Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 1 and 6 December 2002. Results were reported and discussed in detail on a day-by-day basis.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Athletics at the XIX CAC Games
Host stadium in San Salvador.
Dates	1–6 December 2002
Host city	San Salvador
Venue	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca
Events	43
Participation	282 athletes from 28 nations
Records set	6 Games records
← 1998 Maracaibo 2006 Cartagena → 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Detailed results were published.^[6]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Dion Crabbe  British Virgin Islands	10.28w	Jesús Carrión  Puerto Rico	10.32w	Rolando Blanco  Guatemala	10.34w
200 metres	Juan Pedro Toledo  Mexico	20.97	Christopher Williams  Jamaica	21.04	José Carabalí  Venezuela	21.13
400 metres	Carlos Santa  Dominican Republic	45.83	Lansford Spence  Jamaica	46.31	Juan Pedro Toledo  Mexico	46.79
800 metres	José Manuel González  Venezuela	1:48.71	Jermaine Myers  Jamaica	1:48.89	Marvin Watts  Jamaica	1:49.11
1500 metres	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	3:43.71	Alex Greaux  Puerto Rico	3:45.75	Michael Tomlin  Jamaica	3:49.33
5000 metres	Pablo Olmedo  Mexico	14:07.82	Freddy González  Venezuela	14:08.45	José David Galván  Mexico	14:11.95
10000 metres	Pablo Olmedo  Mexico	28:36.67	Teodoro Vega  Mexico	28:42.86	William Naranjo  Colombia	29:12.23
Marathon	Procopio Franco  Mexico	02:17:38	Luis Fonseca  Venezuela	02:20:13	Juan Carlos Cardona  Colombia	02:21:27
3000 metre steeplechase	Alex Greaux  Puerto Rico	8:42.39	Salvador Miranda  Mexico	8:48.18	Néstor Nieves  Venezuela	8:53.56
110 metres hurdles	Dudley Dorival  Haiti	13.82w	Paulo Villar  Colombia	13.94w	Ricardo Melbourne  Jamaica	14.02w
400 metres hurdles	Oscar Juanz  Mexico	50.46	Miguel García  Dominican Republic	51.05	Roberto Carvajal  Mexico	51.62
High jump	Gerardo Martínez  Mexico	2.18	Omar Camacho  Puerto Rico	2.15	Gilmar Mayo  Colombia	2.15
Pole vault	Dominic Johnson  Saint Lucia	5.41	Jorge Tienda  Mexico	5.00	Oscar Hernández  El Salvador	4.70
Long jump	Sergio Sauceda  Mexico	7.48	José Mercedes  Dominican Republic	7.32	Kevin Arthurton  Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.26
Triple jump	Alvin Rentería  Colombia	15.57	Jhonny Rodríguez  Venezuela	15.42	Wayne McSween  Grenada	15.12
Shot put	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	19.63	Manuel Repollet  Puerto Rico	16.93	José Ventura  Dominican Republic	16.46
Discus throw	Héctor Hurtado  Venezuela	55.43	Alfredo Romero  Puerto Rico	52.87	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	51.98
Hammer throw	Raúl Rivera  Guatemala	65.99	Santos Vega  Puerto Rico	65.35	Aldo Bello  Venezuela	65.35
Javelin throw	Manuel Fuenmayor  Venezuela	75.32	Noraldo Palacios  Colombia	75.11	Ronald Noguera  Venezuela	74.91
20 kilometre road walk	Alejandro López  Mexico	1:26:32	Luis Fernando García  Guatemala	1:27:51	Fredy Hernández  Colombia	1:28:48
4 × 100 metres relay	Dominican Republic Leonardo Matos Juan Sainfleur Luis Morillo Yoel Báez	39.41	Venezuela Juan Morillo José Carabalí William Hernández Hely Ollarves	39.87	Trinidad and Tobago Alvin Henry Shane Dyer Andre Brown Dion Rodriguez	40.08
4 × 400 metres relay	Dominican Republic Leonardo Matos Gerardo Peralta Carlos Santa Felix Sánchez	3:04.15	Jamaica Germaine Myers Michael McDonald Christopher Williams Lansford Spence	3:05.40	Venezuela Danny Núñez Jonathan Palma Luis Luna William Hernández	3:05.71

