# 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica between 14–17 July.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Don Quarrie Jamaica | 10.2 CR | Lennox Miller Jamaica | 10.2 | Pablo Montes Cuba | 10.4 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Don Quarrie Jamaica | 20.6 CR | Guillermo González Puerto Rico | 21.3 | Pablo Montes Cuba | 21.3 |
| 400 metres | Alfred Daley Jamaica | 46.6 CR | Melesio Piña Mexico | 47.4 | Raúl Dome Venezuela | 47.6 |
| 800 metres | Byron Dyce Jamaica | 1:49.7 CR | Leandro Civil Cuba | 1:49.7 | Lennox Stewart Trinidad and Tobago | 1:50.0 |
| 1500 metres | Byron Dyce Jamaica | 3:46.8 CR | Antonio Colón Puerto Rico | 3:47.5 | Carlos Martínez Mexico | 3:48.2 |
| 5000 metres | Héctor Ortiz Puerto Rico | 14:25.6 CR | Rodolfo Gómez Mexico | 14:25.8 | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 14:30.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Valentín Robles Mexico | 31:32.0 | Victoriano López Guatemala | 31:41.8 | Héctor Ortiz Puerto Rico | 31:53.0 |
| Half marathon | Andrés Romero Mexico | 1:10:24 | John Mowatt Jamaica | 1:12:46 | Lucas Lara Cuba | 1:12:50 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Juan Morales Cuba | 13.8 CR | Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico | 13.9 | Godfrey Murray Jamaica | 13.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Juan García Cuba | 52.1 CR | Francisco Dumeng Puerto Rico | 52.3 | Fernando Montelongo Mexico | 52.7 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 8:58.6 CR | Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba | 8:58.8 | José Cobo Cuba | 9:11.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Alfred Daley Carl Lawson Don Quarrie Lennox Miller | 39.2 CR | Puerto Rico Arnaldo Bristol Jorge Vizcarrondo Guillermo González Santiago Antonetti | 40.7 | Venezuela Alberto Marchán Félix Mata Jesús Rico Antonio González | 40.7 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Leighton Priestley Trevor Campbell Alfred Daley Garth Case | 3:09.0 CR | Cuba Leandro Civil Rodobaldo Díaz Antonio Álvarez José Triana | 3:10.1 | Trinidad and Tobago Pat Marshall Alfred Logie Desmond Melville R. Brown | 3:13.3 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Lucas Lara Cuba | 47:20.2 CR | Ismael Ávila Mexico | 47:43.8 | Raúl González Mexico | 49:35.2 |
| High jump | Pedro Yequez Venezuela | 1.98 | Lloyd Scott Jamaica | 1.95 | Miguel Durañona Cuba | 1.95 |
| Pole vault | Roberto Moré Cuba | 4.80 CR | Juan Laza Cuba | 4.40 | Guillermo González Puerto Rico | 4.30 |
| Long jump | George Swanston Trinidad and Tobago | 7.43 | Wilfredo Maisonave Puerto Rico | 7.38 | Abelardo Pacheco Cuba | 7.19 |
| Triple jump | Pedro Pérez Cuba | 15.94 CR | Juan Velázquez Cuba | 15.42 | Tim Barrett Bahamas | 15.32 |
| Shot put | Benigno Hodelín Cuba | 15.76 | Alfredo Leyva Cuba | 15.33 | Jorge Marrero Puerto Rico | 14.96 |
| Discus throw | Bárbaro Cañizares Cuba | 55.50 CR | Javier Moreno Cuba | 54.44 | Leopold Blake Jamaica | 46.04 |
| Hammer throw | Víctor Suárez Cuba | 56.54 | Jesús Fuentes Cuba | 53.98 | Pedro Granell Puerto Rico | 53.54 |
| Javelin throw | Juan Jarvis Cuba | 77.20 CR | Amado Morales Puerto Rico | 74.38 | Justo Perelló Cuba | 71.40 |
| Decathlon | Orlando Pedroso Cuba | 6779 CR | Jesús Mirabal Cuba | 6692 | Dunstan Campbell Grenada | 6105 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -2.1 m/s) | Fulgencia Romay Cuba | 11.6 | Silvia Chivás Cuba | 11.6 | Rosie Allwood Jamaica | 11.9 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Fulgencia Romay Cuba | 23.6 CR | Silvia Chivás Cuba | 23.9 | Diva Bishop Panama | 24.1 |
| 400 metres | Marilyn Neufville Jamaica | 53.5 CR | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 54.0 | Yvonne Saunders Jamaica | 54.3 |
| 800 metres | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 2:14.6 | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 2:15.1 | Beverly Franklin Jamaica | 2:15.8 |
| 1500 metres | Lucía Quiroz Mexico | 4:34.2 CR | Enriqueta Nava Mexico | 4:37.5 | Melquises Fonseca Cuba | 4:38.5 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Marlene Elejalde Cuba | 13.7 CR | Lourdes Jones Cuba | 14.0 | Carmen Smith-Brown Jamaica | 14.1 |
| 200 metres hurdles | Lourdes Jones Cuba | 28.0 CR | Raquel Martínez Cuba | 28.2 | Enriqueta Basilio Mexico | 29.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Silvia Chivás Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Carmen Valdés | 45.4 | Jamaica Rosie Allwood Debbie Byfield-White Lelieth Hodges Marcia Swaby | 46.0 | Venezuela Lucia Vaamonde Adriana Marchena Zulay Montano Lourdes Vargas | 47.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Beatriz Castillo Marcela Chibás Aurelia Pentón Carmen Trustée | 3:38.6 CR | Jamaica Marilyn Neufville Yvonne Saunders-Mondesire Ruth Simpson Beverly Panton | 3:41.0 | Trinidad and Tobago Laura Pierre Joan Porter June Smith Cheryl Dyette | 4:03.2 |
| High jump | Audrey Reid Jamaica | 1.73 CR | Andrea Bruce Jamaica | 1.70 | Marima Rodríguez Cuba | 1.67 |
| Long jump | Marina Samuells Cuba | 5.93 | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 5.68 | Yvonne Saunders Jamaica | 5.65 |
| Shot put | Carmen Romero Cuba | 14.25 CR | Grecia Hamilton Cuba | 14.04 | Orlanda Lynch Suriname | 10.20 |
| Discus throw | Carmen Romero Cuba | 55.24 CR | María Cristina Betancourt Cuba | 49.38 | Orlanda Lynch Suriname | 34.02 |
| Javelin throw | Tomasa Núñez Cuba | 51.64 CR | Milagros Bayard Cuba | 41.54 | Celina Surga Venezuela | 37.56 |
| Pentathlon | Marlene Elejalde Cuba | 4341 CR | Lucía Vaamonde Venezuela | 4333 | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 4122 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Jamaica)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 22 | 19 | 10 | 51 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM)* | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Suriname (NGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Grenada (GRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |