Athletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

The Athletics competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Veracruz, Mexico.

Athletics at the XXII CAC Games
Dates	November 23–30
Host city	Veracruz, Mexico
Venue	Heriberto Jara Corona Stadium
Events	47
Participation	417 athletes from 31 nations
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The tournament was held from 23 to 30 November at the Heriberto Jara Corona Stadium. Detailed reports and an appraisal of the results were given.^[1][2]

Medal summary

Further information: Athletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (w: +0.9 m/s)	Rolando Palacios  Honduras	10.27	Levi Cadogan  Barbados	10.27	Yaniel Carrero  Cuba	10.28
200 m (w: -1.8 m/s)	Roberto Skyers  Cuba	20.47	Reynier Mena  Cuba	20.54	José Carlos Herrera  Mexico	20.63
400 m	Raidel Acea  Cuba	45.36	Yoandys Lescay  Cuba	45.56	Alberth Bravo  Venezuela	45.82
800 m	Andy González  Cuba	1:45.73	Rafith Rodríguez  Colombia	1:45.74	Wesley Vázquez  Puerto Rico	1:46.05
1500 m	Andy González  Cuba	3:45.52	Pablo Solares  Mexico	3:45.62	Christopher Sandoval  Mexico	3:47.55
5000 m	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	14:15.98	Iván Darío González  Colombia	14:25.16	Mario Pacay  Guatemala	14:27.34
10,000 m	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	29:13.63	Juan Carlos Romero  Mexico	29:28.32	Iván Darío González  Colombia	29:41.31
110 m hurdles (w: +0.7 m/s)	Yordan Luis O'Farrill  Cuba	13.46	Jhoanis Portilla  Cuba	13.53	Greggmar Swift  Barbados	13.59
400 m hurdles	Omar Cisneros  Cuba	49.56	Eric Alejandro  Puerto Rico	50.05	Leslie Murray  U.S. Virgin Islands	50.21
3000 metres steeplechase	Marvin Blanco  Venezuela	8:43.76	José Peña  Venezuela	8:45.04	Luis Enrique Ibarra  Mexico	8:48.42
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba César Yadiel Ruiz Reynier Mena Yadier Luis Yaniel Carrero	38.94	Dominican Republic Gustavo Cuesta Yoandry Andújar Stanly del Carmen Yancarlos Martínez	39.01	Venezuela Alberto Aguilar Dubeiker Cedeño Álvaro Cassiani Arturo Ramírez	39.22
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba William Collazo Raidel Acea Osmaidel Pellicier Yoandys Lescay	3:00.70 GR	Venezuela Alberto Aguilar Alberth Bravo José Meléndez Freddy Mezones	3:01.80	Colombia Bernardo Baloyes Carlos Lemos Diego Palomeque Rafith Rodríguez	3:02.52
Marathon	Richer Pérez  Cuba	2:19:13	José Amado García  Guatemala	2:19:45	Daniel de Jesús Vargas  Mexico	2:20:27
20 km walk[3]	Horacio Nava  Mexico	1:25:05	Éider Arévalo  Colombia	1:26:03	José Leonardo Montaña  Colombia	1:27:30
50 km walk	Erick Bernabé Barrondo  Guatemala	3:49:40 GR	Omar Zepeda  Mexico	3:52:45	Cristián David Berdeja  Mexico	3:53:39
High jump	Sergio Mestre  Cuba	2.26 m	Eure Yánez  Venezuela	2.24 m	Ryan Ingraham  Bahamas	2.24 m
Pole vault	Lázaro Borges  Cuba	5.30 m	Yankier Lara  Cuba	5.10 m	Raúl Alejandro Ríos  Mexico	5.00 m
Long jump	David Registe  Dominica	7.79 m (w: -0.2 m/s)	Muhammad Taqi Abdul-Halim  U.S. Virgin Islands	7.75 m (w: -0.6 m/s)	Yunior Díaz  Cuba	7.66 m (w: -0.9 m/s)
Triple jump	Ernesto Revé  Cuba	16.94 m (w: -0.1 m/s)	Lázaro Martínez  Cuba	16.91 m (w: -0.6 m/s)	Yordanys Durañona  Dominica	16.67 m (w: -0.4 m/s)
Shot put	Mario Cota  Mexico	19.30 m	Stephen Sáenz  Mexico	19.27 m	Raymond Brown  Jamaica	18.30 m
Discus	Jorge Yedián Fernández  Cuba	63.17 m	Mauricio Ortega  Colombia	60.69 m	Mario Cota  Mexico	58.21 m
Hammer	Roberto Janet  Cuba	74.11 m	Reinier Mejías  Cuba	71.81 m	Roberto Sawyers  Costa Rica	70.66 m
Javelin	Guillermo Martínez  Cuba	79.27 m	Juan José Méndez  Mexico	76.80 m	Osmany Laffita  Cuba	76.28 m
Decathlon	Yordanis García  Cuba	7854 pts	José Ángel Mendieta  Cuba	7517 pts	Roman Garibay  Mexico	7243 pts