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Liliana Allen  Mexico	11.34w	Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda	11.44w	Melocia Clarke  Jamaica	11.57w
200 metres	Liliana Allen  Mexico	23.34	Norma González  Colombia	23.73	Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda	24.13
400 metres†	Ana Guevara  Mexico	51.87	Eliana Pacheco  Venezuela	53.18	Clara Hernández  Dominican Republic	53.81
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde  Suriname	2:04.50	Lizaira Del Valle  Puerto Rico	2:06.09	Gabriela Medina  Mexico	2:06.55
1500 metres	Dulce Rodríguez  Mexico	4:18.91	Korene Hinds  Jamaica	4:22.03	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	4:27.75
5000 metres	Dulce Rodríguez  Mexico	16:38.92	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	16:39.23	Nora Rocha  Mexico	16:42.18
Marathon	Isabel Orellana  Mexico	2:54:14	Paola Cabrera  Mexico	2:56:05	Lourdes Cruz  Puerto Rico	2:59:46
100 metres hurdles	Dionne Rose-Henley  Jamaica	13.67	Princesa Oliveros  Colombia	13.72	Nadine Faustin  Haiti	13.84
400 metres hurdles	Yvonne Harrison  Puerto Rico	57.39	Yamelis Ortiz  Puerto Rico	57.52	Princesa Oliveros  Colombia	57.72
High jump	Juana Arrendel  Dominican Republic	1.97	Romary Rifka  Mexico	1.85	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	1.79
Pole vault	Milena Agudelo  Colombia	3.90	Alejandra Meza  Mexico	3.80	Andrea Zambrana  Puerto Rico	3.80
Long jump	María Espencer  Dominican Republic	6.20	Yuridia Bustamante  Mexico	6.11	Yesenia Rivera  Puerto Rico	6.03
Triple jump	María Espencer  Dominican Republic	13.57	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	13.17	Jennifer Arveláez  Venezuela	13.10
Shot put	Fior Vásquez  Dominican Republic	17.04	Luz Dary Castro  Colombia	15.98	Isabella Charles  Dominica	12.84
Discus throw	Luz Dary Castro  Colombia	55.11	Flor Acosta  Mexico	48.12	Ana Lucía Espinoza  Guatemala	46.61
Hammer throw	Amarilys Alméstica  Puerto Rico	60.39	Violeta Guzmán  Mexico	58.48	Nancy Guillén  El Salvador	57.10
Javelin throw	Zuleima Araméndiz  Colombia	56.63	Sabina Moya  Colombia	55.73	Nereida Ríos  Mexico	46.51
Heptathlon	Francia Manzanillo  Dominican Republic	5279	Yudith Méndez  Dominican Republic	5261	Nyota Peters  Guyana	4657
20 kilometre road walk	Victoria Palacios  Mexico	1:36:16	Rosario Sánchez  Mexico	1:36:44	Teresita Collado  Guatemala	1:42:07
4 × 100 metres relay†	Colombia Digna Murillo Melisa Murillo Mirtha Brock Princesa Oliveros	45.34	El Salvador Marcela Navarro Karla Hernández Verónica Quijano Aura Amaya	46.95	Jamaica Melocia Clarke Dionne Rose-Henley Jenice Daley Winsome Howell	50.62
4 × 400 metres relay†	Mexico America Rangel Magaly Yánez Gabriela Medina Ana Guevara	3:31.24	Puerto Rico Beatriz Cruz Sandra Moya Yamelis Ortiz Militza Castro	3:35.94	Venezuela Yusmelis García Ángela Alfonso Yenny Mejías Eliana Pacheco	3:37.86

^†: Lorena de la Rosa from the  Dominican Republic was tested positive for nandrolone, she and here teams were disqualified.^[7][8][9] Initially, she was 2nd in the 400m event (53.09s), 1st as member of the 4 × 100m relay team (44.90s), and 2nd as member of the 4 × 400m relay team (3:32.88min).

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	17	10	6	33
2	Dominican Republic	8	3	2	13
3	Colombia	5	8	7	20
4	Venezuela (VEN)	4	5	8	17
5	Puerto Rico	3	9	3	15
6	Jamaica	1	5	5	11
7	Guatemala	1	1	3	5
8	Haiti	1	0	1	2
9	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
	Suriname	1	0	0	1
12	El Salvador	0	1	2	3
13	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	1	2
14	Dominica	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		43	43	43	129

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 282 athletes from 28 countries participated.

•  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•  Bahamas (5)
•  Barbados (8)
•  Belize (2)
•  British Virgin Islands (3)
•  Cayman Islands (2)
•  Colombia (23)
•  Dominica (2)
•  Dominican Republic (25)
•  El Salvador (26)
•  Grenada (5)
•  Guatemala (23)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Haiti (8)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Jamaica (20)
•  Mexico (53)
•  Netherlands Antilles (5)
•  Nicaragua (4)
•  Panama (1)
•  Puerto Rico (22)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
•  Saint Lucia (1)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (5)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (5)
•  Venezuela (24)