Hammer throw	Aldenay Vasallo  Cuba	61.46	María Eugenia Villamizar  Colombia	57.69	Norbi Balantén  Cuba	57.30
Javelin throw	Sonia Bisset  Cuba	66.67	Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba	62.06	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	60.66
Heptathlon	Magalys García  Cuba	5888	Marsha Mark  Trinidad and Tobago	5706	Lisa Wright  Jamaica	5566

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	19	13	12	44
2	Mexico	12	9	7	28
3	Jamaica	6	9	7	22
4	Venezuela (VEN)	2	4	5	11
5	Bahamas	2	2	3	7
6	Barbados	1	1	1	3
7	Dominican Republic	1	0	1	2
	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
9	Suriname	1	0	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
11	Colombia	0	4	6	10
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	0	3
13	Guatemala	0	1	2	3
14	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		46	46	46	138

Participation

•  Antigua and Barbuda (7)
•  Aruba (2)
•  Bahamas (19)
•  Barbados (10)
•  Belize (4)
•  Bermuda (5)
•  British Virgin Islands (4)
•  Cayman Islands (6)
•  Colombia (28)
•  Costa Rica (2)
•  Cuba (64)
•  Dominica (2)
•  Dominican Republic (15)
•  Grenada (6)
•  Guatemala (15)
•  Guyana (3)
•  Haiti (4)
•  Jamaica (41)
•  Mexico (51)
•  Netherlands Antilles (5)
•  Nicaragua (5)
•  Panama (2)
•  Puerto Rico (27)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (12)
• Saint Lucia (4)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3)
•  El Salvador (19)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (12)
•  United States Virgin Islands (3)
•  Venezuela (55)

See also

• 1998 in athletics (track and field)