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (w: +1.5 m/s)	Andrea Purica  Venezuela	11.29	Nediam Vargas  Venezuela	11.43	LaVerne Jones  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.54
200 m (w: -1.8 m/s)	Nercely Soto  Venezuela	23.14	María Alejandra Idrobo  Colombia	23.52	Allison Peter  U.S. Virgin Islands	23.54
400 m	Lisneidys Inés Veitía  Cuba	51.72	Daisiuramis Bonne  Cuba	52.49	Jennifer Padilla  Colombia	52.95
800 m	Rose Mary Almanza  Cuba	2:00.79	Cristina Guevara  Mexico	2:01.68	Gabriela Medina  Mexico	2:02.36
1500 m	Muriel Coneo  Colombia	4:14.84 GR	Cristina Guevara  Mexico	4:16.51	Adriana Muñoz  Cuba	4:20.50
5000 m	Brenda Flores  Mexico	16:02.64 GR	Sandra López  Mexico	16:13.23	Yudileyvis Castillo  Cuba	16:16.21
10,000 m	Brenda Flores  Mexico	35:54.44	Kathya García  Mexico	36:23.32	Yudileyvis Castillo  Cuba	36:29.04
100 m hurdles (w: -0.8 m/s)	Lina Marcela Flórez  Colombia	13.19	Brigitte Merlano  Colombia	13.19	Kierre Beckles  Barbados	13.47
400 m hurdles	Zudikey Rodríguez  Mexico	56.79	Magdalena Mendoza  Venezuela	57.67	Zurian Hechavarria  Cuba	57.74
3000 metres steeplechase	Ángela Figueroa  Colombia	10:05.25	Muriel Coneo  Colombia	10:07.94	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	10:08.39
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Nediam Vargas Andrea Purica Nelsibeth Villalobos Nercely Soto	43.53	Colombia Lina Marcela Flórez María Alejandra Idrobo Darlenys Obregón Eliecith Palacios	44.02	Cuba Geylis Montes Arialis Gandulla Greter Guillén Dulaimi Debora Odelin	44.19
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Lisneidys Inés Veitía Gilda Isbely Casanova Yameisi Borlot Daisiuramis Bonne	3:29.69	Mexico Natali Brito Gabriela Medina Mariel Espinosa Zudikey Rodríguez	3:33.16	Colombia Norma González Melisa Torres Jennifer Padilla Evelis Aguilar	3:34.14
Marathon	Margarita Hernández  Mexico	2:41:16 GR	Dailín Belmonte  Cuba	2:42:01	Zuleima Amaya  Venezuela	2:42:27
20 kilometres race walk[4]	Mirna Ortiz  Guatemala	1:35:43 GR	Sandra Arenas  Colombia	1:36:29	Ingrid Hernández  Colombia	1:37:11
High jump	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.89 m	Priscilla Frederick  Antigua and Barbuda	1.83 m	Kashany Ríos  Panama	1.80 m
Pole vault	Yarisley Silva  Cuba	4.60 m GR	Diamara Planell  Puerto Rico	4.15 m	Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela	4.15 m
Long jump	Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands	6.46 m (w: -0.3 m/s)	Irisdaymi Herrera  Cuba	6.36 m (w: +0.9 m/s)	Zoila Flores  Mexico	6.26 m (w: +1.0 m/s)
Triple jump	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	14.57 m (w: -0.4 m/s) GR	Dailenys Alcántara  Cuba	14.09 m (w: -0.3 m/s)	Yosiris Urrutia  Colombia	13.89 m (w: +0.3 m/s)
Shot put	Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago	18.99 m	Yaniuvis López  Cuba	17.88 m	Sandra Lemos  Colombia	17.50 m
Discus	Denia Caballero  Cuba	64.47 m GR	Yaime Pérez  Cuba	62.42 m	Johana Martínez  Colombia	56.27 m
Hammer	Yipsi Moreno  Cuba	71.35 m GR	Yurisleydi Ford  Cuba	69.62 m	Johana Moreno  Colombia	67.77 m
Javelin	Flor Ruiz  Colombia	63.80 m GR	Abigail Gómez  Mexico	57.28	Coralys Ortiz  Puerto Rico	54.53
Heptathlon	Yorgelis Rodríguez  Cuba	5984 pts GR	Yusleidys Mendieta  Cuba	5819 pts	Alysbeth Felix  Puerto Rico	5721 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	23	15	8	46
2	Mexico*	8	11	10	29
3	Colombia	5	9	10	24
4	Venezuela	4	5	4	13
5	Guatemala	2	1	1	4
6	Dominica	1	0	1	2
7	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	Honduras	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
11	Puerto Rico	0	2	4	6
12	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	3	4
13	Barbados	0	1	2	3
14	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
16	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		47	47	47	141

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 417 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

•  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•  Aruba (1)
•  Bahamas (11)
•  Barbados (4)
•  Belize (2)
•  Bermuda (2)
•  British Virgin Islands (2)
•  Cayman Islands (3)
•  Colombia (43)
•  Costa Rica (15)
•  Cuba (65)
•  Dominica (3)
•  Dominican Republic (23)
•  El Salvador (4)
•  Grenada (4)
•  Guatemala (13)
•  Guyana (4)
•  Haiti (10)
•  Honduras (2)
•  Jamaica (15)
•  Mexico (82)
•  Nicaragua (5)
•  Panama (10)
•  Puerto Rico (17)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (8)
•  Saint Lucia (3)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
•  Suriname (3)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (11)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (10)
•  Venezuela (34)