# Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba.
It was the first time that men's 50 kilometres walk, women's 3000 metres, 400 metres hurdles and heptathlon (replacing pentathlon) events were held at the Games.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -2.4 m/s) | Leandro Peñalver Cuba | 10.16 | Osvaldo Lara Cuba | 10.26 | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 10.33 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s) | Leandro Peñalver Cuba | 20.42 GR | Osvaldo Lara Cuba | 20.94 | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 21.04 |
| 400 metres | Bert Cameron Jamaica | 45.10 | Agustín Pavó Cuba | 45.87 | Carlos Reyté Cuba | 46.34 |
| 800 metres | Alberto Juantorena Cuba | 1:45.15 GR | William Wuycke Venezuela | 1:45.75 | Bárbaro Serrano Cuba | 1:46.66 |
| 1500 metres | Eduardo Castro Mexico | 3:41.84 GR | Luis Medina Cuba | 3:41.92 | Ignacio Melesio Mexico | 3:42.03 |
| 5000 metres | Eduardo Castro Mexico | 14:11.05 | Luis Medina Cuba | 14:24.81 | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 14:24.94 |
| 10,000 metres | Aldo Allen Cuba | 30:13.12 | Enrique Aquino Mexico | 30:15.35 | José Alcalá Mexico | 30:28.04 |
| Marathon | Jorge González Puerto Rico | 02:26:40 | Radamés González Cuba | 02:28:12 | Miguel Cruz Mexico | 02:30:37 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s) | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | 13.38 GR | Juan Saborit Cuba | 13.91 | Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic | 13.95 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Frank Montiéh Cuba | 50.64 | Jorge Batista Cuba | 50.98 | Greg Rolle Bahamas | 51.18 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | José Cobo Cuba | 8:49.52 | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 8:52.50 | Pedro Guibert Cuba | 8:58.08 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Osvaldo Lara Alejandro Casañas Leandro Peñalver Juan Saborit | 39.15 | Jamaica Joseph Boyd Earle Laing Leroy Reid Floyd Brown | 39.94 | Dominican Republic Juan Contreras Wilfredo Almonte Juan Núñez Gerardo Suero | 40.11 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Roberto Ramos Alberto Juantorena | 3:03.59 GR | Jamaica Floyd Brown Mark Senior Bert Cameron Karl Smith | 3:04.78 | Trinidad and Tobago Michael Puckerin Joseph Coombs Ali St. Louis Andrew Bruce | 3:08.20 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:29:22 | Raúl González Mexico | 1:31:27 | Alfredo Garrido Cuba | 1:39:00 |
| 50 kilometre road walk | Félix Gómez Mexico | 4:05:03 GR | Raúl González Mexico | 4:10:34 | David Castro Cuba | 4:43:53 |
| High jump | Francisco Centelles Cuba | 2.25 GR | Steve Wray Bahamas | 2.17 | Clarence Saunders Bermuda | 2.17 |
| Pole vault | Rubén Camino Cuba | 5.00 =GR | José Echevarría Cuba | 5.00 =GR | Miguel Escoto Mexico | 4.90 |
| Long jump | Delroy Poyser Jamaica | 7.90 GR | Wilfredo Almonte Dominican Republic | 7.82 | Steve Hanna Bahamas | 7.80 |
| Triple jump | Steve Hanna Bahamas | 16.73 | Lázaro Betancourt Cuba | 16.64 | Jorge Reyna Cuba | 16.61 |
| Shot put | Luis Delís Cuba | 18.88 GR | Radai Mendoza Puerto Rico | 16.21 | Paul Ruiz Cuba | 16.14 |
| Discus throw | Luis Delís Cuba | 70.20 GR | Brad Cooper Bahamas | 66.72 | Juan Martínez Cuba | 62.82 |
| Hammer throw | Genovevo Morejón Cuba | 67.10 | Alfredo Luis Cuba | 66.14 | Andrés Polemil Dominican Republic | 56.14 |
| Javelin throw | Dionisio Quintana Cuba | 82.40 GR | Amado Morales Puerto Rico | 79.36 | Antonio González Cuba | 74.86 |
| Decathlon | Liston Bochette Puerto Rico | 7349 | Guillermo Sánchez Mexico | 7345 | Carlos Palacios Cuba | 7236 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.9 m/s) | Luisa Ferrer Cuba | 11.55 | Janice Bernard Trinidad and Tobago | 11.57 | Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico | 11.63 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s) | Luisa Ferrer Cuba | 23.44 | Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago | 23.75 | Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico | 23.83 |
| 400 metres | June Griffith Guyana | 51.89 | Mercedes Álvarez Cuba | 52.32 | Cathy Rattray Jamaica | 52.39 |
| 800 metres | Nery McKeen Cuba | 2:04.22 | Angelita Lind Puerto Rico | 2:04.24 | María Ribeaux Cuba | 2:04.47 |
| 1500 metres | Angelita Lind Puerto Rico | 4:25.94 | Sergia Martínez Cuba | 4:26.69 | Alicia Diffourt Cuba | 4:27.96 |
| 3000 metres | Sergia Martínez Cuba | 9:37.32 GR | Marisela Rivero Venezuela | 9:38.40 | María Cuesta Cuba | 9:41.66 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.9 m/s) | Grisel Machado Cuba | 13.18 GR | Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic | 14.07 | June Caddle Barbados | 14.08 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Sandra Farmer Jamaica | 58.15 GR | Mercedes Mesa Cuba | 58.65 | Stephanie Vega Puerto Rico | 59.11 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Trinidad and Tobago Gillian Forde Maxime McMillan Angela Williams Janice Bernard | 44.86 | Jamaica Verónica Findlay Cathy Rattray Anthea Johnson Jacqueline Pusey | 45.77 | Cuba Luisa Ferrer Idania Pino Ester Petitón Grisel Machado | 45.85 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Mercedes Alvarez Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Mesa Nery McKeen | 3:35.22 | Puerto Rico Nilsa París Stephanie Vega Margaret de Jesús Marie Lande Mathieu | 3:36.52 | Jamaica Jacqueline Pusey Cathy Rattray Sandra Farmer Anthea Johnson | 3:37.86 |
| High jump | Silvia Costa Cuba | 1.90 GR | Angela Carbonell Cuba | 1.81 | Iraima Parra Venezuela | 1.78 |
| Long jump | Eloína Echevarría Cuba | 6.53 GR | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas | 6.47 | Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico | 6.47 |
| Shot put | María Elena Sarría Cuba | 19.36 GR | Rosa Fernández Cuba | 17.54 | Luz Bohórquez Venezuela | 13.63 |
| Discus throw | María Cristina Betancourt Cuba | 63.76 GR | Carmen Romero Cuba | 61.98 | Yunaira Piña Venezuela | 46.86 |
| Javelin throw | María Caridad Colón Cuba | 62.80 | Mayra Vila Cuba | 60.22 | Marieta Riera Venezuela | 51.50 |
| Heptathlon | Elida Aveillé Cuba | 5579 GR | Victoria Despaigne Cuba | 5210 | Leyda Castro Dominican Republic | 5123 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 27 | 19 | 14 | 60 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Guyana (GUY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |